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Manchester's Department Store Photo Studio

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: The photo studio department in Manchester's Department Store. A man is assisting a female customer, while female employees do their work.
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H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, Department Store

Date: 09 10 1941
Description: Harry S. Manchester's, Incorporated, department store on Capitol Square, 2-6 East Mifflin Street. View of people, buses and automobiles at the intersection...
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Manchester's Store Fountain Room

Date: 09 11 1941
Description: Manchester's Department Store Fountain Room and coffee shop, with people at the counter and in booths.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Hills Department Store Orchestra

Date: 05 26 1934
Description: Group portrait of twelve men who are members of the Hills Department Store orchestra.
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Baron Brothers Basement Shoe Department

Date: 03 19 1934
Description: Baron Brothers Department Store, 12-18 W. Mifflin Street, basement shoe department with four salesmen and a large number of women customers.
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Crowd at Baron Brothers Department Store

Date: 04 16 1932
Description: A crowd of people is waiting in the basement of the Baron Brothers Department Store for a drawing sponsored by Sherwin Williams Paint Company, located at 1...
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College Shop

Date: 06 01 1927
Description: Slightly elevated view of the interior of the College Shop. Two male clerks are behind the counter of the shop at 720 State Street.
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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...
Postcard

Pettibone Peabody Retail Store

Date: 1909
Description: Front view of the Pettibone Peabody retail store. A large store with four stories situated on a corner. An automobile is at the curb and pedestrians on the...
Photograph

Hub Clothing Company Arrow Shirt Window Display

Date: 01 19 1949
Description: Hub Clothing Company, 22 West Mifflin Street, window display featuring "Arrow" white shirts and ties, with a special display of collar styles.
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Hub Clothing Store Shoe Window

Date: 09 15 1949
Description: J & S shoe display window at The Hub, men's clothing store, 22 West Mifflin Street.
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Hub Clothing Store Shirts Display Window

Date: 01 27 1950
Description: Window display of Arrow shirts at The Hub Clothing Store, 22 West Mifflin Street. A sign above the shirts reads: "You too will sing the praises of Arrow wh...
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Manchester's, Inc., Arrow Shirts Window Display

Date: 06 10 1953
Description: Manchester's, Inc., 2 East Mifflin Street, window display featuring Arrow shirts and men's clothing for Father's Day; includes a male mannequin.
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Westgate Parking Lot

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: Elevated view of the parking lot at the Westgate Shopping Center. The storefronts are on the left, and include Ragatz Shoes, Three Sisters, ?obil Shoes, S....
Photograph

World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Men and women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter are ringing up the sale...
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Two High School Students

Date: 09 09 1940
Description: Two high school students (boy and girl) walking on football field. "Hundred to One" It's for you! Manchester's new Fall merchandise sale. Advertisement say...
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Help for Fire Victims

Date: 11 28 1948
Description: Joseph Rothschild, manager; Bertha Atkinson, buyer and Freda Kitson, saleswoman opened the children's and infants' department at Baron Brothers Department ...
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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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