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White Oak's Restaurant = Rathskeller Menu

Date: 1946
Description: Front cover of die cut menu from White Oak's Restaurant = Rathskeller in the shape of a decorated beer stein. On the stein is a man and a woman holding alo...
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Beer on Tap at the Wisconsin State Fair

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Description: Elevated view of employees and patrons gathered around a beer and sandwich concession stand on the midway at the Wisconsin State Fair, where Gettelman On T...
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Newman's Drive-In

Date: 07 1960
Description: Newman's Drive-In with Free Root Beer sign and waitress.
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A.J. Brandehoff

Date: 1938
Description: Gilbert John Brandehoff is leaning over to open a bottle of Diehl beer with a bottle opener that is mounted on a McCormick-Deering cooler. A woman is stand...
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Reed's Cafe

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is standing by a cooler with a beer bottle in her hand at Reed's Cafe near a stove and countertop. Original caption states: "McCormick-Deering 6 ca...
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Fauerbach Beer Signs at Concession Stand

Date: 08 27 1933
Description: View towards the Fauerbach concession stand, with five servers, all men, standing behind the counter at the Dane County fair. There are signs for Coca-Cola...
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Teens Work Summer Job at Monona Drive-In

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: James Fernan, 3522 Dennett Drive (left), and Harold Hemel, 738 Lansing Street (right) serving up root beer at a Monona drive-in.
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Steuben Hof Dinner Menu

Date: 06 13 1936
Description: One-page dinner menu for the Steuben Hof, a German American restaurant, on a form menu with a roundel illustration of three men raising their tankards in a...
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Cup & Saucer Restaurant

Date: 1938
Description: View down counter of women and men sitting and drinking beer or soda. Two men stand on the back left. One woman is wearing a bathing cap, and other women a...
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Steuben Hof Lunch Menu

Date: 06 13 1936
Description: Front and back sides of a one-page typewritten form menu for the Steuben Hof, a German American restaurant, with a roundel illustration of three men raisin...
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White Oak's Restaurant = Rathskeller Menu Interior

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Description: Interior of the White Oak's Restaurant = Rathskeller menu, with a sheet listing German specialties, as well as appetizers, steaks, and seafood.
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Sigrid's Bavarian Trail — Interior

Date: 03 12 1999
Description: "While dining at Sigrid's Bavarian Trail,our waitress Carrie Pobanz, entertains us by singing 'Edelweiss.' She and her family are moving to Branson, MO, in...
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Seventh St. Buffet

Date: 1939
Description: Elevated view pf W.T. Hening, dressed in an apron, leaning over a McCormick-Deering No. 4 beverage cooler at the Seventh Street Buffet. A bar or lunch coun...
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Employees at a Snack Bar

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S...
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Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: First and last pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...

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