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Rupert's Roadkill Cafe Menu
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Front cover and imagined bill of fare for "Rupert's Roadkill Cafe: You Kill It ... ... We Grill It!," with a cartoon drawing of a cat standing on long, flat feet with a long tail hovering in the air. A single tire track, presumably made by a bicycle tire, is superimposed across the middle of the cartoon.
1986
GReat Annual Bicycle Adventure Along the Wisconsin River (GRABAAWR)
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W0133JO
WHi 100078
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Secession Soup
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Guido's Supper Club New Year's Eve Menu
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