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Bancroft Dairy Outdoor Bar

Date: 08 03 1946
Description: Bancroft Dairy "sidewalk fountain," 1010 South Park Street. Ruby Davenport and Dorothy Drifke are seated at an outdoor table. The table is covered by an um...
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Henry L. Krehl at Soda Fountain

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Seventy-six-year old Henry L. Krehl, believed to the be city's oldest soda jerk, at the soda fountain of his brother August W. "Doc" Krehl's drug store, 40...
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Dennis Morgan

Date: 08 08 1945
Description: Hollywood singer and actor, Dennis Morgan, in Madison to visit patients at Truax Field. He is on USO tour as a representative of the Hollywood Victory comm...
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Rennebohm Drug Store

Date: 03 04 1947
Description: Interior of Rennebohm Drug Store, 2526 Monroe Street, showing display counters and soda fountain.
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Members of Madison Figure Skating Club

Date: 01 12 1949
Description: The warming room with its corner snack bar and music area at the Madison Figure Skating Club's new indoor skating arena at Truax Field. Jane Spencer, daug...
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Dave Moran, a senior at West High School, has a summer job working at a local confectionery at the soda fountain and waiting on tables.
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Walgreen Employee Honored

Date: 11 15 1949
Description: Robert A. Knoll (left) receives a gold watch in honor of his 25 years of service with Walgreen Drug Stores. It is being presented by E.A. Rintelmann. Mr. K...
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Teen-Agers at Summer Jobs

Date: 08 02 1950
Description: Madison teenagers J. Ludger Parr and Jim Graham dispense cokes to Carma Rae Chapman and Sheila Ryan at a local drug store as they work at their summer jobs...
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down a rainy commercial street. There is a soda/ice cream shop, garage/gas station, and undertaker. A car is parked on the side of the road. There is ...
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Scene on Highway 11

Date: 1929
Description: View down a commercial street, with an automobile coming down the street. There is a soda/ice cream shop which offers tobacco, cigars, and candy. The City ...
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Madison General Hospital Junior Aide Program

Date: 05 13 1957
Description: Madison General Hospital Junior Aides Judy Oakland (left) and Karla McCormick (center) serve Frances McPhee (right), member of the hospital auxiliary at th...
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Main Street Looking West

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street, with City Hall in the background. On the left is a general merchandise store, a bank and other businesses. In the foreground on the ...
Print

Rennebohm Menu

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Description: Front cover and interior pages of menu from Rennebohm's. The front cover features a wood-grain background with a silhouette of a cup of coffee. Interior pa...
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Rennebohm Drug Store Soda Fountain

Date: 05 25 1954
Description: People, mostly women, eating at the counter of Rennebohm Better Drug Store soda fountain. The Coronet Magazine display is also pictured.
Postcard

Olson's Ice Cream Parlor

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Description: View of the window display of an ice cream parlor. There is a decorative wood screen hanging above a display of boxes of chocolate and signs for ice cream ...
Postcard

Night View at Keeley's Palace of Sweets

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of a sweet shop and soda fountain located at 112 State Street. In the foreground is a glass counter, and behind it on the left is the soda fo...

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