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Ovenex Tinware Display

Date: 10 28 1937
Description: Window display of Ovenex baking tinware at Woolworth's, 1 East Main Street.
Photograph

Family having Coffee outside House

Date: 1874
Description: A family is gathered around table for coffee with a frame house behind that has a sewing machine on its porch, and a lightning rod on the roof. A framed pi...
Photograph

Sherwood Forest Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left.
Photograph

Arab Tea Seller

Date: 12 22 1937
Description: A tea seller squats with his wares on a sidewalk in Tripoli, Libya. This photograph was taken by American journalist Cecil Brown, who had a great affinity ...
Photograph

Tello's Grille and Cafe — Interior

Date: 07 24 2009
Description: "Sarah was our waitress when we visited Tello's in Port Washington." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, John P. Widmer, Shirley Widmer, and Sarah."...
Photograph

Eating in a Tent

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Description: Group of men and one boy posed sitting on benches on either side of a long table for a meal in an open-sided tent on the banks of a river. In the backgroun...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: Wiener Roasts

Date: 07 18 1940
Description: Page from the log book of bike hosteling trips sponsored by Neighborhood House. Trip participants were Anita Genna, Florence Quartuccio, Lily Caruso, Franc...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Political Cartoon Comparing Platforms

Date: 1884
Description: Political cartoon comparing the Democratic Platform with the Republican Platform. The cartoon (Democratic) on the left depicts a poor family wearing rags i...
Photograph

Zimmerman Twin's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: The Zimmerman twins, Lettie and Lloyd, celebrated their 11th birthday with 54 friends and 12 teachers at Lincoln School. Left to right are: Miriam Melrose,...
Photograph

Zimmerman Twin's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: The Zimmerman twins, Lettie and Lloyd, celebrated their 11th birthday with 54 friends and 12 teachers at Lincoln School. From left to right are friends: Ly...
Photograph

Outdoor Family Portrait

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Description: An outdoor family portrait with a golf theme. Several members are sitting on a bench and the lawn, with a large house in the background. There are two dogs...
Photograph

Hawksworth Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: A group of five young women sit at tables in the Hawksworth Ice Cream Parlor. The woman in the center has been identified as Josephine Edith McEvoy (later ...
Print

W.A. Maurer Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of W.A. Maurer, importer and jobber of china painting supplies, including "white china for decorating, artists materials, colors, etc." On the l...
Photograph

Wounded Soldiers in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: The first returned wounded soldiers in Berlin drinking coffee at tables outside of the hospital.
Photograph

Outdoor Entertainment

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Description: Stereograph of Reverend I.A. Ottesen with his family and visitors sharing outdoor refreshments. On the front table are two stereograph viewers and stereogr...
Postcard

Bock & Mohr Fur Farms

Date: 1915
Description: Text on front reads: "Bock & Mohr Fur Farms, Inc. Rochester, Wisconsin. World's Largest and Most Beautiful Mink and Fitch Ranch. The Choicest of Furs and B...
Postcard

Rock Springs Memorial Center

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Rock Springs Memorial Community Center, Auditorium, Dining Room, Snack Bar." A collage of 4 images of the Community Center. One exter...
Postcard

Lofty Pines Lodge

Date: 1964
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Lofty Pines Lodge. Big St. Germain Lake. St. Germain, Wisconsin. American and European Plan." Interior view of a lodge at a Norther...
Postcard

Business Men's Banquet

Date: 01 18 1912
Description: Handwritten on the back: "Business Men's Banquet, Seymour, Wisc., Thursday Eve, January 18-1912." View from stage of a large room filled with businessmen a...
Postcard

Goff's Restaurant

Date: 03 15 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "Goff's Restaurant, Waukesha, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Goff's Restaurant, Clinton Street - Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin's Pioneer Restaura...

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