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Free to Use and Reuse: Diners, Drive-Ins and Restaurants
This selection of rights-free pictures highlights architecture, signage, and people at diners, drive-ins and restaurants--one in each state and the District of Columbia. All pictures are from the Prints & Photographs Division unless otherwise credited.
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A man in shirt sleeves with an apron around his waist putting food on a dish from a pot on a large stove. Cooking supplies and equipment surround him. -
A woman wearing a black vest over a white shirt and studying a menu board that she holds in her left hand while her right hand rests on extra letters and numbers. -
Two women wearing long dresses and an apron standing outside a building with a sign that reads "Two Girls Waffle House." -
A small white building next to a larger brick structure in a parking lot. The building has a takeout window with a red awning and painted on the exterior are red, yellow, and green stripes, pictures of ice cream and the word dairy. -
A restaurant counter, with one man behind the counter and two in front of it. Signs behind the counter advertise food and cigarettes. -
The diner's orange and blue sign illustrated with a Hi-boy, meal in one hamburger and a carhop delivering a drink. -
A small tan building in the shape of an ice cream cone. Its roof is white and looks like soft-serve vanilla ice cream. Above three small square sliding windows are large red letters that read Twistee Treat. -
A large room with three men and two women holding raised hands together while dancing. At a nearby table, one man is watching the dancers and another man is playing an instrument. -
A silver railway-car style classic diner. Its sign reads Mel’s Diner and by the entrance a large chef figure gives a thumbs up and holds a sign shaped like a menu that displays the business hours. The parking lot in front is empty and wet with a cloudy sky behind the diner. -
This red and green sign advertises the Parkette Drive In. The sign advertises chicken, shrimp, and fish boxes. -
A round, silver, corrugated metal building with a triangular "spout" added to make it look like a coffee pot. A brown sign over the door advertises James River Canoe Livery Limited River Trips. -
A one-story brick building with a red door with a sign reading "Washington Street Diner." -
A free-standing building with a striped awning. It features a sign shaped like a large ice cream cone with the word "Bailey’s" under it in capital letters. -
Red, blue, and yellow neon lights on a single-story building at night -
A man wearing white clothes and a chef's hat stirs one of several silver pots on a black stove. -
A restaurant interior shows yellow, blue, red, green, and orange rectangles alternating on the wall above a table with chairs around it. A small cat figure sits on the counter at lower right. -
A single-story chrome and glass building with a sign that reads Diner on the top line in capital letters and Peter Pan on the second line. A figure of Peter Pan is on the left side of the sign. -
A single-story white building with a small airplane attached to the roof, as if it has crashed into it. The sign on the side of the building reads Wm. Penn Diner and the sign over the door reads Wm. Penn Dining Room. Trucks and a trailer are in the parking lot. -
A man in a three-piece suit leaning over a table, while two men, wearing suits and hats, sit at the table. -
A large colorful mural on the outside wall of a Cuban restaurant during daytime hours. A few customers wait to be served at its walk-up takeout counter on the street corner, and a palm tree is nearby. -
People dressed casually in jeans or shorts and t-shirts studying a menu over the counter while they wait in line. -
A large room with a high ceiling held up by posts and beams filled with many dining tables with chairs and a cafeteria-style counter. No food is pictured. One person is seated at a table toward the back of the room. -
A single-story, red-and-white-striped building with an awning and large windows. Its large hand-painted sign reads Bang’s with pictures of a burger and fountain drink. -
A one-story white building with a red roof and large sign reading Tip Top. A station wagon is parked in the lot beneath the building’s large white overhang next to its drive-through window. The building’s front window displays a Closed sign. -
A red building featuring a windmill with white blades on one end. -
A woman wearing a white apron over a dark blouse. She leans on a diner counter, smiling at a man sitting on a stool. He's wearing a uniform, including a cap. -
