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Interior of a Bar

Date: 1969
Description: An electric Schaefer Beer sign and a television near a window are visible from the inside of a bar.
Postcard

The Gargoyle

Date: 1905
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...
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Flood Damage

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: View from nearby roof of flood damage which caused the collapse of the roof of the Lark Cocktail Lounge at 2554 University Avenue.
Photograph

Flood Damage

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Flood damage to the interior of Lark Cocktail Lounge at 2554 University Avenue.
Photograph

Flood Damage

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Flood damage, including a collapsed ceiling, to the interior of the Lark Cocktail Lounge at 2554 University Avenue.
Postcard

Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 1916
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,...
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M.A.C. Cocktail Lounge

Date: 1920
Description: Art Deco room named "The Snake Pit." Redone in the 1950's. Milwaukee Athletic club, on Broadway at Mason Street.
Poster

Packers and Badgers Football Schedule

Date: 1971
Description: Sign board featuring the Green Bay Packers and University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers 1971 Football schedules, produced by Miller Brewing Co., presumably ...
Photograph

Stubb's Tavern

Date: 1938
Description: Men drinking in the bar at Stubb's Tavern.
Photograph

Steinbacher's Saloon

Date: 1915
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...
Photograph

Steinbacher's Saloon Interior

Date: 1915
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....
Photograph

Clyde Cockershaw's Bar

Date: 1938
Description: A McCormick-Deering ten can cooler sits underneath a counter next to the soda faucets at Clyde Cockershaw's Bar. In the background are advertisements for a...
Photograph

A.J. Brandehoff

Date: 1938
Description: Gilbert John Brandehoff is leaning over to open a bottle of Diehl beer with a bottle opener that is mounted on a McCormick-Deering cooler. A woman is stand...
Photograph

Grand Avenue Viaduct

Date: 1938
Description: View of the Grand Avenue viaduct and surrounding establishments. A line of automobiles are parked outside a tavern under the viaduct.
Photograph

Mounted Muskellunge on Wall

Date: 1944
Description: A muskellunge caught by Louie Spray in 1939 on display at the Angler's Bar. The muskellunge weighed fifty-nine and a half pounds and was caught in Grindsto...
Poster

Urban Blues at the Nitty Gritty

Date: 12 31 1970
Description: Poster advertising Urban Blues and the performance of Luther Allison Chicago Blues Band, at the Nitty Gritty's New Year's Eve party. The poster features a ...
Poster

REO Speedwagon at Dewey's

Date: 02 05 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by REO Speedwagon at Dewey's. Features a toy wagon at the top.
Poster

Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's

Date: 02 21 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by Fleetwood Mac at Dewey's. Features an outdoor photograph of the band.
Poster

Bethlehem Boogie Band

Date: 02 18 1971
Description: A Nitty Gritty poster promoting a performance by the Bethlehem Boogie Band. Features five caricatured figures of the band members.
Poster

B.B. King Performance

Date: 03 29 1971
Description: Poster advertising a performance by B.B. King at Dewey's. Features a photograph of B.B. King with a guitar, presumably at a performance. The poster was des...

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