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Dance Hall Wine Room

Date: 01 01 1914
Description: People sitting at a table in a dance hall wine room at 2:00 a.m.
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Interior of Bar

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of bar with two bartenders and customers standing at the bar.
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West Side of Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of the west side of Main Street. Stores pictured (right to left): Kypke's Dry Goods store, Heimstreet's Drugstore, and a saloon.
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Main Street in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Main Street looking north. "Hotel and Saloon" are on the right side, along with other buildings down the right and left side. Main Street is a dirt road. T...
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Milwaukee Dance Hall Wine Room

Date: 11 02 1913
Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking at 2 a.m. in one of two wine rooms at the South Side Kindergarten Hall, 396 Greenbush Street.
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Milbauer's Pharmacy

Date: 12 04 1916
Description: Storefront view of Milbauer's Pharmacy, with two automobiles parked on the street.
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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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...
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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....
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Minors in a Saloon Dance Hall

Date: 05 03 1914
Description: A group of people, including minors, in a saloon dance hall at 2 a.m. in Milwaukee. The dance hall, Vizey's Hall, was on 8th Street and Walnut. Liquor was ...
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Automobile Stranded in Snow

Date: 1918
Description: An automobile resting in a bank of snow along a road near commercial buildings, probably on Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Signs on the buildings read: "Edelw...
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Marathon Mountain

Date: 06 21 1917
Description: View across water towards the 4,462-foot Marathon Mountain at midnight. Houses and establishments are along the shoreline. A bar is labeled, "The Commerce,...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down an unpaved street. A horse and carriage is tied to a post on the left. A saloon and hotel, and the Park Hotel are located on this street on the r...
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Business Block

Date: 1912
Description: View from street towards a row of brick buildings. On the left corner is a building with a sign on the roof that says "W. Welsh." The entrance has a balcon...
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Main Street (Center Street)

Date: 1911
Description: View down Center Street. The caption on the image is incorrect. On the left are storefronts, including a millinery and stable. On the right, commercial bui...
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Raymond Bloomer, Marion Davies, and five other actors in a scene still

Date: 1919
Description: Jack Bronson (played by Raymond Bloomer) has been beaten senseless in an underworld bar. Violet Gray (played by Marion Davies dressed in a Salvation Army u...
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Cafe Interior

Date: 1916
Description: Interior of the Vienna Cafe at the Milwaukee Bazaar.
Postcard

Ward House

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white postcard view looking up unpaved road and sidewalk towards the Ward House. Caption reads: "Ward House, Clintonville, Wis."
Postcard

Dixon Hotel

Date: 1916
Description: Hand-colored postcard of the Dixon Hotel. A large sign is above the entrance, and a bar is in the basement. A car is parked at the curb on the right. Capti...
Postcard

Railrod Street, Independence, Wis.

Date: 1913
Description: View across unpaved intersection towards businesses, including the A. Garthus building with a grocery/general store, the State Bank of Independence, the Th...

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