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Farrell's Cafe, Washington Heights

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Farrell's Cafe in Washington Heights from the street. Beer advertisements for Guinness, Rheingold and Balantine hang in the window belo...
Postcard

Commercial Hotel

Date: 06 28 1915
Description: Photographic postcard of the exterior of the three-story Commercial Hotel. The building has a false front. Two women stand on the balcony and two men stand...
Photograph

Pride

Date: 2012
Description: A neon sign with a bottle of Miller Lite for the "i" spells “Pride” in the window of the "Chances R" gay bar on Jay Street. The word "Pride" is underlined ...
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La Crosse Fire Chief

Date: 08 2013
Description: La Crosse Fire Chief Greg Cleveland, standing along 2nd Street, at the Oktoberfest Parade. He is wearing his dress uniform and sunglasses. On the sidewalk,...
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Lake Tomahawk Post Office

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Lake Tomahawk Post Office, with a woman and two young girls posed in front. A sign painted on the side of the building advertises "Sod...
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Room at the Eugene Hotel

Date: 
Description: A room at the Eugene Hotel, with a bed, dresser, tables, luggage rack, chairs, lamps and a telephone. There is a sink in the corner of the room. The hotel ...
Photograph

Cappuccino

Date: 09 2013
Description: Exterior view of a neon sign hanging in the window of a coffee shop on Lakeside Street. It reads: "Cappuccino" and has a simplistic image of a coffee cup w...
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Froth House

Date: 10 2013
Description: The interior of the Froth House, a coffee shop located in the Regent Street Neighborhood. A rocking chair is sitting in a corner, with a piano on the left....
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Albert Camus in the Cafe

Date: 10 2013
Description: Low angle view of two people (faces out of frame) sitting on stools at a small square table next to a window at a cafe. Outside the window a man is riding ...
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Rephotographic Pair: The Walker Hotel/House

Date: 
Description: A vintage view of the Walker Hotel and a modern view of the Walker House in the same building, presented as a pair. The stone building has a second-story p...
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Heating Plant

Date: 01 2014
Description: Two smokestacks of a power plant with clouds of exhaust being released into the sky on a cold day.
Photograph

The Village Bar

Date: 06 2014
Description: View from automobile across an intersection towards the Village Bar at the corner of Mineral Point Road and Glenway Street. Cars are waiting at a street li...
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Time in Mount Horeb

Date: 07 2014
Description: An elderly man and woman are sitting at a table near the front window of a coffeehouse. Just outside the window a man and woman are sitting outdoors under ...
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Security at the Donald Trump Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: View looking up at two police officers standing on the roof of the Janesville Conference Center at the Holiday Inn Express which is hosting the Donald Trum...
Photograph

Cafe on the Square

Date: 10 09 2014
Description: Interior view of three young men sitting at a bar facing the window of a cafe, shaded by an outdoor awning. The building across the street has a glass faca...
Photograph

Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View of a sign in the shape of a hand in front of a window on a white brick wall. Leaves and snow are on the ground. Inside the window, two lamps, two ches...
Photograph

Beauty Salon on Lakeside Street

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View of an old, wooden bench sitting in front of a large, front window of a beauty salon. Decorative snowflakes and lights are hanging on the inside of the...
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Hail Mary in the Window at Lakeside Street Coffee House

Date: 11 21 2014
Description: View through window looking into a cafe at a paper mache statue of Mary stepping on the head of a snake on top of a globe of the Earth.
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Sun Studio in Memphis

Date: 12 22 2014
Description: A red and blue neon sign in a window with Venetian blinds reads: "Memphis Recording Service." Behind the window is a cardboard cutout of three men leaning ...
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Local Event in Cambridge

Date: 01 31 2015
Description: Close-up of a poster taped to the window of a cafe advertising an upcoming event, the "Speakeasy Spectacular." The poster features a man and woman in 1920s...

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