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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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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.
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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Roy Storage Building

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

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Description: Exterior of one-story building. One of the doorways has been boarded up.
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Miller Delivery Wagon

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Description: Man standing in front of horse-drawn wagon loaded with barrels of beer from the Miller Brewery. The sign near the wagon seat reads: "No.2" and the sign pai...
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The two images show changes made to building after the Casper Jaggi building. ...
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Seminole Native Americans at Fort Pierce

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Description: A group of Seminole Native Americans consisting of two men, two boys and two girls sitting outside on the porch of a building with one man cutting what loo...
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Moonshine Distillery

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Description: Two men, three boys, and a dog, standing around an illegal moonshine liquor distillery in the mountains. The man posed on the right is stirring something ...
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Naval Storage

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Description: The naval stores docks piled high with barrels. Men can be seen rolling the barrels and buildings are in the background. Caption reads: "Naval Storage Dock...
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Barrels in Naval Storage

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Description: Elevated view of barrels outdoors in naval storage. A truck is in the far background.
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Barrels in Naval Storage

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Description: Elevated view of thousands of barrels in storage for the Navy. Masted ships are behind buildings in the background. Caption reads: "Naval Stores."
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Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view from railroad tracks of the Depot. Four men are standing alongside the depot building near a wheeled cart. The building features two signs, o...
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Group of Men and Boys Threshing

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men and boys threshing. They are using a tractor for a belt-driven threshing machine, and on the left two horses pull a wagon with large barrels.
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Ideal Body Company Truck

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Description: Man holding a wooden barrel next to a truck modified by the Ideal Body Company parked on the street in front of the Ideal Body Company building on Park Str...

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