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High Life in Milwaukee

Date: 1911
Description: Humorous cartoon postcard showing a man flying an airplane constructed primarily of beer bottles, pretzels and sausages, and powered by Miller beer over th...
Photograph

Alma Shooting Society

Date: 1910
Description: A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ...
Photograph

Men Gather Near Beverage Tent

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men stand at a makeshift bar under a beverage tent where crates from Golden Grain Juice Company and Anheuser-Busch from St. Louis, Missouri, lin...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: If My Pole Had Not Broken

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of a fisherman attempting to reel in a giant fish from a river. Beside him sits a few beer bottles and a bag.
Postcard

Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
Photograph

Unidentified Street

Date: 1915
Description: A horse and wagon for the Milwaukee Brewery Co. and a car are parked on the road near the curb. The road is lined with residences.
Photograph

Storefronts on Road

Date: 1910
Description: View from dirt road, with buildings grouped on the left, with mailboxes, trees and a fence lining the road on the right. Horse-drawn carts are on the road,...
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People Sitting in Car Drinking Beer

Date: 1916
Description: Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi...
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...
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Man Parked in Motor Truck for Breweries

Date: 1913
Description: Man in the driver's seat of an International Model M truck hauling crates of beer labeled "Grand Rapids Brewing Company" and "Petersen Brewing Company." Th...
Postcard

Milwaukee Postcard, Neptune with a Beer Stein

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t...
Photograph

Men with Beer Keg

Date: 1910
Description: Six men posed around a beer keg, holding glasses of beer. One man has a deck of cards.
Postcard

Stork's Brewery

Date: 1910
Description: Postcard of the Stork Brewery facilities. The image includes the brewery buildings along a hillside and railroad tracks in the foreground. There is a sign ...
Photograph

Men with Wagon and Beer

Date: 1915
Description: A group of men standing with a horse and wagon. Shown (L-R) Otto Petersilie, unknown, unknown, unknown, Joseph F. Faust, unknown, Charles J. Faust. The wag...
Print

Bock Beer, Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Bock Beer, Cream City Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. U.S.A." Images on the label i...
Print

A.1. Cream, Beer Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. In the center of the label, cut in the shape of a parallelogram, is a blue banner wit...
Print

Schloss Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Schloss Bräu Beer, German Lager." Cream City Brewery logo which includes a star, cre...
Print

Cream City Brewing Company, Extra Stock, Beer Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Cream City Brewing Co., Extra Stock, Milwaukee, Wis. U.S.A." The label also includes...
Print

Souvenir Menu for Dinner for Kletzsch, Ott, and Kremer

Date: 10 08 1914
Description: First and last pages of the souvenir menu for a dinner by Mr. Edward A. Uhrig to Mr. Alvin P. Kletzsch, Mr. Emil H. Ott, and Mr. Waldemar Kremer at Republi...
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Men With Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...

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