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Manchesters Display Poster

Date: 08 23 1940
Description: George Stein, photographer, on the right, and Frank Marx, window decorator, on the left in Manchesters Department Store. They are looking at a 10' tall pos...
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Maytag Washing Machines and Ironers

Date: 10 20 1937
Description: Sales woman demonstrating a Maytag washing machine to a customer. In the foreground are Maytag Ironers (mangles) at Burdick & Murray, 26-30 N. Carroll Stre...
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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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Woman Buying War Bond from Santa Claus

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Woman buying a war bond from Santa Claus, who was helping other Manchester employees wait on crowds of purchasers at the bonds-only sale on the store's mai...
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The Big Store

Date: 06 26 1906
Description: Group of salespeople standing in front of The Big Store.
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Risley Brothers Building

Date: 1944
Description: Five women look at a window display at the Schweke Brothers Store, 129 Third Street, which occupied the 1910 Risley Brothers Building. A man sits in the dr...
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Sears, Roebuck, and Company Profit Sharing

Date: 02 15 1952
Description: Store manager Robert H. Anderson (left) hands out statements for the 1951 profits to six of the Sears, Roebuck, and Company employees who are members of th...
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Dorothy Hatfield

Date: 04 24 1955
Description: Dorothy Hatfield receives a bag of silver dollars as her award from J. Jesse Hyman Sr., President of the Emporium Company, in recognition of her 13 years s...
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Baron Brothers Department Store Remodeling

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: Interior view of Baron Brothers Department Store after remodeling. Joseph Rothschild, a partner of the firm, is standing with Freda Kitson, manager of the ...
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South Central Florist Association Aids Cancer Crusade

Date: 04 06 1959
Description: Florists of the South Central Florists' Association will create floral arrangements in the windows of the Wolff, Kubly and Hirsig store. These arrangements...
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Montgomery Ward Open House Square Dance

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: John and Mary Bierlein participate in the square dance at the Westgate Shopping Center as part of a Montgomery Ward open house.
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Montgomery Ward Open House Square Dance

Date: 09 13 1960
Description: Adam and Pauline Statz participate in the square dance at the Westgate Shopping Center as part of a Montgomery Ward open house.
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Woman at Microphone

Date: 02 28 1941
Description: Manchester style show. In the background is a "Baby Shop" sign.
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The Atrium

Date: 1973
Description: View across North Pinckney Street towards the Atrium, originally two buildings: The Ellsworth Block and the Maeder Building. The original sandstone facade ...
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Sears, Roebuck, and Company Profit Sharingstein

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Five employees of Sears, Roebuck, and Company who have a stake in the company's profit-sharing plan. Controller, R. L. Roidt holds up a graphic illustratio...

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