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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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Young America, North and South

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ...
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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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Newspaper Speakeasy

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Description: A keg of Prohibition Era beer in the darkroom of the "Milwaukee Sentinel" being enjoyed by newspapermen: (left to right) Red Thisted, Eddie Oroth, Guy Hels...
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Reservoir Bulkhead Used for Cranberry Irrigation

Date: 09 25 1922
Description: The reservoir bulkhead and watershed for the Edward Hableman cranberry marshes. The reservoir was part of the irrigation system used to flood the cranberry...
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The Wharf

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Description: View of the wharf, an area crowded with boathouses, fishermen, and barrels of goods. The city's skyscrapers rise in the background.
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E.E. Bolles Wooden Ware Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the E.E. Bolles Wooden Ware Company of West De Pere, Wisconsin, a manufacturer of wooden barrels, tubs, and pails, with an array of food stor...
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Men and Young Boys on the Open Road

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Description: View of two men and five young boys posed on the open road with an oxen-drawn wagon and water barrels. Published by Mercedes Drug Company.
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T. Knapstein & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of T. Knapstein & Company, proprietors of the New London Brewery. On the left is a rectangular image with a decorative border surrounding a man ...
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T.F. Mackmiller Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of T.F. Mackmiller, a wholesale liquor dealer from Iron River, Wisconsin, with a plaque that reads "Wholesale Liquor Dealer." On the left is a c...
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Phillip Best Brewing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Phillip Best Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with three separate proscenium views of the Empire Brewery, the South Side Brewery,...
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Woman in Wooden Barrel

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Description: A woman crouches down inside a wooden barrel which is sitting on the ground near porch steps.
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A. Follansbee & Co. Billhead

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Description: Billhead of A. Follansbee & Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a steam powered bakery producing "aerated" bread, biscuits, crackers, and cookies. On the left...
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O'Neil Oil & Paint Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the O'Neil Oil & Paint Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, manufacturers of oils, paints, chemicals, and other supplies for tanneries and laundr...
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One View of Milwaukee

Date: 1909
Description: Depicts an overweight man wearing a bowler hat drinking beer directly from a barrel. In the background beer steins are littering the ground. The caption at...

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