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State Street Neon Signs at Night

Date: 12 05 1930
Description: Night view looking down State Street from the intersection at North Carroll Street. Lighting up the scene are the blurred lights of automobiles moving alon...
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The Triangle Diner

Date: 1990
Description: Exterior view of the The Triangle Diner. A large Coca-Cola sign is on top of the diner.
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Newman Custard Stand

Date: 07 20 1955
Description: Front view of the Newman Custard Stand, at the intersection of Highway 12 and County A, on the West side.
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West Wisconsin Commercial District

Date: 05 28
Description: Street corner with commercial buildings, including Leo Abraham Cigars and Merit, Gargoyle Restaurant, The Peoples Dentists, The Hermit Buffet, and surround...
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Olympic Restaurant and Bar

Date: 05 20 1947
Description: Interior of Olympic Restaurant and Bar, 125 West Mifflin Street at North Fairchild Street, showing bar area.
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Men Conversing in a Diner

Date: 1969
Description: View through window of a diner of several men engaged in conversation at the counter. A neon sign in the window says, in part: "Fountain Service."
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Woman and Child in Front of Shops

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Description: A woman and child in front of brick commercial storefronts. Signs read, from left to right "Drugs Prescriptions," "Soda Grill Luncheonette" and "Greendale ...
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Giftland at Night

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Description: Night view of gift shops, restaurants, and other attractions in a two-story shopping plaza. Several cars are parked along the curb beneath a streetlight in...
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Uphoff's Motel

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Description: Exterior view of Uphoff's Motel taken from across the street. The image shows a round section that was part of the original building known as Uphoff's Rotu...
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Cammarano Brothers Beer Truck

Date: 05 21 1935
Description: A man handles boxes of beer on the side of an International C-35 truck used by the Cammarano Brothers company. The truck has a wooden sign over the back re...
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Portland Avenue

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Description: A sign prominently displays "OPEN THANKSGIVING DAI" in the top left corner of the frame. Across Third Street behind the sign is the 88 Tavern. Down Portlan...
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Suburban Inn

Date: 04 1981
Description: View across street of parked cars along curb in front of the Suburban Inn, formerly the Park Hotel, on the 300 block of Broom Street. Next door on the righ...
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Pete's Cafe

Date: 1940
Description: Pete Sprecher's Cafe and Bar on Water Street. A sign identifies the entrance to Pearl's Garden Dining Room. There are two benches and a penny weight machi...
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Farrell's Cafe, Washington Heights

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Farrell's Cafe in Washington Heights from the street. Beer advertisements for Guinness, Rheingold and Balantine hang in the window belo...
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Maid-Rite Restaurant

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Description: View down sidewalk of exterior of the Maid-Rite Restaurant, with hanging sign and American flag.
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Lewis Arms Outside of Elvord's Barbeque

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Description: Lewis Arms poses next to an automobile in front of Carl Elvord's Barbeque restaurant on the corner of Mound and Murray Streets in "the Bush".
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Bodega Brew Pub

Date: 2007
Description: An exterior view from across street of Bodega Brew Pub on corner of Pearl Street.
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Buzzard Billy's

Date: 2006
Description: View from across street of "Buzzard Billy's." There is a decorative fish on top of the establishment.
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Ashford Country Inn — Exterior

Date: 09 05 1997
Description: Members of the fish fry group outside restaurant. From left to right; Shirley Widmer, Ralph Widmer, Rudy Heinecke, and Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker.
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MJ's Food and Spirits

Date: 11 14 1997
Description: "With snowflakes in the air, we stop in at MJ's bar and restaurant in Brownsville, WI." From left to right; Shirley Widmer, Ralph Widmer, John Bodden, Rudy...

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