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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Rathskellar

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the Memorial Union Rathskellar at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Great Hall in the Memorial Union

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of Great Hall with skylight in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union. A piano is onstage on the left.
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Capitol Theatre Tower

Date: 09 17 1929
Description: Elevated view of the Capitol Theatre tower, with Farness Furniture store on the right.
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O.N. Falk

Date: 1948
Description: Stoughton druggist, O.N. Falk, sorts the mail with a smile.
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Employees at Pioneer Drugstore Exhibit

Date: 08 25 1936
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Historical Society employees Dawn Young and Ray Lamb who are staffing the museum's historical drugstore exhibit.
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Supreme Court Entrance

Date: 1930
Description: Door to the Supreme Court room in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Man and Fan at Lawrence Lunch

Date: 05 22 1936
Description: Man standing next to new fan at Lawrence Lunch, 662-664 State Street.
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WSES, Employers' Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Service, 111 King Street, employers' interview room, table and chairs.
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WSES, Women's Interview Room

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Wisconsin State Employment Services, 111 King Street, women's interview room, desk, chairs. There is a view of the street below through windows on the righ...
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Mautz Paint & Glass Co. Office

Date: 04 24 1929
Description: Office staff at work in Mautz Paint & Glass Company office, 939 East Washington Avenue. There is a spiral staircase on the left leading up to the next floo...
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Air-Lec Doors

Date: 06 15 1927
Description: Schoelkopf Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of Air-Lec power door operators. The doors are in an open position, view from indoors looking out towards t...
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Horticulture Building

Date: 08 09 1926
Description: Horticulture building at the University of Wisconsin at 1575 Linden Drive.
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Model of John Naset's First Residence

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Description: Model of the house John Naset built for himself in the spring of 1865 in Christiana.
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Behrend House Stairway

Date: 1951
Description: Behrend House interior stairway at 318 North Broom Street, built around 1875 by Nicholas Behrend.
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Bethel Lutheran Church Interior

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interior of the front area in Bethel Lutheran Church, showing the altar and large stained glass window.
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Fire Damage in the Bradley House

Date: 1972
Description: Burnt timbers in the upper level of the Bradley House after the fire of March 17.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fire Damage

Date: 1904
Description: Interior damage to the Wisconsin State Capitol following the fire of 1904. The original photomount had the annotation: "Where my desk stood at the time of ...
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Milling Barrel Staves

Date: 1952
Description: Two employees of the Hess Cooperage, working at machines that are milling oak lumber into staves for barrels.
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Trussing a Barrel

Date: 1952
Description: Frank "Foots" Hess Jr. and Tony Hess using a truss hoop driver to install hoops around a barrel at the Hess Cooperage. Also known as "trussing".

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