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| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | The Pabst Park beer garden and Park Bar at N. 3rd Street and W. Garfield Avenue (later renamed Garfield and Rose Park). |
| Date: | 05 28 |
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| Description: | Street corner with commercial buildings, including Leo Abraham Cigars and Merit, Gargoyle Restaurant, The Peoples Dentists, The Hermit Buffet, and surround... |
| Date: | 05 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Olympic Restaurant and Bar interior at 125 West Mifflin Street and North Fairchild Street, showing booths and counter, and balcony. A man and woman stand i... |
| Date: | 08 16 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stands outside an International Model S truck used to deliver Snow & Palmer dairy products. Text on the truck reads: "for clean, pasteurized milk" an... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of neon Schmidt's Beer sign in a diner window, along with an arrangement of flowers. |
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| Description: | View of the 100 block of Webster Street. Buildings include Hoffman Chemical and Supply Company at 117 South Webster, Yee's Cafe at 199 South Webster and Wi... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International model "F" or "31" truck operated by Schwartz Furniture Co. of New London, Connecticut. The truck is photographed on the street outside of the... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Several houses along the road next to a local restaurant with several signs advertising food and drink. A car is on the far left in the road. |
| Date: | 10 28 1936 |
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| Description: | Interior of Reeds Cafe in Elsberry, Missouri. There is a man at the cafe reaching into a 6-can milk cooler. Also shown is the work space behind the counte... |
| Date: | 09 09 1936 |
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| Description: | A woman wearing a dress places bottles into a "McCormick-Deering Milk Cooler "for cooling beer". The photograph was taken at Royce Cafe in Edmond, Oklahoma... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of building facade, which has a light-colored wall pierced with holes, designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. On the right is a restaurant, th... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Designed by Maynard Meyer, architect. The one-story building has a mural near the entrance, and a pierced wall on the other. To the right is a restaurant, ... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | View from street of theatre and main entrance on corner of Wells and Water Streets. To the right is a building with a sign for Quaker Oats. On the left cor... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | A man is walking on the raised sidewalk in front of the building near a fence. On the windows is written "Lakehouse Lunch Room". |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view looking west up the 500 block of East Wilson Street. Left to right are the Cardinal Hotel, 416-18 East Wilson Street; Lake City House, 502 East Wil... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Lumbertown Street (Now Highway 47). There are horse-drawn carts and a car. Sailors burned down Lumbertown in 1897. It was later built up as a resort town.... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Fundraising booth of the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair. At that booth one could purchase soft drinks, milk, and "fir... |
| Date: | 07 03 1896 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp... |
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