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Childs Restaurant: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Mon, 03/09/2009 - 3:05pm.
Washington, D.C., circa 1918. "Childs Restaurant, 1423 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Haute Cuisine: 1920
Submitted by Dave on Sun, 03/08/2009 - 3:11pm.
"No caption." Rooftop dining somewhere near the Washington Monument circa 1920. Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative. View full size.
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Mouquin's: 1910
Submitted by Dave on Sat, 02/14/2009 - 10:21am.
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New York circa 1910. "Mouquin Restaurant & Wine Co., 456 Sixth Avenue. Part of the building was originally the Varian farmhouse; for many years the place was known as the Knickerbocker cottage." Detroit Publishing Co. View full size.
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Canteen: 1918
Submitted by Dave on Fri, 02/06/2009 - 5:33pm.
Washington circa 1918. "U.S. Food Administration." Dining room in the new Food Administration headquarters. Harris & Ewing glass negative. View full size.
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Stewart's Root Beer 1940
Submitted by wvsky on Fri, 01/30/2009 - 8:36am.
Stewart's Root Beer stand on Kanawha Boulevard in Charleston, West Virginia. Fifth girl from the left is my Aunt Doris at 15 years of age. This drive-in was very popular in its day. Later a Shoney's would be built here, and then a Captain D's. View full size.
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The Ink Spot: 1922
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 01/28/2009 - 9:04pm.
Washington circa 1922. "Government Printing Office, restaurant on top floor." Harris & Ewing Collection glass negative, Library of Congress. View full size.
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Canadian Chicken
Submitted by gblawson on Tue, 01/20/2009 - 7:14pm.
The staff of a "summer restaurant" somewhere in Southern Ontario. 8x10 black and white print. View full size.
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