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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A man drives a 1909 International Auto Wagon belonging to the Amikeco Laundry at 1601 Fullerton Avenue in Chicago. The truck has an enclosed body and crude... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck with one leg up on the bumper. He is writing on a pad held on his knee, and there i... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a uniform standing at the back of an International Metro truck owned by Archer's Laundry [and] Dry Cleaning. The side of the truck includes the sl... |
| Date: | 05 19 1938 |
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| Description: | A man uses a Hebard shop mule owned by White Way Laundry to haul three-wheeled bins of bagged laundry. The shop mule, powered by an International P-12 powe... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the International Harvester Company branch house building in Jackson, Michigan. The brick building was located at the intersection of two ... |
| Date: | 02 1978 |
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| Description: | View of a downtown street featuring bars, restaurants, and a laundromat. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An International Harvester "sprayer" mounted on a wagon, possibly intended for pesticide application (or in this context, window washing?). The wagon is pa... |
| Date: | 09 15 1964 |
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| Description: | Mothers of new seminarians volunteer to wash windows at the new Holy Name Seminary located at 702 S. High Point Road in Madison. The mothers came from Dioc... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View from street looking towards the facade of the Alford Brothers Laundry located at 113-115 Carroll Street. This was a large business with twenty-five em... |
| Date: | 09 02 1925 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a delivery truck for Mutual Laundry parked near the curb. In the background is a brick, one-story building. The sign painted on ... |
| Date: | 07 03 1926 |
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| Description: | View of four men posing with three delivery trucks for Federal Laundry. There is a large brick building in the background. |
| Date: | 07 03 1926 |
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| Description: | View across street towards two men sitting in the driver's seats of two laundry delivery trucks. The trucks are parked at an angle in front of a brick buil... |
| Date: | 07 03 1926 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a man loading a rug into the back of a delivery truck. There is a man sitting in the driver's seat. The building in the backgrou... |
| Date: | 01 20 1927 |
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| Description: | Two New York City street cleaning trucks parked in front of a brick building. |
| Date: | 02 27 1928 |
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| Description: | View down cobblestone street towards a fleet of five trucks parked in a row in front of a brick building. |
| Date: | 07 16 1928 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a fleet of trucks parked at an angle against the curb, in front of a large brick building for Orange Blossom Laundry. |
| Date: | 08 03 1928 |
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| Description: | View across cobblestone street towards a fleet of about nine trucks parked at an angle against the opposite curb. Behind them is a long brick industrial bu... |
| Date: | 08 31 1928 |
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| Description: | View towards four men sitting in the driver's seats of four laundry trucks. Behind them is a brick building with a sign for "[obscured] Laundry Service Co.... |
| Date: | 12 29 1928 |
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| Description: | View of storefront for Liberty Cleaners & Dyers. The awning is folded back, and a sign printed on the side of the awning reads: "Pressing While U Wait." A ... |
| Date: | 03 13 1979 |
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| Description: | A woman is leaning out over the top of a double-hung window in order to wash the window exterior with rags. Caption reads: "Monday brought temperatures tha... |
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