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| Date: | 07 1960 |
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| Description: | Newman's Drive-In with Free Root Beer sign and waitress. |
| Date: | 12 12 1997 |
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| Description: | "Matt Straveler is our waiter at Cunningham's Feed Mill. They only serve Cod which is $5.50 per plate." |
| Date: | 01 22 1999 |
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| Description: | "Fish Fries are very reasonable at the Back Street Cafe. Red Fish (similar to Perch) are only $4.95. A large glass of Slice is 45¢. Our waiter is Brock Cot... |
| Date: | 10 01 1999 |
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| Description: | "At the Knights of Columbus in West Bend, Cy Wietor, who supervises a group of waiters, stops to chat with us at our table." From left to right; Shirley Wi... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Front cover and first page of a menu from a railroad dining car, with a woman in long robes carrying a tray with a steaming dish of food. A border of fruit... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page for the second annual stamp show and banquet for the University Stamp Club. Includes a 1/2 cent stamp picturing Nathan Hale cance... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | One-page card menu with red borders for club breakfasts at the Hotel Wisconsin. Features the silhouette of a waitress holding a tray with a steaming coffee... |
| Date: | 01 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Dinner and children's menu from Goff's Restaurant, with two illustrations of a woman in an apron filling a coffee cup: in the one accompanying 1893, when t... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the Rohde's Steak House special football luncheon menu, with a photograph of the University of Wisconsin coaching staff for the 1964 season (Fr... |
| Date: | 11 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page of the Thanksgiving Day menu of the 339th Infantry, which served in Italy during World War II. On the front cover is an illustrat... |
| Date: | 01 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon Thomson enjoys a lunch at the Park Hotel after signing a proclamation claiming February 23 to March 1 Food Comes First in Wisconsin Week. T... |
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