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Dutch Tavern

Date: 04 01 1941
Description: Interior of Dutch Tavern, back bar, 121 North Blount Street.
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Men Greasing Cars

Date: 07 01 1927
Description: Men greasing cars in the Klean Rite Auto Laundry, located at 739 East Mifflin Street.
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Western Hotel

Date: 1870
Description: Interior of the Western Hotel. Benches are along the walls.
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1896
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...
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Frank Lloyd Wright and Man in Studio

Date: 08 1957
Description: Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and an unidentified man are in Wright's studio at Taliesin, Wright's summer home, looking at drawings. Taliesin is located in ...
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Hotel White

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Description: Slightly elevated view of the lobby of the Hotel White. Tables, chairs and potted flowers and plants are arranged in the foreground, and in the background ...
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The Elton Hotel

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Description: Interior of the Flemish Dining Room at the Elton Hotel, built in 1905. Decorative lighting surrounds a domed skylight, and below, tables are set for a meal...
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Montauk Manor

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Description: View of the dining room at Montauk Manor, which opened in 1927 and was designed by Carl Fisher. Large windows line the walls and tables are set with flower...
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Dining Room at Windsor Hotel

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Description: Interior of a dining room at Windsor Hotel, built in the 1880's. The large room is filled with chairs and tables and features a ceiling adorned with flags.
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Forest Park Hotel Dining Room

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Description: Interior of a dining room at Forest Park Hotel, purchased by the International Ladies' Garment Workers Union in the early 1900's. Women stand among tables ...
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Dining Room at Seven Point Inn

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Description: Interior of a dining room at Seven Point Inn. The room features a dance floor with tables and chairs around it. The circular-shaped room has a row of windo...
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Lunch Counter at the Union Railroad Passenger Station

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Description: Women stand behind and near the lunch counter at Union Railroad Passenger Station. Tables and chairs are set up against the wall beside the counter.
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Living Room at Wabanaki Lodge

Date: 1930
Description: View of the living room of Wabanaki Lodge, a log building with a rustic interior. The room features a large fireplace on the left wall, tables, and wicker...
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Modern Home Hotel

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Description: Front porch at Modern Home Hotel. There is a drinking fountain in the foreground on the left. The furniture on the porch includes a desk, rocking chairs, a...
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Billiard Room at the Park Hotel

Date: 1871
Description: Six billiard tables in a large room with high ceilings at the Park Hotel on Carroll Street. Benches and chairs line the back wall, and large windows are al...
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Phil's Lake Nokomis Resort

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Description: Kodak photographic postcard of the interior of a restaurant with a long bar. Bottles are stacked next the picture windows behind the bar. A piano is in an ...
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Kilkare Lodge Dining Room

Date: 1948
Description: The dining room in Kilkare Lodge on Birch Island Lake. Windows line both sides of the room. Two women are sitting at tables at the far end of the room near...
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Kilkare Lodge Lobby

Date: 1948
Description: The lobby, with a stone fireplace at the Kilkare Lodge on Birch Island Lake. There are stuffed deer on mantels flanking the fireplace, and on the mantel ab...

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