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| Date: | 01 22 1999 |
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| Description: | "Fish Fries are very reasonable at the Back Street Cafe. Red Fish (similar to Perch) are only $4.95. A large glass of Slice is 45¢. Our waiter is Brock Cot... |
| Date: | 03 12 1999 |
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| Description: | "While dining at Sigrid's Bavarian Trail,our waitress Carrie Pobanz, entertains us by singing 'Edelweiss.' She and her family are moving to Branson, MO, in... |
| Date: | 10 01 1999 |
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| Description: | "At the Knights of Columbus in West Bend, Cy Wietor, who supervises a group of waiters, stops to chat with us at our table." From left to right; Shirley Wi... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Valentine's Day card of a soda fountain with two girls seated on stools in front of the counter and a soda jerk behind. Two puppies are on the floor near t... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Ten men sitting and standing around tables set with dishes and food in the dining room of the Vinette logging camp. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | Cart built by Ideal Body Co. for dairy industry for use at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Lunch counter during harvest season at a Wisconsin cranberry marsh. Cranberry pickers enjoy a break and lunch during the busy harvest season. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | A young boy and girl are eating popcorn from a box. They are standing next to the snack counter at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a "Pronto-Dog" stand at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition staffed by three people. Behind the stand is an amusement park ride. |
| Date: | 12 01 1954 |
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| Description: | Three Edgewood High School students work after school hours at Mickie's Dairy Bar on Monroe Street in Madison. From left are Frank Hebl, Frank's brother Bi... |
| Date: | 12 18 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Lou Connery, 616 East Main Street, and Mary Gerothanas, 15 South Franklin Street, both Central High students, dispense soft drinks at the annual Chris... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | The driver helps a senior citizen board the bus after a lunch at the Medford Senior Center. |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Lunchtime at a senior center in central Wisconsin. Congressman David R. Obey can be seen talking in the background. Although the location has not been iden... |
| Date: | 01 1979 |
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| Description: | Bus operated by the Portage County Commission on Aging and its driver. The bus took senior citizens to lunch at the Senior Center and provided other servic... |
| Date: | 06 1990 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey from Wausau and State Senator David Helbach from Stevens Point serving scrambled eggs at Marshfield Dairy Days. |
| Date: | 03 10 1957 |
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| Description: | Interior view of Nob Hill restaurant at South Highway 12 (33 West Beltline Highway), showing a chef standing behind a buffet table. |
| Date: | 05 13 1957 |
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| Description: | Madison General Hospital Junior Aides Judy Oakland (left) and Karla McCormick (center) serve Frances McPhee (right), member of the hospital auxiliary at th... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a white chef cap and a suit and tie, is either placing trays of food on a cart, or taking them off for a Pan American World Airways Boeing 74... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Color photo of an International truck carrying prepacked airline food to Pan American World Airways Boeing 747 airplane. A man in the foreground gestures t... |
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