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Lake Geneva Downtown Restaurants

Date: 1920
Description: Downtown view. On the left side of the street is a restaurant, a photography store, a drugstore, and an ice cream parlor. On the right side is another ice ...
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McDrum Drug Company

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Description: Customers pose at the soda fountain counter. Clerks are behind the counter.
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Cassidy Drugstore

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Description: Employees stand near the soda fountain at the Cassidy Drugstore.
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McDonald's Billboard

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Description: A billboard advertising the opening of a particular McDonald's restaurant. Express highways promoted the emergence of large signs that could be read at a d...
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Looking East down Main Street in Platteville

Date: 1930
Description: View looking east down Main Street at the intersection with Court Street. Coyle's Drugstore is on the right.
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200 Block of State Street in Winter

Date: 1910
Description: View across street towards the north side of the 200 block of State Street between Fairchild and Henry Streets. This side was free of saloons. The south si...
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Keller Avenue

Date: 1905
Description: View down Keller Avenue towards businesses along the left. A round or octagon shaped building on the far left has a sign that reads: "Restaurant". Further ...
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Oakleigh Lodge in Blooming Grove

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Description: Oakleigh Lodge on the south shore of Lake Monona, one-time home of Dr. and Mrs. William Reginald Reynolds of Dublin, Ireland, who purchased the house and 6...
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Cazenovia Storefronts

Date: 1907
Description: View of storefronts, a dirt road, and a plank sidewalk. One of the storefronts is a restaurant. Caption reads: "Cazenovia, Wis."
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Main Street and Iowa County Courthouse

Date: 1931
Description: Main street, with Iowa County Courthouse on the right, and a hotel and cafe on the left. Parked cars line the street. Caption reads: "Street Scene — Dodgev...
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Cobblestone Hotel

Date: 05 16 1932
Description: View from street towards the hotel. In front on the terrace is a telephone pole and a lamppost, and on the right is a parked truck. One sign on the hotel r...
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Buena Vista House

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Description: View of the hotel from across the street through trees and a fence. The hotel was later called the Cobblestone Inn. A small building on the left near the h...
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Buena Vista House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards the inn, with three cars parked in front. There is a "Chicken & Steak Dinner" sign, as well as a "Schlitz" beer sign. The cobbl...
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Main Street

Date: 1885
Description: View across unpaved Main Street, with storefronts on the right, including a restaurant and meat market. Caption reads: "Main Street".
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Library and Lunch Room

Date: 1910
Description: View of some storefronts, including a lunch room, and a library on a dirt road.
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Fisherman's Wharf

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Description: Boats and buildings on a fisherman's wharf.
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Pan-Am Cafe

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Description: Exterior view of the Pan-Am Cafe, attached to a gas station.
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Tony's Tavern

Date: 03 1960
Description: Exterior front view of Tony Urso's Westside Palm Tavern located at 730-736 West Washington Avenue in the Greenbush neighborhood. Typewritten sheet with pho...
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Group of Men at Table

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Description: A group of men, including Edward Murrow, Frank Panzer (second from left), sitting around a table in a restaurant.
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Forest House

Date: 1875
Description: The Forest House, a hotel, restaurant and stage office. It was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Dingle and was located on the corner of Third and Forest S...

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