click zoom to display a high-res image
Goff's Restaurant
Image
Text on front reads: "Goff's Restaurant, Waukesha, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Goff's Restaurant, Clinton Street - Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin's Pioneer Restaurant. 50 years of service. Featuring home made pies, bread and sizzling steaks. Smorgasbord every Sunday evening. Recommended by Duncan Hines." The dining room is full of tables and chairs with place settings ready for guests. In the back of the room is the hostess stand on the left near the entrance which is fronted by large windows with decorative framing flanking the doorway. Plates on shelves and flowers in sconces decorate the walls.
March 15, 1942
Curt Teich & Co.
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W013YC4
WHi 150770
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Goff's Restaurant
1950
Text on front reads: "Goff's Restaurant, Waukesha, Wisconsin." On reverse: "Goff's Restaurant, Clinton Street - Waukesha, Wis. Wisconsin's Pioneer Restaurant. 59 years of service. Featuring home ma...
Hotel Sydney
1942
Text on front reads: "Hotel Sydney - Sparta, Wis. European - Modern - Dining Room." View from intersection of a two-story hotel with three-story towers on a street corner. There is a decorative cor...
Alpine Village
circa 1960-1969
View of Alpine Village. Caption reads: "Alpine Village, Mequon, Wisconsin. America's No. 1 Authentic Swiss Restaurant." Located on Hwy 57 near Mequon.
Cathedral Room, North Cave, Cave of the Mounds
1947
Colorized postcard of the Cathedral Room, North Cave, in the Cave of the Mounds.
County Court House
1920
Eau Claire County Court House, built in 1873, with lawn and trees. Caption reads: "County Court House, Eau Claire, Wis." On the back it reads: "Wisconsin-Indian Head Country; distributed by Eau Cla...
Wisconsin Veteran Home
1907
Text on front reads: "Waupaca, Wis. Wisconsin Veteran Home, Dock and Water Tower, Chain O'Lakes." Elevated view from hill of a man on a pier, walking towards cottages at the Veterans Home. A water ...
