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Brewery Wagons Delivering Beer

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Description: Brewery wagons loaded with beer barrels in foreground of the Potosi Brewery.
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Potosi Brewery Employees

Date: 1900
Description: Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery.
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Potosi Brewery

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation. Children and adults can be seen near a fence and in horse-dr...
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Potosi Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view showing, on the left, the bottling plant and the stables, and on the right, the Potosi Brewery itself. Groups of men are standing on the sid...
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Potosi Brewery

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Description: The Potosi Brewery. Men can be seen standing in front of the building, and driving horse-drawn vehicles.
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Potosi Brewery

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view of the bottling works of the Potosi Brewery built in 1902. A group of men stand near the front entrance.
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Potosi Barrels

Date: 1936
Description: Seven beer barrels stacked in front of a truck, outside the Potosi Brewery.
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down street of the central business district. There is a furniture store on the left, a general store and service garage on the right and a drugstore ...
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The Old Furnace, Rigsby's Hollow

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Description: Ruins of an old furnace. There is a pile of stones and the remains of a wheel. In the background is a hill with trees.
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UD-24 — Cotton Gins

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-24 — Cotton Gins." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by the Potosi Mill & Elev. Co., Potosi, Mo. All power for mi...

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