August 4, 1941. Nyack, New York. "Dr. E. Hall Kline, residence on North Broadway. George Munson Schofield, architect. Playroom, to bar." Knotty but nice. (See the comments for a post-mortem.) 5x7 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

February 1942. "Lancaster, Pennsylvania." Ebby's Diner and the Corine Hotel at Queen and Chestnut streets. Photo by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

October 1942. "Tulsa, Oklahoma. Gas station converted into a bar." Libation station for the Duration. Acetate negative by John Vachon for the Office of War Information. View full size.

September 1942. Washington, D.C. "Sergeant George Camplair takes his girl to have some refreshments after the United Service Organization (USO) dance while he is at home on a weekend furlough." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

September 1942. "Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Sergeant George Camplair on one of his many visits to the post exchange." Acetate negative by Jack Delano, Office of War Information. View full size.

Detroit circa 1910. "Automobile on Jefferson Avenue at East Grand Boulevard." Backdropped by Moesta's Tavern, the city's "most famous east side saloon." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.

December 1954. "La Coquille Club, Palm Beach, Florida." 35mm Kodachrome by Toni Frissell for the Sports Illustrated assignment "Sporting Look: La Coquille." View full size.

Washington, D.C., 1919. "Lunch vendors, Treasury Annex." At left, Leoffler's Liberty Lunch for 20 cents. And yes, we have bananas. 4x5 glass negative, National Photo Co. View full size.

December 1940. "Construction of Army training camps around Alexandria, Louisiana. East Side Cafe with rooms for rent, 'Soldiers Welcome,' on highway to Camp Livingston." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1941. "Cattlemen's bar and cafe near Union Stockyards. South Omaha, Nebraska." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.

September 1941. "Stockmen's and farmers' and truckers' hotel near Union Stockyards. South Omaha, Nebraska." Acetate negative by Marion Post Wolcott for the FSA. View full size.

March 1942. "Baltimore, Maryland. Sergeant Franklin Williams, home on leave from Army duty, with his best girl Ellen Hardin, splitting a soda. They met at Frederick Douglass High School." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.

January 18, 1951. "Patricia Murphy's Candlelight Inn restaurant. Manhasset, Long Island, New York. Garden Room." This was one of several Candlelight Inns operated by New York restaurateur Patricia Murphy (1905-1979), whose culinary trademark was the freshly baked popover. 4x5 inch acetate negative by Gottscho-Schleisner. View full size.

  AND THE ANSWER IS: Mission Boulevard in the Bay Area burg of Hayward, California.

Circa 1960, this random selection from the News Photo Archive shows a busy street in Anytown, USA. Where exactly are we? 4x5 inch acetate negative. View full size.

1936. "Cafe -- Alabama" is all it says here. 8x10 inch nitrate negative by Walker Evans for the Farm Security Administration. View full size.