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Hommel's New Store

Date: 06 29 1932
Description: Hommel's Star Food Store at 606 S. Park Street, with promotional truck in front of store, and children looking on. Vehicle (Ballyhoo Truck) has a painted s...
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Hommel's Star Food Store

Date: 06 29 1932
Description: Exterior of the Hommel's Star Food Store at 606 South Park Street. Several children are on the sidewalk in the front.
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Men Posing Outside Local Businesses

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Description: Seventeen men and boys are posing in front of the storefronts on a sidewalk on the north side of Main Street, between First and Second Streets, including O...
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Groceries and Provisions Store

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Description: Group of people posing in front of the Reindl Brothers' Groceries and Provisions store at 32 North Bassett Street.
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Hinsdale Storefronts

Date: 1920
Description: View from across street of two men standing in the storefronts of, on the left, the Hinsdale Provision Co. and on the right, the Robberts Fancy Grocery. Th...
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Child Riding a Pony

Date: 06 05 1946
Description: Billy Leiser posing for a photographer on a pony on the sidewalk outside of 1026 Williamson Street. In the background is Berkan's Grocery Store located at ...
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Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ...
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Ice Cream at the Corner Grocery

Date: 05 07 1964
Description: The corner grocery is a pleasant place for the pause that refreshes. Thaddeus Moore, 9, of 3271 N. 14th Street, had a cone. Anthony McMillon, 7, of 3287-A ...
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Business District

Date: 1905
Description: A view of the business district. Signs read: "Ford authorized sales and service" and "Kodaks."
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Street Scene — Post Office

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Description: View down unpaved street with a grocery/post office at the corner. Horses are tied at the side of the store, near a group of men and women. A man stands on...
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Local Resident Pickets at Kroger Store

Date: 1969
Description: Picketers on the sidewalk in front of a Kroger supermarket in Oshkosh demonstrating for and against the grape boycott. Signs read, "Eat Grapes Best Medicin...
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Ferryville Street Scene

Date: 1930
Description: View down street with commercial buildings on the left. There are children on the sidewalk in front of the R.G. Seymour grocery store. Next door is a resta...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down unpaved street. A group of men and boys congregate on the porch of a storefront. Two men and two children stand in the street. There is a windmil...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down center of Main Street, with a feed store and other businesses on the left. A grocery store, a barbershop and other businesses are on the right. A...
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Two Trucks Parked at Corner

Date: 02 27 1928
Description: View across intersection of two Minervini Grocery trucks parked facing each other at the corner along a sidewalk in front of a storefront for Hoboken Auto ...
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Ice Cream Brings Quick Young Friends

Date: 05 28 1959
Description: Upwards of 700 children were treated to free ice cream and potato chips by Lawrence Rich (right foreground) at the rear of his grocery store at 2633 Commer...
Postcard

Tichigan Lake

Date: 08 21 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Tichigan Lake, Wis." A couple stands next to parked cars in front of the grocery store at Wichmans Resort. On the right is a crowd of...
Postcard

Street Scene in Abbotsford

Date: 06 15 1908
Description: Caption reads: "Street Scene Abbottsford [sic], Wisconsin". A group of mainly children are standing on the boardwalk along an unpaved street lined w...
Postcard

Post Office and Store

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Post Office and Store, Winnebago, Wis." A corner store and post office with three gas pumps, surrounded by trees. A man leans on his ...

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