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Electric Refrigeration Sales Co. Booth at Fall Fest

Date: 09 12 1928
Description: Electric Refrigeration Sales Company booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival at sugar beet factory, on Sugar Avenue. On displa...
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Delivery Truck

Date: 03 10 1928
Description: Left side view of a truck parked across a road in front of a stone wall and a fence. There is a large brick building in the far background. The sign on the...
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Frigidaire Refrigerators Display Window

Date: 07 28 1927
Description: Frigidaire refrigerators display window at the Park Hotel.
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Oscar Mayer Salesmen

Date: 12 13 1931
Description: Group portrait of Oscar Mayer salesmen taken in front of sides of beef hanging in the cooler.
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Presenting Trophy to Richard H. Puelicher

Date: 09 16 1932
Description: Westinghouse representive, Charles Doctal, presenting trophy to Richard H. Puelicher, D S Stophlet salesman for winning a 60 day refrigerator sales contest...
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Blied-Kay Exhibit

Date: 05 02 1934
Description: Blied-Kay exhibit at the Madison Home Show featuring Gibson refrigerators.
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Kelvinator Exhibit, Home Show

Date: 05 06 1934
Description: Four Kelvinator refrigerators and a stove on exhibit at the Home Show.
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Oscar Mayer Ice Exhibit

Date: 05 02 1934
Description: Oscar Mayer ice exhibit at Madison Home Show featuring iceboxes, signs: "Ice Made of pure artesian well water," "This will always keep baby's milk pure no ...
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Conklin Ice Exhibit

Date: 05 02 1934
Description: Conklin Ice exhibit at Madison Home Show featuring Coolerator icebox, Honeywell Thermochron.
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Oscar Mayer Coolerator Booth

Date: 09 19 1941
Description: Coolerator refrigerator booth at the East Side Business Men's Association Fall Festival. The Oscar Mayer Coolerator Store was located at 401-405 State Stre...
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"Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooking School

Date: 05 21 1957
Description: Ruth Hogan, a home economist with the National Livestock and Meat Board prepares a dish during a demonstration at the three-day "Rhapsody of Recipes" Cooki...
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Oscar Mayer Cooler Room

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Description: View of a room with rectangular coolers stacked from floor to ceiling. There is a white mixture of greasy and granular contents on the floor between the co...
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Biologist at Work

Date: 1938
Description: Superintendent of Biology Edward "Doc" Schneberger, who is wearing a long white coat, is sitting on a stool and looking through a microscope at a small tab...
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Gus Larson Storefront

Date: 11 24 1939
Description: Gustave A. Larson storefront, 205 E. Main Street. Wholesale refrigeration parts and Texeco Capella Oil.
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Car and Cold Storage Plant

Date: 08 11 1963
Description: Car parked in the lot of a cold storage plant.
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Senior Center Lunch

Date: 01 1979
Description: Lunch at a Senior Center.
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 20 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon. Note on back: Near Oregon & 11st. #2, camera set pointing in an easterly direction and 26 ft. 4 in. west f...
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Ice and Coal Wagon

Date: 09 15 1926
Description: Oshkosh Pure Ice and Coal Co. horse-drawn wagon as seen from the back. Two blocks of ice are visible in the wagon. Note on back: Sept. 15, 1926-4:30 pm. Ne...
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Refrigerator Display

Date: 1930
Description: A window display at the Wisconsin Power and Light Company office, 116 Fourth Avenue, features a General Electric refrigerator as "The Gateway to Health" un...
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Dining Room

Date: 1928
Description: The dining room in the home of William Llewellyn and Zona Gale Breese. There is a large fireplace, oriental rug, and matching chandelier and sconces. A la...

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