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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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The Grill Room

Date: 05 08 1964
Description: A waitress sets restaurant tables in anticipation of evening business.
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Breakfast Club

Date: 11 12 1987
Description: A waitress serves a group of older Italian-American men in a diner.
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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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Truax Field Lunch Counter

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Description: The lunch counter at Truax Field, formerly Madison Municipal Airport. Two men are sitting at the counter, probably airport employees, and a waitress is po...
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Manchester's Store Fountain Room

Date: 09 11 1941
Description: Manchester's Department Store Fountain Room and coffee shop, with people at the counter and in booths.
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Dinner Party at Kennedy Manor

Date: 11 20 1936
Description: Group portrait of men and women in formal dress at a dinner party at Kennedy Manor, 1 Langdon Street.
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Frank Family Banquet

Date: 03 15 1936
Description: Frank family banquet at the Morris L. Frank restaurant, located at 611 Chapman Street. The family were Greenbush residents.
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Show Girls at Heidelberg Hofbrau

Date: 03 10 1935
Description: Seven show girls, wearing hats, from the Orpheum's "Spices of 1935" show, sitting at a table at Hommel's Heidelberg Hofbrau Restaurant, 20 West Mifflin Str...
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Piper's Garden Cafeteria Interior

Date: 11 19 1933
Description: Interior of Piper's Garden Cafeteria, 120 East Mifflin Street, showing people in the cafeteria line, and sitting at tables eating.
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Julian's Delicatessen

Date: 06 23 1933
Description: Julius Giller, proprietor at Julian's Delicatessen and Sandwich Shop at 226 State Street, with customers.
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Manchester's Party

Date: 10 31 1932
Description: Manchester employees sitting at tables at the Chanticleer celebrating the 12th anniversary of the Harry Manchester Inc. store.
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Karmelkorn Store Window

Date: 12 17 1930
Description: View of the interior of the O'Sullivan's Karmelkorn Shop, 308 North Henry Street, with a small Christmas tree with tinsel on display in the front window on...
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Dane and Arthur Party at Park Hotel

Date: 11 30 1930
Description: Karl Dane and George K. Arthur, Hollywood movie stars sitting at a table with six other people at the Park Hotel. One is Sol Levitan.
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Walgreen Drug Store Interior

Date: 06 21 1930
Description: Interior of a Walgreen Drug Store, showing lunch counter and customers, at 30-32 E. Mifflin Street.
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Dykman's Restaurant Kitchen

Date: 10 12 1954
Description: Kitchen at new Dykman's Restaurant, 107 West Main Street.
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Young's Cafe, Interior

Date: 08 05 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of Young's Cafe, 316 East Wilson Street. Joseph and Anna Young are standing in the cafe surrounded by bouquets on opening day.
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Young's Cafe

Date: 08 05 1947
Description: Slightly elevated view of the interior of Young's Cafe, located at 316 East Wilson Street. Joseph and Anna Young are standing in the Cafe surrounded by bou...
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Dykman's Restaurant

Date: 10 12 1954
Description: Interior of the new Dykman's Restaurant, 107 West Main Street, showing the v-shaped luncheon counter with two waitresses, and featuring a Toastmaster three...

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