A single-story, brown-and-tan building with two sets of double windows and a pair of doors with a sign that reads Sweet Creek Diner Bakery Route 66, and is decorated with an American flag, red, white and blue bunting. A black buggy harnessed to a large, colorful rooster sculpture is parked out front off to one side. -
A large, faded red, blue and yellow sign. At the top of the sign, a cartoon-like waiter holding a tray of food stands beside a classic convertible car. -
A woman holding two dishes of food. She is standing in a commercial-style kitchen with many pots and pans in use on the surfaces surrounding her. -
A 1950s diner-style room with a black-and-white checkered tile floor, white walls displaying many framed images, a jukebox, and two red circular tables with four empty chairs at each table. -
A large black-and-white outdoor sign that reads Charlie’s Diner with an outline of a waitress. Smaller text above in white reads Charlie is a girl! Attached to the sign is a large lifelike horse with a man wearing a cowboy hat riding the horse as it kicks up its hind legs. A blue sky with clouds and a large street light are also pictured. -
A sign in the shape of a large mug of Frostop root beer in front of a drive-in restaurant. -
Three men sitting in chairs at a round table with burgers, fries, and large styrofoam drink cups in front of them. The room also has empty tables and chairs and many framed items displayed on its walls. -
A large sign attached to the top corner of a brick building. The sign reads Continental Restaurant on a blue-and-white-striped background with a big red arrow pointing to the building. Below the arrow it reads Roasted Chicken and at the top of the sign are a large pizza with the face of a mustached man in a chef’s hat. -
Design drawings show interior and exterior details of a building, plus a map of the surrounding area. -
A gray building with a three-tiered, red-and-green tiled pagoda in between two dormers, each featuring a large red circle with a Chinese character. A parking lot in front of the building is empty. -
A pink and green building with Eats written in capital letters over the door. -
A woman in a cap and apron handing a mug across a counter. Three men stand on the other side of the counter. A large silver coffee urn is next to the woman. -
A low brick building with a single red booth on a patio in front. Distances to various cities are painted on the side of the building. A sign rising from the back of the building advertises tires. -
A large silver airplane adjacent to a building shaped like a tower. The airplane is labeled U.S. Air Force and Restaurant. A black-and-yellow sign in front advertises the restaurant. -
A square chrome diner with red and yellow stripes next to a sidewalk and parking lot. Signs on the building include the business name and advertise foods to take home and seafood. -
The interior of a diner with a long counter and stools on one side and red booths with white tables on the other. The floor is red and white tile squares. -
A red-brick building with a bright yellow awning topped by a large cut-out of a hotdog. The sign reads hot dog corner - that’s my dog! -
A rectangular white building with red trim in front of a larger red brick building. -
Small groups of people standing or sitting on benches at picnic tables outside a wooden building with colorful, metal signs and menus. Five men with guitars sit in front of a few large, bare trees between the restaurant and the picnic tables. -
A red building with two large tan angular shapes on the exterior reaching up from the ground to the building’s roof line. A large blue and red sign hanging high above the door reads Broiler Cafe in white lettering and in smaller print Steak, Breakfast, Dinners, Special Chef’s Chinese Foods. -
A cream and chrome building with red trim, which resembles a railroad car. The sign on the side reads Ross Diner and advertises booth service. -
A teal and fuschia house trailer with a person standing in the service window. Menus are beside and beneath the window. Signs painted on the left side of the trailer include a waitress holding a tray, and the words Flo to Go and '59er Diner. -
A building with a red, trapezoidal roof that resembles a big top circus tent. In front is a cutout of a circus wagon featuring pictures of elephants. The sign on top reads Red Wagon. -
A very small building with a silver SUV stopped at the drive-up service window. The building is mahogany colored, has a small front porch, and features a large sign with the business name on it. Mountains rise in the background. -
A yellow building with brown trim and two dormers. Mountains are in the background, and bushes obscure part of the front porch. A sign in front includes the business name and the hours.