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Kresge's "Tricky Dogs" Counter

Date: 03 19 1946
Description: "Tricky Dogs" (magnetized black and white Scotty dogs) display at Kresge's. 25 cents and 1.00 store.
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Manchester's, Inc., Second Floor Hat Department

Date: 02 01 1945
Description: Hat department on Manchester's, Inc., second floor. A sign in the foreground, perhaps on a window, reads in reverse: "Dresses."
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Manchester's Department Store "Petti Shop"

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: View of the "Petti Shop" inside Manchester's department store, with mannequin.
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Harry S. Manchester's, Inc., "Saybury Shop"

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: "Saybury" Shop at Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, with display of dressing gowns.
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Montgomery Ward's Phonograph Records Department

Date: 01 07 1944
Description: Interior of the Montgomery Ward Company phonograph record department, 215 State Street.
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Montgomery Ward's Phonograph Records Department

Date: 01 07 1944
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the Montgomery Ward Company phonograph record department, 215 State Street.
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Woman Demonstrating Pres Kloth

Date: 04 15 1942
Description: Woman holding iron and demonstrating the Pres Kloth (a pressing cloth) in Manchester's Department store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's, Inc., "Sachet" Display

Date: 04 08 1941
Description: Manchester's, Inc., 2-6 East Mifflin Street, displays "Sachet" hosiery and other accessories.
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Manchester's, Inc., Baby Shop

Date: 04 08 1941
Description: The Baby Shop at Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, with clothes and changing table.
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Manchester's, Inc., Valentine Decorations

Date: 02 14 1941
Description: Main floor of Manchester's Department Store with valentine heart decorations and merchandise displays.
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Manchester's, Inc., Millinery Department

Date: 01 08 1941
Description: Manchester's, Inc., millinery department.
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Manchester's, Inc., Millinery Department

Date: 01 08 1941
Description: Manchester's, Inc., millinery department, seen from elevators. 2-6 East Mifflin Street.
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Manchester's, Inc., Footwear Department

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Manchester's, Inc., Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street. There are two mannequins wearing dresses and shoes at the entrance to Footwear Department, w...
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Manchesters Coats & Furs Department

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Three mannequins wearing coats in Manchesters Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin St., coats and furs department, remodeled second floor.
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Manchesters Millinery Department

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Vertical view of Manchesters Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin St., millinery department, remodeled second floor.
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Manchester's, Inc., Women's Dress Department

Date: 09 24 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, women's dress department, second floor remodeling, featuring "Vogue says, Inevitably, you'll wear a...
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Manchester's, Inc., Women's Sportswear Department

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, women's sportswear department, second floor remodeling, showing two mannequins wearing skirts and b...
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Manchester's Department Store Second Floor

Date: 09 25 1940
Description: Interior view of Manchester's Department Store, 2-6 East Mifflin Street, second floor remodeling, looking from Footwear Department, past hats to Coats & Fu...
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Maytag Ironer Demonstration

Date: 10 20 1937
Description: Sales woman demonstrating a Maytag Ironer (mangle) to a customer in the Burdick & Murray Department Store, located at 26-30 N. Carroll Street.
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Ovenex Tin Ware

Date: 10 28 1937
Description: Counter display of Ovenex baking tinware in Woolworth's. 1 E. Main Street.

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