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Polperro House Cellar

Date: 1940
Description: Jars of canned food are stored in the cellar of the restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, on Shake Rag Street. The house was temporarily covered...
Photograph

Hadley Mill

Date: 1940
Description: Hadley Mill on the Little Platte River, seven miles southwest of Platteville in the Town of Paris.
Photograph

Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1940
Description: There is a sign painted on a building at right that reads "Schlitz". In the bottom right are railroad cars.
Photograph

Droster Grocery and Filling Station

Date: 1940
Description: Children standing on barrels in front of Droster Grocery and Filling Station at 1438 Sherman Avenue, run by Red Whitney. The children are Whitney's nieces ...
Photograph

Iva Kearney in a Milk Advertisement

Date: 1940
Description: Studio portrait of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand.
Photograph

Outdoor Billboard Promoting Dairy Products

Date: 1940
Description: Outdoor advertising billboard rendered from a photograph of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand.
Print

Bobbie Ale, Beer Label

Date: 1940
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Bobbie Ale, 'Nips' Wisconsin Pioneer Ale, Two Rivers Beverage Co." At the center of ...
Print

Wisconsin Club Special Beer, Label

Date: 1940
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Wisconsin Club Special Beer, A leader since 1883, Burlington Brewing Company." The t...
Map or Atlas

Taylor County, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: This map of Taylor County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, creameries and cheese fact...
Postcard

Waterloo Canning Association

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Canning Co. Assn. Waterloo, Wis." Buildings, wagons and automobiles surround a canning factory. Founded in 1900, it was later purchas...

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