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Crowd at the Congress Tavern

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Interior view of the Congress Tavern, 111 Main Street, on a busy night.
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DiSalvo's Spaghetti House Bar

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Interior view of DiSalvo's Spaghetti House bar, located at 810 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood. Family portraits, including servicemen, are on ...
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Corben Christening

Date: 08 12 1932
Description: RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br...
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Belmont Spa Tavern

Date: 06 11 1945
Description: Richard and Ione Edwards behind the bar at the Belmont Spa, in the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street, with a clock advertising Calvert liquor.
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Schlitz Beer Display

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Schlitz display with four bottles of beer displayed as flowers with sign "Summer Time is Schlitz Time."
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Goal Post Restaurant

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Storefront of Goal Post Restaurant and Tavern, 1515 Monroe Street, display window featuring bottles of Schlitz beer and 7-UP with a pinball machine visible...
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Romantic Night at the "Moonlight Formal"

Date: 08 26 1944
Description: A formally dressed young woman and her beau in his U.S. Army uniform sit at a table and drink Coca-Cola at the "Moonlight Formal" in Tripp Commons at the M...
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Prescription Pharmacy

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: Interior of Prescription Pharmacy at 20 Carroll Street.
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Pepsi Cola Window

Date: 03 15 1944
Description: Pepsi Cola display window at the White Cross Pharmacy, 920 East Johnson Street.
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Spice Collection

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection.
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Dobby's Cosmo Club

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Dobby's Cosmo Club, owned by John C. Dobson, Route 1, Mendota, Wisconsin, interior view of the bar showing liquor bottles and three World War II servicemen...
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Laurel Tavern Window Display

Date: 03 03 1940
Description: Display window of Paul Jones liquor and Blatz Beer neon sign at the Laurel Tavern, located at 2505 Monroe Street.
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Laurel Tavern Window Display

Date: 03 03 1940
Description: Display window of Paul Jones liquor and Blatz Beer neon sign at the Laurel Tavern, located at 2505 Monroe Street.
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Cardinal Hotel Bar

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: Interior of Cardinal Hotel Bar.
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Kennedy Manor Dining Room Bar

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Kennedy Manor dining room bar with four stools and cigarette vending machine, 1 Langdon Street.
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The Liquor Shop

Date: 10 05 1936
Description: The Liquor Shop, at 101 West Mifflin Street. Liquor bottles are on display in the show windows. A sign in the window reads: "Go Shopping in the Madison New...
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The Liquor Shop

Date: 11 07 1935
Description: The Liquor Shop, 132 State Street, Seagram's liquor display.
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Club Chanticleer Bar

Date: 02 27 1935
Description: Interior view of the Art Deco bar of Club Chanticleer.
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Liggitts Drug Store Lemonade and Orangeade Display on Soda Fountain

Date: 08 14 1934
Description: Ligget's Drug Store at 29 S. Pinckney Street, with a lemonade display on the soda fountain. The signs on the mirror read: "Lemonade healthful, refreshing,"...
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Moon Molinaro, Bartender

Date: 08 25 1934
Description: Apron-clad "Moon" Molinaro, Fauerbach's bartender, fills a stein of Fauerbach beer from the tap, with Arthur Towell's University of Wisconsin diploma on th...

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