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Bancroft Dairy Fountain Room
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Slightly elevated view of a waitress standing behind semi-circular counter with six customers enjoying dairy treats at the Bancroft Dairy Fountain Room, 1010 South Park Street.
September 20, 1937
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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