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Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
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Coffee Break at Rennebohms

Date: 1979
Description: Two people take a break at an unidentified Rennebohm Drug Store restaurant: the woman enjoys a cup of coffee, her companion works on a crossword puzzle.
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Severson Milk Company Drivers Receive Safe Driving Awards

Date: 08 12 1949
Description: Three drivers for the Severson Milk Company, Albion, receive awards for safe driving at their annual supper held at the Heidelberg Hofbrau restaurant in Ma...
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Severson's Service Station Calendar

Date: 2008
Description: This beautiful 1940s calendar hangs on the wall at Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Madison Newspaper Carriers

Date: 03 27 1951
Description: Group portrait of the Wisconsin State Journal newspaper carrier boys, participants in the journal's annual subscription contest. Taken in Felly's re...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Superior Judge Roy H. Proctor (left), Herman Wittwer, Bob McDermott, and Bill Whalen attend a birthday party for Joseph (Roundy) Couglin at the Top Hat. Ro...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Jim Keegan (left), "Sticker" Hampton, and Paul Prestegard, all of Richland Center, and Bill Schorer, Reedburg, attend a birthday party for Joseph "Roundy" ...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Ray Sennett (left), Madison; Olaf Severson, McFarland; Dr. B.I. Pippin, Richland Center; Roundy; and Al Thelen, Madison, attend a birthday party for Joseph...
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Roundy's Birthday Party

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: Nick Christokas, Richland Center; Ed Stoeber, Middleton; Perry Moss, Badger backfield football coach; and Mannie Simon, Madison, attend a birthday party fo...
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Madison Restaurant Association Open House

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Edward Kelly, center, stands with a 25-year plaque awarded to him at an open house of the Madison Restaurant Association. At left is Borman Fagaly, and at ...
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The Restaurant at Baron's Menu

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Description: Back, front, and inside front cover of the menu from The Restaurant at Baron's department store, with "A Historical Map of Madison" focusing on the isthmus...
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Park Hotel Dinner Menu

Date: 04 06 1884
Description: Front cover and menu of the restaurant at the Park Hotel, with an etching of a building with a steeple amidst many trees set against a circular frame ornam...
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Park Hotel Breakfast Menu

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Description: One-page menu from the restaurant at the Park Hotel with header text running from the left-hand side of the page, across the top, and down the right-hand s...
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Ducks Unlimited Dinner

Date: 02 03 1959
Description: 420 men turned out for the annual Ducks Unlimited dinner at Club Chanticleer. Ducks Unlimited was founded in 1938 by persons interested in wildlife conser...
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Park Hotel Menu

Date: 07 04 1888
Description: Exterior and interior of a menu from the Park Hotel with a deep blue striped border and perforated accent edging.
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Menu for the Annual Winter Meeting, Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders' Association

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Annual Winter Meeting of the Wisconsin Guernsey Breeders' Association at the Loraine Hotel. On the cover is a profile...
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Second Reunion of the First Regiment Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1872
Description: Menu of the banquet for the second reunion of the First Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. On the cover are ornamented initials and the type is imp...
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L’Etoile Restaurant 30th Anniversary Decade Dinner Menu

Date: 08 08 2006
Description: One-page autographed menu for the six-course thirtieth anniversary dinner celebration of L’Etoile, a restaurant focusing on local, seasonal ingredients, wi...
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L’Etoile Restaurant Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch Benefit Dinner Menu

Date: 06 24 2007
Description: One-page autographed menu for a six-course food and wine benefit dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant for Wisconsin Homegrown Lunch, a program promoting the use o...
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L’Etoile Restaurant Wine Tasting Dinner with Terrance Leighton Menu

Date: 03 23 1993
Description: One-page autographed menu for a six-course food and wine-tasting event with Terrance Leighton, with the outline of a wine bottle and a bunch of grapes in i...

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