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Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 1885
Description: Exterior view of Fauerbach's Brewery at 651-53 Williamson Street.
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Mini Bar

Date: 1950
Description: Mini bar with refrigerator and glassware.
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Revelers Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 1933
Description: Men and women celebrating the end of Prohibition, around a table with bottles of various alcoholic beverages. They are holding a sign that reads: "In Compl...
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Schlitz Beer Display

Date: 04 18 1945
Description: Schlitz display with four bottles of beer displayed as flowers with sign "Summer Time is Schlitz Time."
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Service Liquor Store Window Display

Date: 10 27 1939
Description: Window display of "Old Drum" whiskey at C.J. Cashulette's Service Liquor Store, sign says "You Can't Beat It."
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Mission Bell Wine Display

Date: 09 27 1937
Description: Mission Bell Wine window display at Walgreen Drugs, 30 East Mifflin Street, including sign which reads: "California's famous Mission Bell WINES, The Wine Y...
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Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.
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Buddy's Place

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Two women pose next to gambling machines at Buddy's Place, in the township of Rib Mountain. The bar operated as a house of prostitution.
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Clarence Sidesky's Tavern

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night, April 10th, 1942, at Clarence Sidesky's tavern, Route 3, Kenosha.
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Star Bar and Grill Room

Date: 04 10 1942
Description: Friday night at the Star Bar and Grill Room, at the intersection of Highways 41 and 43 in Kenosha County.
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Nesbitt's Highway Tavern

Date: 04 1942
Description: A man and woman posed at the bar in Nesbitt's Highway Tavern, on Highway 42, North of Kenosha. Gambling machines can be seen on the left.
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Wine Room

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Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking. A large banner with a picture of Thaddeus Kosciuszko hangs on the wall.
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Milwaukee Dance Hall Wine Room

Date: 11 02 1913
Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking at 2 a.m. in one of two wine rooms at the South Side Kindergarten Hall, 396 Greenbush Street.
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Making a Toast

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Description: Group of men in a tavern making a toast. The bartender is behind the bar and the man at the right is in a wheelchair and smoking a pipe.
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Alma Shooting Society

Date: 1910
Description: A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ...
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Men with Bottles and Gun

Date: 1924
Description: Two men standing in front of two cars, one pointing a handgun at the ground and the other looking at the camera. Each man is holding a bottle, possibly ful...
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Legionnaires Convention

Date: 09 12 1949
Description: A gathering of officers and members of the Wisconsin Department of the American Legion, probably at their annual state convention. In Wisconsin the ardent ...
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Beer Cooler at a Tavern

Date: 1936
Description: Wooden crates are piled around a McCormick-Deering 6-can milk cooler used for cooling beer at Mr. Jay Winter's tavern.
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Wisconsin Avenue

Date: 1951
Description: Wisconsin Avenue at Sixth Street, looking east from near the front of the Milwaukee Public Library (left foreground). Taken at night; lighted clocks read 9...
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Labatt Delivery Truck

Date: 1935
Description: International Harvester truck parked on a city street, possibly in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The truck was used by John Labatt Ltd. to deliver beer. The ...

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