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Boy at Rootbeer Stand

Date: 1953
Description: Young boy with a rootbeer float moustache standing in the parking lot of a rootbeer stand.
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Molino Service Station and Grill

Date: 
Description: Interior of Molino Service Station and Grill. The building features a counter with stools and a dining space with booths. On the left, there are counters, ...
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Truck Stop Diner

Date: 1966
Description: Waitresses and customers at an American Oil Company truck stop diner on Interstate-80.
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Truckers in Booth of Restaurant

Date: 1962
Description: Two truck drivers sit on either side of a booth at the Mt. Victory truck stop, or service plaza, while waiting for a meal. At the end of the booth near the...
Print

Pullman Buffet Menu

Date: 1901
Description: Front cover and first page of a menu from a railroad dining car, with a woman in long robes carrying a tray with a steaming dish of food. A border of fruit...
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The Gargoyle Menu

Date: 09 13 1911
Description: Middle front outer panel and tri-fold menu from The Gargoyle, with a gargoyle sitting atop the framed illustration of the entryway of the restaurant and a ...
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Hotel Witter Dinner Menu

Date: 09 05 1926
Description: Dinner menu for the Hotel Witter, with menu listing, flap, front, and back of self-folding mailer, and tipped-in photographic views of the dining room and ...
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Restaurant Remodeling Project

Date: 01 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Dorothy Brewer poses next to artificial palm trees that are part of a remodeling project of the Red Rooster restaurant on East Washington avenue, whic...

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