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Union News Co. Merchandise Display

Date: 05 06 1939
Description: Union News Company merchandise display cases along the wall at Chicago & Northwestern Depot, 219 S. Blair Street. The display features gifts, magazines, an...
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Newsstand

Date: 01 21 1939
Description: Newsstand in the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railway depot, 644 West Washington, displaying soft drinks, tobacco products, and reading materials...
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Union Newsstand at Depot

Date: 02 17 1934
Description: Interior of the Union Newsstand at the Chicago and North Western railroad depot, 219 S. Blair Street, showing cigars and magazines.
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Cedric Parker under Hair Dryer

Date: 11 24 1933
Description: Cedric Parker, Capital Times newsman, reads Time magazine while under the hair dryer at Mrs. Wengel's Marinello Shop, 125 State Street. Lucille Bump...
Magazine or Periodical

Leo Kehl on The American Dancer Cover

Date: 08 1937
Description: Cover of The American Dancer magazine featuring Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance and Genevieve Esse Kehl.
Manuscript

Hoover Dam Builders Choose Internationals

Date: 03 1932
Description: Page from International Trail magazine featuring an article about the use of International trucks for the construction of the Hoover Dam. The title ...
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International Harvester Information Booth

Date: 10 31 1938
Description: A woman stands in the International Harvester information booth at the Waterloo Dairy Cattle Congress in Iowa. There are advertisements for farm equipment ...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A man stands by a cooler with a bottle of Pabst beer in his hand. Bottles and cans of beer are along the wall behind him. On the right is a magazine stand ...
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Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy

Date: 1938
Description: A cooler sits in Silverford's A.I.D. Pharmacy surrounded by advertisements, seeds, hygiene products, and magazines. A sign above the cooler reads "Our Beer...
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Indianapolis Truck Engine Works Lobby

Date: 1939
Description: Ten chairs, a table, ashtrays, and a pamphlet and magazine display in the lobby of International Harvester's Indianapolis Works. An engine is on display in...
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Tractor Farming Display

Date: 1938
Description: Display advertising Tractor Farming Magazine. The original caption reads: "Tractor Farming display designed by N.H. Schmidt for the Peoria B/H."
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Man Reading Magazine

Date: 04 23 1937
Description: A man sits in an armchair reading the magazine "Country Gentleman."
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Studio Portrait of Three Young Ho-Chunk Men

Date: 1935
Description: Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of two young Ho-Chunk men posing sitting in front of a man standing behind them. The two men sitting are wea...
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Man and Woman Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A woman and man sit at a round table in a public library reading. An office cubicle and magazine rack are visible in the background. When it opened in 1938...
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Three Boys Looking at Books in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Three boys in a public library looking for books in the main stacks. A table and magazine rack are in the foreground. When it opened in 1938, the Library h...
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Woman in Living Room

Date: 08 1931
Description: Mrs. L.A. Hawkins sitting on a couch while reading "The Farmer's Wife" magazine in the living room of her home. A fireplace is on the opposite wall, and ch...
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Woman in Farmhouse Living Room

Date: 1931
Description: Miss Lielle Geddis sitting in a rocking chair while reading an issue of "Country Gentleman" magazine in the living room of her home.
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Nu Pi Chi Club Printing the First Edition of "The Neighbor"

Date: 10 1937
Description: Members of the Nu Pi Chi (Neighborhood Press Club) working on the first edition of "The Neighbor," a newsletter printed at Neighborhood House. Pictured fro...
Magazine or Periodical

Advice To The Young Architect

Date: 05 1931
Description: A magazine article titled, "Advice To The Young Architect," featuring a photograph of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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At Yale

Date: 05 1936
Description: Herbert E. Brumder, left, and an unidentified young man are sitting and reading in a dormitory parlor. Coats are hanging on the back of a door at center. T...

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