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| Date: | 11 04 1940 |
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| Description: | A busy scene at the Professional Pharmacy. James Robinson, proprietor, stands in front of the prescriptions counter. |
| Date: | 02 04 1929 |
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| Description: | Parts room at an International Harvester dealership in Bates(?) City, Missouri. There is a telephone on a table in the right foreground. |
| Date: | 01 1942 |
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| Description: | Man and woman consider buying Defense Savings Bonds and Stamps from a clerk at a basement CUNA Credit Union National Association office. |
| Date: | 11 02 1933 |
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| Description: | Dane County Court House "telephone girls" at the new switchboard. Sitting at the switchboard is Madge Albright, and in the rear is Bernadine Plachy and Mar... |
| Date: | 11 05 1930 |
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| Description: | Governor-elect Philip F. La Follette reading a telegram at the La Follette campaign headquarters. |
| Date: | 09 21 1928 |
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| Description: | Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Visitors examining an International V-549 Motor Truck engine on display in International Harvester's exhibit at the Museum of Science and Industry. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Gertrude Martin, operator for Hazan's Telephone Supermarket, at her desk with a phone in her hand. Behind her a chalkboard displays a reminder to "suggest ... |
| Date: | 11 26 1918 |
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| Description: | Offices at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The offices are empty except for a lone switchboard operator. A sign ha... |
| Date: | 02 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Altrusa Club members preparing for a benefit program for the club's scholarship and hospital fund, at which Kathryn Turney Garten will give a book review. ... |
| Date: | 03 16 1936 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Ralph W. Page, G.M. [of] Tri-State Ice Cream Co. Taken by Madison Branch House." |
| Date: | 09 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills fire chief Chris Bertelsen receives the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service. The sign on the wall abov... |
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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... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Showroom of the Long Beach branch house featuring International trucks and parts on the showroom floor. There is an enlarged photograph or mural displayed ... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of the lobby at Saint Mary's Hospital, completed May 18, 1859 and designed by Anthony Bley. The view includes a statue of Mary and Jesus surrounde... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Professor Perry Holden (right) and an unidentified man sitting at a desk and looking over promotional materials from International Harvester's Agricultural... |
| Date: | 01 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Dena Smith is the private secretary for her husband, Warren Smith, the Wisconsin State Treasurer. |
| Date: | 03 24 1954 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth H. Pady leaves a hearing in Federal Court. She was accused of a bank holdup in Barron County. |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A woman with a badge marked "Bell Telephone System" is holding a telephone cradle while handing a wounded marine a telephone receiver. The marine is lying ... |
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