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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Front view of C.F. Rau's furniture store, with the owners and employees sitting in front of the store. Apparently, the store also performs undertaking. The... |
| Date: | 04 08 1931 |
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| Description: | Crowd in front of Praga Furniture store, 203-207 King Street, at 1st Anniversary celebration. The Fess Hotel sign is along a doorway on the right. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a large building on a street corner. There is a small "Post Office" sign on the right side of the building, and a larger "FURNITURE" sign ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1926 |
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| Description: | Three International Model 63 trucks parked in a street with their drivers. One truck has a canvas-covered bed and the text: "M.&M. Motor Service" printed o... |
| Date: | 10 24 1928 |
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| Description: | Two men unloading from the back of an International Model 63 truck on a city street. The truck was owned and operated by the David Van Blerkom Company, dea... |
| Date: | 11 1926 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | International truck used by Milford Furniture Company parked in front of a building. The text on the truck reads: "Milford Furniture Co. Complete Home Furn... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing near an International truck used by the Utley & Co., a furniture and undertaking company. The Utley & Co. storefront is in the background. The... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Schwartz Furniture Co. of New London, Connecticut. The truck is photographed on the street outside of the... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Davidson's, "Iowa's Largest Furniture Store". A man is driving the truck which is carrying rolls of carpe... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | A man sits in an International model "G" truck that has wood furniture and crates filling the bed. The building behind has signs advertising for a laundry. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | An International L-160 truck owned by the S.L. Daniel Furniture and Mattress Factory, Inc. parks in an alley near what appears to be a company warehouse. A... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved road toward buildings. Business signs read: "Dawson Hotel" and "Afton Furniture Co." |
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| Description: | Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Business sign reads: "The Adell Cafe." |
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| Description: | Main street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric power lines hang over the street. Business signs read: "Case & Hudelson Fur... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Two men on an International truck operated by Rhein Bros., mattress company. The truck is parked outside a residence and is loaded with mattresses, box sp... |
| Date: | 03 22 1925 |
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| Description: | Two men are unloading a wicker sofa from the back of a Model S International truck owned by Zieglers Furniture Store. |
| Date: | 03 21 1925 |
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| Description: | A man is loading wooden crates onto the bed of an International Model S truck owned by Herbert Brothers furniture merchants. A row of baby strollers is li... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of W.J. Burnham of Chetek, Wisconsin, dealer in "Furniture, Undertaking Goods, School Supplies, Stationery, Confectionery, etc.," with an illust... |
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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... |
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