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Street Signs

Date: 09 1967
Description: Street signs with bar in background.
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Buildings at Crossroads

Date: 05 1962
Description: Texaco gas station on the left and cars parked on the road next to buildings in downtown Beetown. The road is rutted and muddy with puddles. Several signs ...
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Bar Row

Date: 1967
Description: A row of three storefronts along State Highway 21 & 73 in Wautoma, Wisconsin. One store front is clearly a bar; a second, whose original front has been gr...
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Rural Intersection

Date: 05 21 1968
Description: Rural tavern and gasoline station on STH 54.
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Bungalow Bar

Date: 1967
Description: Bungalow-style house located on STH 22, that had been converted into a beer garden and bait shop.
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Motel Bar

Date: 1967
Description: Handle's Bar and Motel, located along STH 22 in King, Wisconsin, at the intersection with Grand View Road. Another motel can be seen in the distance acros...
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Uphoff's Restaurant

Date: 1961
Description: View from street of Uphoff's restaurant and bar.
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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.
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Farrell's Cafe, Washington Heights

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Farrell's Cafe in Washington Heights from the street. Beer advertisements for Guinness, Rheingold and Balantine hang in the window belo...
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International Scout Trucks in Western Scene

Date: 1965
Description: A man wearing a cowboy hat and a hip holster stands on a dirt road as a line of International Scout trucks passes by. A series of shops, restaurants, and o...
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500 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the north side of the 500 block of State Street. Business include: The Towers (student apartments), Pantorium Dry Cleaners, The...
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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700 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Partial composite panoramic view of the north side of the 700 block of State Street. From the left is The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Library Ma...
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Snow Storm

Date: 12 1968
Description: Winter scene of a snowstorm in downtown Theresa. One person is crossing the unplowed street; another digs out the sidewalk in front of Arty's Tap Bar.
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Snow Storm

Date: 12 1968
Description: View of a snowstorm in downtown Theresa.
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Roller Skating Troupe

Date: 1967
Description: "A roller skating troupe rolls down Milwaukee Street."
Postcard

The Pyramid Supper Club

Date: 1960
Description: Colorized postcard view of bartenders and group of people at an Egyptian-themed cocktail bar, the Pyramid Supper Club, in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.
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Tree and the Poodle Restaurant and Bar

Date: 05 18 1960
Description: A live oak tree is moved into "The Tree and the Poodle" restaurant and bar on State Street next to the Orpheum Theatre in Madison. The McDonald Tree Expert...
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Beverage Tax Discussion

Date: 06 01 1965
Description: Two unidentified individuals (man and woman) discuss a beverage tax proposed by the state legislature. The man may be Edwin Jones?
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"'61 Was a Tuff Flight"

Date: 1961
Description: Colored drawing of an injured bird with bandages on its cheek, neck, and wing. Supported by a crutch, it is leaning against a bar by a drink with an ice cu...

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