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Panoramic View of Capitol Square, West Corner

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Description: Panoramic view of Capitol Square, seen from the West corner. Originally functioned as an oversized post card. Identifiable businesses include Haswell Furni...
Photograph

Kunzelmann-Esser Co. Building

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Description: The Kunzelmann-Esser Furniture Co. building at S. 9th and W. Mitchell Streets.
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Jackson Furniture House Truck

Date: 11 1926
Description: An International Model S truck used by the Jackson Furniture House parked alongside a curb with its rear compartment full of wooden pallets. The text on t...
Photograph

Market Street

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Description: Street scene with parked and moving vehicles. Buildings are along the left side and a line of trees and lampposts is along the right.
Photograph

Chippewa Falls Chair Company

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Description: Exterior view of a rectangular clapboard building. On the right side are large letters spelling out: "CHIPPEWA FALLS CHAIR CO." The building stands in a fi...
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Buckstaff-Edwards Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Buckstaff-Edwards Company of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, manufacturers of coffins and caskets and wholesale dealers in caskets and undertaking supp...
Photograph

Men with Furniture Truck

Date: 1937
Description: Two uniformed men loading or unloading an upholstered chair from the back of an International C-300 truck parked in front of a residence. Two women and a d...
Photograph

Goodman's Furniture Store Truck

Date: 1937
Description: Two men unloading a sofa from the back of an International D-30 truck owned by Goodman's Furniture Store. The truck is parked in a residential neighborhood...
Print

M. Winter Lumber Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the M. Winter Lumber Company of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, manufacturers of "'High Grade Commercial Furniture'" (prominently printed in red ink) a...
Photograph

Town and Country House Store and Warehouse

Date: 02 01 1957
Description: A metal store building and a metal warehouse building at 3320 University Avenue. In the background is a tree lined ridge. In the foreground is a two-lane r...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down street of the central business district. There is a furniture store on the left, a general store and service garage on the right and a drugstore ...
Postcard

Northern Chair Co.

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Description: View toward the factory with a water tower and an elevated walkway connecting the buildings. Caption reads: "Northern Chair Co., Grafton, Wis."
Photograph

Delivery Truck in Suburban Neighborhood

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: View across street towards a man driving a delivery truck in a suburban neighborhood. with palm trees along the sidewalk. The sign painted on the side of t...
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Town and Country Fine Furniture

Date: 02 10 1954
Description: Six-piece, living-room furniture set, including a sofa and matching chair, three limed-oak occasional tables, two modern table lamps with 3-way switches, o...
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Black Furniture Company

Date: 09 27 1954
Description: Entrance to the newly enlarged floor covering and drapery display area at Black Furniture Company, located at 315 West Gorham at State Street. Carpet sampl...
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William Pettigrew Holding Ax and Hammer

Date: 1912
Description: William Pettigrew, who was Foreman at Camp Four for sometime beginning in 1885, is holding a double headed ax in his right hand and a hammer in his left ha...

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