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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Dutch Tavern, 121 North Blount Street, with piano, jukebox, tables, booths, and northwoods decor.
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McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 06 02 1937
Description: McCoy's Ice Cream Parlor, 507 State Street, showing booths and jukebox.
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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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Rexair Corporation Employees

Date: 03 29 1950
Description: Group portrait of Rexair Corporation employees, 2802 East Johnson Street, attending a sales meeting at the Wings Inn. They made vacuum cleaners. (Wurlitzer...
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Leske's Steak House

Date: 06 15 1953
Description: Leske's Steak House main dining room from the front door, 2827 Atwood Avenue, with jukebox.
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Highway Trailer Company Banquet

Date: 02 10 1948
Description: Two employees of the utility division of the Highway Trailer Company at a company banquet at Harold Halverson's Superclub. Visible in the background of the...
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League of Women Voters Statewide Radio Program

Date: 09 10 1951
Description: Frances Hurst (left) and Marcella Gill (right) listen to voice recordings at the WIBA radio broadcasting studio. Hurst was chairman of the WHA radio progra...
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Interior of Diner

Date: 1940
Description: An interior view of a diner, showing two semi-circular counters with stools and booths along the walls. There is a jukebox on the right and a root beer bar...
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Bar at a Rustic Inn

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Description: Interior of a bar in a rustic inn. Chairs are arranged along the walls and against a bar in the background and a jukebox stands along the wall at left.
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Mike Mazie's Bar

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Description: Interior of Mike Mazie's Bar. A counter and stools can be seen to the right of a dining area arranged with tables and chairs. In the background, a jukebox ...
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Two Instructors Teaching Naval Students Morse Code

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Description: Two instructors, Beatrice and Leon Lamoreux, teaching Naval students telegraphy at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Nakoma School Graduation Parties

Date: 06 10 1953
Description: Dick Guerny, left, and Gordon Doefer, Nakoma School eighth grade graduating students, stand next to a jukebox during a dance at Nakoma Country Club.
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Bar and Tap Room at Meyer's Tavern

Date: 09 1938
Description: Interior of Meyer's Tavern, including stocked bar and jukebox.
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The Gateway Inn

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Description: Postcard of an empty bar and lounge. In the foreground are a number of circular seating areas of booths along a mirrored wall. The bar runs along the right...
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Mt. Victory Service Plaza Dining

Date: 1962
Description: A waitress serves four truck drivers sitting in a booth in the Mt. Victory truck stop dining room. Against the window of the booth is a tabletop jukebox.
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Truckers in Booth of Restaurant

Date: 1962
Description: Two truck drivers sit on either side of a booth at the Mt. Victory truck stop, or service plaza, while waiting for a meal. At the end of the booth near the...
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Book Signing Party at the Club Tavern

Date: 06 13 1975
Description: A man is looking at a copy of E.E. LeMasters' book, Blue-Collar Aristocrats, at a book signing party at the Club Tavern. The author is holding the b...
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Life on the River

Date: 07 2014
Description: View from back of river boat on a tour of a river. People are sitting on benches wearing hats and holding up umbrellas. A man is piloting the boat from a s...
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The Rex Bar

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Description: People are sitting on stools along the bar, with bartenders behind serving drinks. Signs above the bar read: "Cocktails" and "Liquors." There is a jukebox ...

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