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Bancroft Dairy Fountain

Date: 09 11 1937
Description: A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream.
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 09 02 1928
Description: Group portrait of the Orpheum Theatre's staff of ushers.
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Orpheum Theatre Usher

Date: 1936
Description: Orpheum Theatre usher, Rolland W. Hamelin, who had recently received an appointment to West Point. 216 State Street.
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Nurse at Desk in McCormick Works

Date: 11 22 1916
Description: Nurse writing at a desk inside an office at McCormick Works. The McCormick Works was built by Cyrus McCormick in 1873 and became part of International Harv...
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Mailman

Date: 07 11 1981
Description: A male mail carrier taking a break sitting in a mailbox on the sidewalk in a neighborhood.
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Medical Office at Auburn Works

Date: 1912
Description: Factory worker having his chest examined by a doctor inside a medical office at International Harvester's Auburn Works (formerly known as "Osborne Works")....
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Navy Cooks and Bakers Group

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Ten Navy cooks and bakers watching meat carving demonstration by Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef. Soldiers include Robert W. Merryman, Vernon R....
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Spice Collection

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection.
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Manor Dairy Truck

Date: 12 27 1934
Description: Manor Dairy truck and uniformed driver with milk in front of the dairy office in Kennedy Manor apartment building, 1 Langdon Street.
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Kretlow's Barbershop

Date: 12 28 1933
Description: Interior view of Kretlow's Barbershop, 109 W. Mifflin Street, with three barbers: left, "Duke" Ahern, center, Burt Bruce, and owner Ray Kretlow, standing n...
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Cooking Turkey

Date: 11 23 1932
Description: Blanche Taylor, dietician at Madison General Hospital, testing turkey in commercial oven in hospital kitchen.
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A&W Root Beer Stand

Date: 09 12 1931
Description: A&W Root Beer Stand at 900 South Park Street, with employees in uniforms posing inside and in front of the building.
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Orpheum and Capitol Theater Ushers

Date: 02 01 1931
Description: Group portrait of Capitol and Orpheum theater staff and ushers in uniform, standing and sitting around the Capitol Theatre lobby fountain.
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Collection of Food for Salvation Army

Date: 12 23 1930
Description: Collection of food for Salvation Army. Shows four men, two in uniform, and two wearing suits, in the Strand theater lobby.
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 09 09 1928
Description: Group portrait of Orpheum Theatre ushers in uniform.
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Orpheum Theatre Ushers

Date: 04 10 1927
Description: Group portrait of new Orpheum Theatre ushers. Behind the group is a statue of a boy with a goat on a pedestal near the "Aisle 2" doors to the auditorium.
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International A-140 Metro Milk Truck

Date: 1961
Description: Milkman making a delivery from an International A-140 Metro milk truck. The truck was owned by Whiting's Milk.
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Female Employees Assembling Torpedo Parts

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe...
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Sherwood Forest Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left.
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Chapelle with Soldiers and Woman

Date: 1958
Description: Dickey Chapelle posing in Cuba with Major Antonio Lusson, and a group of male and female soldiers.

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