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Tagged 1960s

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Oh man, check this out. Can you make up a caption for this?

Scene with lobster in Duke Zeibert's Restaurant at 1722 L Street NW. (ca. 1960). Photograph by Vincent A. Finnigan. Duke Zeibert Photograph Collection, HSW. — Scene with lobster in Duke Zeibert’s Restaurant at 1722 L Street NW. (ca. 1960). Photograph by Vincent A. Finnigan. Duke Zeibert Photograph Collection, HSW.

Source: Historical Society of Washington, D.C.

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