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D42402-1
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- 1949-05-05 (Creation)
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In this photograph from 1949, a recently erected neon Olympia "It's the Water" beer sign towers over the Ingleside Cafe located on 12914 Pacific Highway Southwest in Lakewood, Washington. Other electric signs are also visible, including: the restaurant name sign, "EAT", "Fish and Chips", and a portion of the drugstore sign in foreground. The Ingleside Cafe was built on the site of the Ingleside Sunken Gardens which was destroyed by fire in 1936. The Ingleside Cafe closed in 1960. Photo ordered by Electrical Products Consolidated. TPL-2469
Electric signs--Lakewood; Diners (Restaurants)--Lakewood; Automobiles--Lakewood--1940-1950; Hogan's Rexall Drugs (Lakewood); Ingleside Cafe (Lakewood); Electrical Products Consolidated (Tacoma);