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Bancroft Dairy Fountain

Date: 09 11 1937
Description: A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream.
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Roadside Milk Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Interior of Roadside Milk Bar with soda fountain, service island, and booths. The business was located on Middleton Road (University Avenue), just before t...
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Interior of Ice Cream Bar

Date: 09 11 1945
Description: Ice Cream Bar interior, on Milwaukee Street, showing fountain, and booths along the all on the left, with several people sitting.
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: A soda jerk pouring a malt into a glass as three women are sitting at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, located at 507 State Street.
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McCoy Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 09 08 1937
Description: Three women are drinking malts at the counter of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street. A sign on the wall reads: "A Balanced meal in every glassful! ...
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McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 06 02 1937
Description: An interior view of McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street, with soda fountain & bar. The front door and front window are in the background.
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Union News Soda Grill Interior

Date: 02 17 1934
Description: Interior of the Union News soda grill at the Chicago and North Western railroad depot, 219 S. Blair Street, from the entrance, showing lunch counter and di...
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Sheldrup's Pharmacy Interior

Date: 01 12 1934
Description: Sheldrup's Pharmacy soda fountain and cosmetics counter.
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Rennebohm Soda Fountain

Date: 01 12 1934
Description: The soda fountain at Rennebohm Drug Store #3 in the Levitan Building at 13 West Main Street provides an excellent view of the store's interior decoration.
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Kleinheinz Pharmacy Soda Fountain

Date: 06 18 1931
Description: New soda fountain counter at Kleinheinz Pharmacy, located at 714 South Park Street. The view includes shelves and merchandise.
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Tavern Cafe Interior

Date: 06 12 1931
Description: Interior view of the Tavern Cafe at 212 State Street. Along the left is a striped awing over the counter and soda fountain.
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Esquire Club Dining Room

Date: 12 17 1946
Description: Interior view of the Esquire Club dining room including a soda fountain counter with a countertop jukebox. There is a piano in the background. 2615 Sherman...
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Rennebohms Soda Fountain

Date: 06 13 1947
Description: Soda fountain of Rennebohm Drug Store #10, 676 State Street, from end showing back bar, and also showing the booths in the background.
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Kober's Dairy Bar Interior

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Interior of Kober's Dairy Bar drive-in restaurant, 2237 Sherman Avenue, with octagonal shaped counter. Windows are along the wall in the background.
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Helmstrom's Prescription Pharmacy Soda Fountain

Date: 05 12 1948
Description: Helmstrom's Prescription Pharmacy soda fountain, 122 West Washington Avenue, in the Wisconsin Power and Light building.
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Business Block

Date: 1912
Description: View from street towards a row of brick buildings. On the left corner is a building with a sign on the roof that says "W. Welsh." The entrance has a balcon...
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Prospect Avenue

Date: 1921
Description: View of Prospect Avenue. A group of men and a woman standing in front of the store, which is a two-story wooden building with shuttered windows, next to a ...
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LaCrosse Main Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down middle of unpaved Main Street. There are large trees along the sidewalk on the left. Businesses line both sides of the street, and there is a sta...
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View downhill towards a central business district. A restaurant and ice cream parlor are on the right side of the road, and a general store and gas pump ar...
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City Bakery; Interior

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Description: Indoor view of a European American woman posing standing behind a high shop counter. In front of the counter is a large decorated cake that reads: "Grand O...

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