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Bancroft Dairy Fountain

Date: 09 11 1937
Description: A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream.
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Hamilton Twine Mills Employees in Cafeteria

Date: 1930
Description: Male and female workers lined up at a food service window in the cafeteria of International Harvester's Hamilton Twine Mills, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
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Flying Tea Party

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Description: A tea party on an airplane, a publicity stunt conceived by Harry Bruno to promote his Cleveland-area airline, Aeromarine Airlines. By taking local reporter...
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Oscar Mayer Company Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria with workers sitting at tables.
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Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria, showing workers standing in a food line.
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Manchester's Store Fountain Room

Date: 09 11 1941
Description: Manchester's Department Store Fountain Room and coffee shop, with people at the counter and in booths.
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Julian's Delicatessen

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Julius Giller, proprietor at Julian's Delicatessen and Sandwich Shop at 226 State Street, with customers.
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Cafeteria Line at Farmall Works

Date: 1952
Description: Woman serving meals to factory workers in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Farmall Works.
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Beer on Tap at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of employees and patrons gathered around a beer and sandwich concession stand on the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair, where Gettelman On T...
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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.
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Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' Meeting

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Seated at the speakers table at the Dane County Rural Letter Carriers' meeting (left to right), are: Earl Bagley, Cambridge, treasurer; R.C. Salisbury, Mad...
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Floyd Kaylor Restaurant

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is filling a glass from a faucet mounted on a McCormick-Deering 6 can cooler in the Floyd Kaylor Restaurant. Three people are sitting at a counter ...
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Cup & Saucer Restaurant

Date: 1938
Description: View down counter of women and men sitting and drinking beer or soda. Two men stand on the back left. One woman is wearing a bathing cap, and other women a...
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A.J. Brandehoff

Date: 1938
Description: Gilbert John Brandehoff is leaning over to open a bottle of Diehl beer with a bottle opener that is mounted on a McCormick-Deering cooler. A woman is stand...
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Tractor Works Cafeteria

Date: 1940
Description: Workers stand behind a food service counter at the Tractor Works (factory) cafeteria. The counter is loaded with dishes, cups and saucers. One woman is mov...
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Tractor Works Cafeteria Kitchen

Date: 1940
Description: A woman in uniform standing by the open door of a walk-in-cooler in the cafeteria at International Harvester's Tractor Works (factory). A man is standing ...
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First Staff of Oakwood Village Lutheran Home

Date: 10 23 1949
Description: Three of the first staff members of the Oakwood Lutheran Home on Mineral Point Road stand side by side. Left to right: Mrs. A. Staehling, matron; Mrs. O.D....
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Monty's Blue Plate Diner

Date: 2008
Description: Interior view of Monty's Blue Plate Diner.
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Countertop at Monty's Blue Plate Diner

Date: 2008
Description: Food not gas is now the fuel of choice at Monty's Blue Plate Diner in Madison. This former station once again serves as the lively neighborhood meeting pla...
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Stone Tavern Restaurant Interior

Date: 1939
Description: A man and a woman stand behind two separate counters inside a restaurant at Stone-Tavern. Signs on the walls advertise Coca-Cola, Schweppes, and read "With...

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