(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz.)

Al and Flo posing by the horse trough outside the front door on the day of the Musical Box Society International dinner, September 29, 1972. This grand event was the “last hurrah” for the original Svoboda's at 24th and Butler streets.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz.)

November, 1966. This photograph of Svoboda’s Junior Nickelodeon Tavern and Museum. This building near the intersection of routes 30 and 83 was demolished to make room for the new Nickelodeon Tavern and Museum in the early 1970s.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz.)

The new Svoboda's Nickelodeon Tavern which opened in 1974, near Lynwood, Illinois.

(Photograph courtesy of Art Reblitz.)

After the nickelodeons were moved to the new building, the old hall was used for storage. In the foreground is a rare Wurlitzer model 3534 “Pipe Hand Organ;” in the background is the stage where the Decap organ had been installed.