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| Description: | Woman sweeping up debris in a warehouse at International Harvester's Deering Works twine mill. The factory was owned by the Deering Harvester Company until... |
| Date: | 05 14 1937 |
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| Description: | Clerk and customer at Savidusky's cleaners, located at 113 Monona Avenue. |
| Date: | 05 14 1937 |
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| Description: | Three men pressing garments at Savidusky's Cleaners plant, 827 E. Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 06 1930 |
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| Description: | Two women operating the Purity Sun Ray System pressing iron at Three F Steam Laundry, 731 E. Dayton Street. |
| Date: | 10 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Glass container for Mautz Self Polishing Wax for Mautz Paint and Varnish Company. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Poster or signboard titled: "Clean Surroundings - Helps to Make Good Citizens and a Healthful City." Seven images illustrate cleanliness at different Inter... |
| 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: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A uniformed man in an indoor garage or warehouse is using a power washer to clean a truck trailer emblazoned with the Smucker's logo. |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Ashley Bennett ("Cookie") who volunteered his services during the float, and the cook Mike Lane, on the Arpin fleet of lumber rafts. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card with a boy pumping water while a girl is scrubbing a heart in a tub. He is wearing a blue outfit and she is wearing a lacy blouse. A s... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of O.E. Fitch & Company, "Hatters and Gents' Furnishers," of Madison, Wisconsin, with a man's long-sleeved shirt with a banded collar, front pla... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the O'Neil Oil & Paint Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of oils, paints, chemicals, and other supplies for tanneries and laundr... |
| Date: | 09 29 1913 |
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| Description: | A woman with a broom is standing behind a large piece of twine machinery and is cleaning it with a broom. The woman is dressed in a smock and hat. Behind h... |
| Date: | 09 29 1913 |
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| Description: | A woman is crouching next to a large piece of twine machinery cleaning it. The woman is dressed in a smock and hat. Behind her the room is filled with mach... |
| Date: | 04 21 1965 |
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| Description: | Professional painters inside the state capitol employed by Hoffer's Certified Paint of 3501 E. Washington Avenue. A paint can is labeled "Hoffer One Coat H... |
| Date: | 11 22 1928 |
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| Description: | View across cobblestone street towards a building with a sign that reads: "Garage, Day & Night Service, Automobile Laundry, C.W. Huber." There are gas pump... |
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