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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A woman production line worker boxes cone-top cans of Tip Top soft drinks as they come off the production line. |
| Date: | 1858 |
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| Description: | Friedrich Flersheim immigrated from Mecklenburg to Illinois in the early 1850s, and after farming for a time built this distillery on the Black River in Wi... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Two International model "F" or "31" trucks with male drivers, which are operated by the Royal Carbonating Company of Providence, Rhode Island. The trucks a... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Three workers stand near a conveyor carrying bottles at the Pittsfield Bottling Works. A milk cooler sits on a platform nearby. The back of one worker's sh... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A McCormick-Deering Cooler installation in a Pepsi-Cola bottling plant. The cooler is mounted on a raised platform. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Workers stand behind a food service counter at the Tractor Works (factory) cafeteria. The counter is loaded with dishes, cups and saucers. One woman is mov... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Workers standing near bottling equipment at the Royal Crown Cola Company. Advertising signs for Royal Crown and Nehi soda are in the background. |
| Date: | 08 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Canada Dry Bottling Company plant at 3313 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 08 25 1925 |
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| Description: | Four men wearing hats are standing next to an International truck while holding bottles of NuGrape soda(?). The lettering on the truck reads: "Drink NuGrap... |
| Date: | 07 18 1934 |
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| Description: | Men standing on a loading dock are placing beer barrels from the Wagner Brewing Company onto the bed of an International truck. A man is sitting in the dri... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Ambrosia Chocolate Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of chocolate confectionery and cocoa, with an elevated view of the comp... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Nestle Food Condensery plant. |
| Promotions on Paper, 1850s-1975 |
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| Custom-designed letterheads were a universal way of proclaiming who you were. Historical letterheads are prime examples of early branding. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewing kettles at the Pabst Brewery. A brewery worker is walking up the stairs in between the kettles. |
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