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| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Man driving a horse-drawn trolley of the Milwaukee City Railroad Company on the Greenfield Avenue & Third Street line. The corner of a building advertising... |
| Date: | 01 01 1914 |
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| Description: | People sitting at a table in a dance hall wine room at 2:00 a.m. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee streets department employees repair the intersection of Meinecke Avenue and 12th Street. Behind them, a Blatz truck is making a delivery to the ... |
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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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| Description: | Looking southeast from N. 36th Street and W. Fond du Lac Avenue, Six Point beer garden and bottle house are visible on the right side of the street. Captio... |
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| Description: | 6 point beer garden, 3532 W. Burleigh Street. A gas station, with a sign posted for standard oil products, can be seen to the right. Caption on print reads... |
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| Description: | Police officer directing traffic on a busy intersection. Walgreen Drugs is on one corner, Standard Service and Six Point beer garden on the opposite corner... |
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| Description: | Cars parked in front of Six Point Bottle House (a tavern), 3519 W. Fond du Lac Avenue. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the exterior of the building. It has two levels with a peaked red roof, and two sets of windows and two sets of doors. Caption reads: "Th... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Restaurant interior. The bar is on the left, with the arched ceiling overhead. Palm trees decorate the spaces between the tables. Located on N. 3rd Street,... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Art Deco room named "The Snake Pit." Redone in the 1950's. Milwaukee Athletic club, on Broadway at Mason Street. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the bar owned by Rudolph Steinbacher at the corner of 16th Street and St. Paul Avenue. A large sign for Schlitz beer is painted on the wa... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the saloon owned by Rudolph Steinbacher at 16th and St. Paul Avenue. The photograph shows the large mural behind the bar and five people.... |
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| Description: | Miller Hall, a saloon recreation center in Milwaukee. In windows below the main entrance to the right are three signs advertising Palm Gardens. Another sig... |
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| Description: | Exterior of saloon recreation center, with "1886 PH Best Brewing Co." etched onto the brick above the windows. The windows have lettering advertising "Summ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | The bartender Art Gerth stands behind the bar of a tavern located at the corner of Twelfth and Chambers. A glass of beer stands on the bar. Behind the bar... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Interior of the Vienna Cafe at the Milwaukee Bazaar. |
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