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Mom & Blackie's
Mom & Blackie's Lunch Room
Steaks a Specialty
FRIED CHICKEN ON SUNDAY
Close to Santa Fe and Pacific Depots
Open Every Day from 6 A. M. to 12 P.M.
125 N. Main 1405
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Advertisement from the Ottawa-Williamsburg, Kansas Telephone Directory for December 1950, Southwestern Bell Telephone Company.
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Photograph taken by Joe B. Muecke .
The print and negative are held in the Muecke Photographic Archives private collection
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"Mom", Teresa Blackburn, was Terry Vogler's grandmother. Teresa's second husband, Lewis Blackburn, was "Blackie." Teresa's first husband was Clyde Foraker.
Lewis Blackburn, "Blackie", is at the rear of the photo wearing the hat. Teresa Blackburn, "Mom" is the lady with the glasses and apron directly in front of Blackie.
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On the back wall of the Lunch Room can be found advertisements for the following Ottawa businesses:
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Business
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Address
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Notes
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1
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Williamson Coal and Salvage
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Phone 634
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2
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Hamner Standard Service
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235 N. Main
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3
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Pepsi-Cola
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4
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Wiggins Electrical Service
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204 N. Main
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5
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Ivan Brown Tire and Battery Service
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120 N. Main
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6
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BB & J Oil Company
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429 N. Main
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7
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Cheney's
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Swift & Co. Meats
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8
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We serve Select Dairy products
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1020 N. Main
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9
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Jay Todd Agency
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113 N. Main
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Car Insurance
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10
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SHULL Motor Co. Sales and Service
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11
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Kansas Land Co.
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310 S. Main
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Real Estate
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12
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Veterans Shoe Shop,
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113 N. Main
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F. H. Tilton
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13
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Country Club Tavern
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110 N. Main
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14
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Repair Shop
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114 N. Main
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Saws, Keys, Locks
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The MENU on the back wall has the following items listed on it:
DINNER
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SANDWICHES
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Pork
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.50
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Ham
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.25
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Tenderloin
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.55
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Pork
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.25
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Beef
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.50
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Beef
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.20
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Ham & Steak
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.50
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Tenderloin
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.20
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T-Bone
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Hamburger
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.15
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Hot Beef
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.35
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Cheeseburger
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.20
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Hot Pork
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.35
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Hot Dog
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.15
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Veg Plate
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.45
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Coney
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.15
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Cold Plate
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.50
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Bacon & Egg
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.25
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Chicken Fry
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.55
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Cheese
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.15
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Morgan Williams grandmother ran a similar restaurant for most of her life in Albia, Iowa. It was called Cassie's Cafe and he loved to go visit his grandmother and eat at Cassie's Cafe.
He got spoiled rotten, as you can guess. She also featured fried chicken on Sunday. Once in a while Morgan's grandmother could get him to help wait tables and help with washing dishes. Great times.
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