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Dining Tent

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Description: Waitresses and waiters lined up inside the Dining Tent, ready to serve a large gathering.
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Nixon at the Buffet

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Description: Vice President Richard M. Nixon in a buffet line in Washington, D.C., with a group of dignitaries behind him. Immediately behind Nixon's right shoulder is ...
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Little Tavern Shops Metro Truck

Date: 1940
Description: A man holding a package standing next to an International model D-15-M truck with a 113-inch wheelbase and a Metro body. This truck was one of four Interna...
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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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Cup & Saucer Restaurant

Date: 1938
Description: A customer's view of the lunch counter at the Cup & Saucer Restaurant. Pies and donuts(?) are on the counter. A 4 can in-line McCormick-Deering cooler is u...
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Stone Tavern Restaurant Interior

Date: 1939
Description: A man and a woman stand behind two separate counters inside a restaurant at Stone-Tavern. Signs on the walls advertise Coca-Cola, Schweppes, and read "With...
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Street Scene

Date: 09 17 1926
Description: Downtown street scene and alley near Commercial and Canal Streets. This image was used in a Circuit Court case.
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Ice Delivery Company Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads a block of ice from the back of an International D-30 truck owned by the Ice Delivery Company. The truck is parked in front of a restaurant.
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Ice Delivery

Date: 1940
Description: A man lifts a block of ice, using tongs, from an International D-15 truck owned by the Salem Ice Company as he makes a delivery to what appears to be a res...
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Bernie Curran and Renalda

Date: 1982
Description: A man and a women sitting at the counter of a diner posing for the camera. The man has his eyes wide open and mouth slightly open. The woman is leaning cro...
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White Tower

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Description: Exterior view of the White Tower hamburger restaurant, with "1502" posted on the door. The White Tower restaurants were founded by John and Thomas Saxe in ...

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