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Coffee Shop

Date: 05 1960
Description: Two women serving coffee to customers at a coffee shop. Richland Center, Wisconsin.
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Sit-in at Lunch Counter

Date: 05 28 1963
Description: Civil rights sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter. Seated at the counter from left to right are by John Salter, Joan Trumpauer, and Anne Moody. People pour ...
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Teenagers Listening to WVLR at the Eagle's Nest

Date: 1965
Description: Teenagers studying and playing pool at the Eagle's Nest, a popular teen hangout in downtown Sauk-Prairie. The Eagle's Nest had a juke-box, but the WVLR (Wi...
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International 1700 Loadstar

Date: 1964
Description: Elevated view of an International 1700 Loadstar truck owned by George Miesel and Son, wholesale grocers, delivering daily foodstuffs to restaurants and ins...
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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Peace Through Victory

Date: 01 19 1968
Description: Protesters, members of the Milwaukee Americans for Freedom, demonstrate against presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy and in favor of the Vietnam war.
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Gasoline Station in Early Morning Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Street scene with a Shell gasoline station, the Kitty Korner Kafe, and a phone booth in early morning fog.
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Street Corner

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: Street corner with gasoline station, 7-Up sign in front of restaurant next door, and several storefronts across the street.
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Austin Straubel Airport

Date: 06 13 1965
Description: The restaurant at Austin Straubel Field. In 1965 Brown County completed a new passenger terminal at Austin Straubel Airport that included a large (and appa...
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Civil Rights Protest at Howard Johnson's

Date: 1960
Description: Group of protesters march in front of a Howard Johnson's restaurant holding signs. One says "Segregation OUT!! Integration IN!! CORE - NAACP".
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Nick's Restaurant near World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers and a businessman walk by Nick's Restaurant. The photograph was taken near the construction of the World Trade Center.
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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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Motel with Swimming Pool

Date: 1965
Description: The Valley Motel and Colonial Restaurant at the intersection of Highways 41 and 29. This motel boasts that it has a large lighted swimming pool as well as ...
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Newman's Drive-In

Date: 07 1960
Description: Newman's Drive-In with Free Root Beer sign and waitress.
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Bennett's Table Talk

Date: 1968
Description: Large mouse being lifted by crane onto Bennett's Table Talk at 211-213 Broadway.
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Condiments on a Table

Date: 1969
Description: Various condiments sit atop a table near a decorative railing at what appears to be a restaurant.
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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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Schmidt's Beer Sign

Date: 1969
Description: Exterior view of neon Schmidt's Beer sign in a diner window, along with an arrangement of flowers.
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Temperance Fair Booth

Date: 1964
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...
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Rainy Day on State Street

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: People cross a State Street intersection in the rain. The College Barber Shop and a Steak House is on the other side of the street.

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