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ID: 2592 ~ Source: Blog post: Hunt, Geoff. "TEXAS OVER TIME: WACO’S ELITE CAFÉ-THE 1952 RENOVATION AND MAGNOLIA TABLE, TODAY," May 21, 2019. ~ Creator: Fred Marlar ~ Date: 1952
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Fred Marlar collection #2980, The Texas Collection, Baylor University

In order to help spread the word among past customers, future patrons, and the Waco community, the Colias Brothers hired commercial photographer Fred Marlar to photograph the updated eatery in 1952. Here, Marlar captures a view of the restaurant's well-stocked meat freezer.

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By Amanda Sawyer
In the early twentieth century, George and Michael Colias immigrated to America from Sparta, Greece, in order to join their two brothers residing in Waco. Just teenagers at the time, the four young men worked together at Chris’ Café as busboys and…