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Meat Market

Date: 1910
Description: A customer waits while butchers stand behind the counter of a butcher shop, surrounded by meat hanging from the ceiling.
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Calvert Sign and Turkeys at Bluteau's Market

Date: 11 22 1944
Description: Bluteau's Drive-In Market, 2418 University Avenue, featuring Calvert Liquor sign and fresh turkeys. Sign reads: "Clear heads choose Calvert."
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Turkeys in Cooler

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Goeden Company, 635-637 University Avenue walk-in cooler, with many turkeys hanging on racks.
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Goeden's Market Interior

Date: 12 07 1944
Description: Interior view of Goeden's meat counter, 635-637 University Avenue. Cheeses and meats are arrayed in the display cases.
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Vogel Fish and Oyster Company, Doorway to Refrigeration Room

Date: 10 03 1944
Description: Vogel Fish and Oyster Company, 2049 Atwood Avenue, door to the large refrigeration room, sign above door reading: "Captain Jack's Oysters sold here."
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Interior of North St. Market

Date: 04 08 1938
Description: Four employees behind the meat counter in the North Street Market, 227 North Street.
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Sunkist Display

Date: 07 08 1936
Description: California Fruit Exchange Sunkist oranges display with signs that read: "Sweeter-Juicier" and "Sunkist Oranges 29 cents 'My favorite salad' says Joan Blond...
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Publix Fruit Market Meat Counter

Date: 07 18 1935
Description: Three men behind the meat counter at the Publix Fruit Market, located at 250 State Street.
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Interior of Publix Fruit Market

Date: 01 05 1934
Description: Interior of Publix Fruit Market, 245 State Street, renovated after a fire in 1933, a complete grocery department has been added.
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Refrigerator Case at Paulsen's Grocery Store

Date: 07 07 1932
Description: Servel refrigerator case at Paulsen's Grocery Store, 2634 Milwaukee Street.
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Interior of University of Wisconsin Meat Market

Date: 12 21 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin Meat Market interior, showing counters with meat, and display cases and coolers in rear.
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Woman Purchasing Ham

Date: 09 08 1931
Description: Woman purchasing Oscar Mayer ham at Levenick Brothers meat market at 1406 Williamson Street.
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Consumers Fruit Market

Date: 01 07 1931
Description: Interior view of Consumers Fruit Market, 346 State Street, corner of State and Gorham Streets.
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Levenick Brothers Market

Date: 02 28 1928
Description: Interior of Levenick Brothers Meat Market with Toledo Scale. The market was located at 1406 Williamson Street.
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Self-Service Supermarket

Date: 1953
Description: A cashier checking out a customer's purchases while another customer is filling her grocery cart with items at the D. Kurman company market.
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Bazaar Tree

Date: 04 03 1963
Description: Women replenishes handkerchiefs plucked from her wire tree at bazaar sale.
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Strictly Kosher

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Description: At an unidentified kosher butcher shop, a butcher holds up a chicken for a customer to examine. A sign in the background indicates that the butchers were m...
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Braslawsky's Kosher Market

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Description: At Lou Braslawsky's kosher meat market, a butcher holds a roast for a customer to examine. A sign at the back of the store suggests that chickens, not beef...
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Max Waln at Millins Supermarket

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of Max Waln, with bowtie, the owner and manager of Millins Supermarket, located at 553 West Main Street. The market was formerly known as Vincent ...
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John Troia at Millins Supermarket

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Portrait of John Troia, with bowtie, the manager of Millins Supermarket. The market was located at 553 West Main Street and formerly known as Vincent Troia...

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