All other black and white photographs by John Riggs
The 602 Softball Team photograph by Colleen Rae Goltz
Thanks to Dave Nance for his photograph (© 1996) of the 602 neon sign.
All other color photographs by Ja-Ja Howe
"Crazy" - midi rendition by Don Carroll
"I'll Be Seeing You" - midi rendition by Mel Webb
"Try a Little Tenderness" - midi rendition by Thomas Thurston
...and very special thanks to Mari
Dudley...
Early
on... ...say
hi to friends
Cybermad Mystery Site of the Day, 2/6/97
Web Pick o' the Week
By Dave Becker
Wisconsin State Journal
Friday, February 7, 1997The 602 Club is long gone, but the Madison tavern lives on in the hearts of its many regulars and, now, on the World Wide Web.
A Madison keg-drainer who wishes to remain anonymous has poured his treasured memories into a charming Web tribute to the 602, a campus-area institution that for 50 years was a second home to a motley mix of students, poets, blue-collar workers and Downtown suit-and-tie types.
Packed with photos and nostalgic music clips, it takes a fairly up-to-date browser to get maximum effect from the site. Even those without multimedia capability will enjoy the prose, though, which includes a fine eulogy for the bar by this newspaper's Ron Seely and loving memories from the site's creator.
"It almost felt like it could become a home," the site creator writes, "and it did, for everyone who walked in and spent a moment to feel the honesty of the place."