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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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State Building & Grounds Retirees Dinner

Date: 01 25 1944
Description: Group portrait of those in attendence at a dinner to honor 14 retiring employees of the Division of Buildings and Grounds of the Wisconsin Bureau of Engine...
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Cardinal Hotel Bar with Bartender

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: Cardinal Hotel Bar with a male bartender shaking a cocktail shaker.
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Sherwood Forest Hotel Dining Room

Date: 1930
Description: Interior of the Sherwood Forest Hotel dining room. Men and women are seated at a table for a meal, and the uniformed waitstaff stand to the left.
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Cafeteria at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Long tables and chairs in a dining hall, probably at the McCormick Works. The tables are covered in table cloths and several cooks stand in the background....
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Workers' Unity House Dining Room

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Description: A view of the dining room with chairs around tables with place settings. The tables are arranged in rows, each set with silverware, cups and saucers, and w...
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Workers' Unity House Dining Room

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Description: View down center of the dining room, looking toward the entrance door. The hall leading from the door to the dining room proper has a long carpet running i...
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The Terry Tavern

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Description: Interior of the dining room at the Terry Tavern. Waiters and a waitress stand near tables set for dining. Windows line the left wall and a door leads out o...
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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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Tello's Grille and Cafe — Interior

Date: 07 24 2009
Description: "Sarah was our waitress when we visited Tello's in Port Washington." From left to right; Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, John P. Widmer, Shirley Widmer, and Sarah."...
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United Steelworkers Convention Resolutions Committee

Date: 08 24 1946
Description: Posed group shot of the United Steelworkers of America District 32 Convention Resolutions Committee. The men wear suits and are all sitting or standing aro...
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Unitarian Anniversary

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ...
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Restaurant Bar

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Description: Six men standing in a dining room with a bar. Two of the men are bartenders, one of whom is pouring a drink. Three men dressed in suits are leaning against...
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Women Workers in Osborne Works Cafeteria

Date: 03 25 1914
Description: Elevated view of a large group of female factory workers sitting at tables in a cafeteria at International Harvester's Osborne Works. The women likely work...
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Truck Stop Diner

Date: 1966
Description: Waitresses and customers at an American Oil Company truck stop diner on Interstate-80.
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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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Palmer House Menu

Date: 10 02 1884
Description: Foldout menu with a central menu listing, with a banner at the top with hunting rifles, a horn, and fishing poles; and surrounding vignettes of hunters aim...
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Women's Architecural League of Madison

Date: 09 17 1960
Description: Eleanor Nerdrum (left), is hostess for a tea, the first invitational social event sponsored by the Women's Architectural League of Madison. She is shown wi...
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Dining Room in the McCormick Works Club House

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of the dining room in the McCormick Works Club House. A waiter stands near the door to the kitchen in the background.
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Kitchen in a Logging Camp

Date: 1890
Description: Interior view of a kitchen in a logging camp with light coming in from a window on the far right. Two men are posing standing, and another man is sitting i...

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