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Manchester's, Inc., Window Display

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Manchester's, Inc., Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, window display with two mannequins wearing dresses flanking a display of a purse and hat.
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Department Store Interior

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Description: Several men and women standing inside a department store next to tables piled with bolts of fabric. The store has a pressed tin ceiling.
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Manchester's Rug Braiding Display

Date: 05 09 1949
Description: Manchester's "Braid Aid" rug braiding demonstration counter display.
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Background Drawing for Travel Show Window

Date: 01 26 1950
Description: Manchester's Incorporated, 2-12 West Mifflin Street. View of background crayon drawing of a beach scene, and a female mannequin in travel outfit, with suit...
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Manchester's, Inc., Favorite Colors Window Display

Date: 05 25 1950
Description: Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, "Favorite colors brown, green, and yellow" dresses window display, with two mannequins. Window #5.
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Manchester's Show Window

Date: 01 02 1946
Description: Manchester's show window titled "A Tribute to Madison" and featuring pages from the Saturday Evening Post article about Madison being a "miniature m...
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Ben Franklin Store Opens on Monona Drive

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Robert Retzlaff (left), manager of the newly opened Ben Franklin variety store at 4204 Monona Drive, posing in the foreground on his store's first day of b...
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In the Public Eye

Date: 04 09 1970
Description: Two women on the left are sitting at tables and talking into telephones. On the right are large show windows, and a bus and passers-by are visible through ...
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Lunchtime for Two Female Office Workers

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? After lunch Doris Ardelt cashes in a book of saving stamps at a downtown department ...
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Lunchtime for Two Female Office Workers

Date: 06 04 1957
Description: What do typical Madison female office workers do on their lunch break? Tempted by a display of hats, Doris Ardelt (reflected in the mirror) and Joal Fenn l...
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Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Three women standing outdoors on a sidewalk viewing a dress on a mannequin in the foreground inside a show window on Capitol Square. They are (L-R): Linda ...

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