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Hess and Sons Cooperage

Date: 1949
Description: Interior view of Frank J. Hess and Sons barrel-making factory, 1952 Atwood Avenue at Schenck's Corners. Pictured l to r: Frank Jr., Edward, Joseph, Tony, a...
Photograph

John Gund Bottling Department

Date: 1890
Description: Brewery workers, posed in front of stacked beer barrels. Pictured (2nd row, far right) is Louis Schreiber (1861-1923) who immigrated to Wisconsin from Bava...
Photograph

Brewery Wagons Delivering Beer

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

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

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Description: The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison.
Photograph

Barron Coop Creamery

Date: 1900
Description: Two men pose at the Barron Coop Creamery next to the churns full of butter, which is ready to be packed into the small barrels nearby.
Photograph

Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley at Grant's Point Farm

Date: 1913
Description: Elizabeth Baker and Anne Ashley waiting for milk at Grant's Point Farm, Madeline Island. The dog is "Dandy," born in Munich, Germany.
Photograph

Potosi Brewery Employees

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

Eleazer William's ("Lost Dauphin") Cabin

Date: 1915
Description: A group of people, men and women, standing outside in the yard in front of Eleazer William's log cabin, five miles south of De Pere. The women in the cente...
Photograph

Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The business shipped cheese in barrels, which were at first stored in the op...
Print

Scenes of Camp and Army Life

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Description: "Scenes of Camp and Army Life." Idyllic lithograph view of nine scenes of Union Army life.
Photograph

The Empire Mill

Date: 1890
Description: View across water towards the Empire Mill. Alongside the building are railroad cars at a loading dock. The signs on the mill read: "Globe", "Globe's Empire...
Photograph

Roy Storage Building

Date: 1933
Description: View of a Vincent Roy storage building, with a man standing to the right of the structure.
Photograph

Eben and Roseline Peck Cabin

Date: 1877
Description: Photograph of a painting of the exterior of the Eben Peck cabin by Mrs. E.E. Bailey. The location of this original painting is unknown.
Postcard

Blatz Brewery Painting

Date: 1893
Description: Reproduction of an oil painting at the Blatz Brewing Company depicting a happy barmaid holding overflowing steins of beer as she dances atop a barrel of Bl...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

Samuel Arms Family

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Description: The family of Samuel Arms poses outdoors in front of their house (the front door faces east). From left to right are: Samuel Arms, Mamie, Mary Roberts Arms...
Drawing

Flatboat on the Mississippi

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Description: Drawing of a flatboat, possibly a part of the fur trade, navigating the Mississippi River. The flatboat is carrying barrels of unidentified goods, and ther...
Drawing

Interior of a Cider Mill

Date: 1879
Description: Drawing of a girl sitting on a barrel as a man dumps apples into a press to make cider. Two men manually operate the press at the left.
Photograph

Fun with an Old Nail Keg

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Description: A boy named Henry rolling down a hill in an old nail keg. Part of the Highlander Folk School nursery. There is also a girl in the background with another ...
Photograph

Children with Train of Crates

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Description: A group of children, part of Highlander Folk School's nursery, making a train with wooden crates.

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