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Minor fire at Woolworth’s building deemed ‘not malicious’; historic lunch counter untouched
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) – The owners of the historic Woolworth’s building — home of what may be the last surviving Woolworth soda fountain lunch counter in America — have had ongoing ...
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Woolworth’s ambitious renovation is loud, proud and on schedule
Nothing of the old Woolworth’s except the early-century architecture, protected by official historic building status – and the original 1950s-vintage soda fountain. We took a tour of the ...
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He worked at Woolworth during famous Greensboro sit-in. Meet ‘The Man Behind the Counter’
In the famous photograph, four Black college freshmen occupy the segregated Woolworth lunch counter ... s paper hat and carrying a tray past the soda fountain — an accidental witness to history.
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Flashback Friday: Downtown Woolworth store had one of Wichita’s most-loved lunch counters
it’s said that at least one civil rights sit-in also happened at the Woolworth lunch counter. The soda fountain statue stayed in the park until 2022, when Chester I. Lewis Park got a major makeover.