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Photograph

Crowd at the Congress Tavern

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Interior view of the Congress Tavern, 111 Main Street, on a busy night.
Photograph

DiSalvo's Spaghetti House Bar

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Interior view of DiSalvo's Spaghetti House bar, located at 810 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood. Family portraits, including servicemen, are on ...
Photograph

Belmont Spa Tavern

Date: 06 11 1945
Description: Richard and Ione Edwards behind the bar at the Belmont Spa, in the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street, with a clock advertising Calvert liquor.
Photograph

Calvert Whiskey Display Window

Date: 12 13 1944
Description: Calvert whiskey display window in the Indian Room of the Monona Hotel, 114 Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard).
Photograph

Goal Post Restaurant

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Storefront of Goal Post Restaurant and Tavern, 1515 Monroe Street, display window featuring bottles of Schlitz beer and 7-UP with a pinball machine visible...
Photograph

Dobby's Cosmo Club

Date: 07 16 1943
Description: Dobby's Cosmo Club, owned by John C. Dobson, Route 1, Mendota, Wisconsin, interior view of the bar showing liquor bottles and three World War II servicemen...
Photograph

Laurel Tavern Window Display

Date: 03 03 1940
Description: Display window of Paul Jones liquor and Blatz Beer neon sign at the Laurel Tavern, located at 2505 Monroe Street.
Photograph

Camels Tavern Liquor Display

Date: 04 11 1937
Description: Large liquor bottle display behind the bar at Camels Tavern, 619 University Avenue.
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Al Higgins Pours Whiskey

Date: 04 11 1937
Description: Albert Higgins pours whiskey behind the bar, backed by a large display of whiskey bottles in Camels Tavern, 619 University Avenue.
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Al Higgins at the Bar

Date: 04 11 1937
Description: Albert Higgins pouring whiskey behind the bar, with a large display of whiskey bottles behind him at Camel's Tavern, located at 619 University Avenue.
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Circular Bar at the Park Hotel

Date: 03 10 1937
Description: A group of men stand around the Circular Bar at the Park Hotel with two bartenders serving drinks.
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Cardinal Hotel Bar

Date: 03 01 1937
Description: Interior of Cardinal Hotel Bar.
Photograph

Kennedy Manor Dining Room Bar

Date: 02 17 1937
Description: Kennedy Manor dining room bar with four stools and cigarette vending machine, 1 Langdon Street.
Photograph

Club Chanticleer Bar

Date: 02 27 1935
Description: Interior view of the Art Deco bar of Club Chanticleer.
Photograph

Liggitts Drug Store Lemonade and Orangeade Display on Soda Fountain

Date: 08 14 1934
Description: Ligget's Drug Store at 29 S. Pinckney Street, with a lemonade display on the soda fountain. The signs on the mirror read: "Lemonade healthful, refreshing,"...
Photograph

Moon Molinaro, Bartender

Date: 08 25 1934
Description: Apron-clad "Moon" Molinaro, Fauerbach's bartender, fills a stein of Fauerbach beer from the tap, with Arthur Towell's University of Wisconsin diploma on th...
Photograph

Calvert Liquor Window Display

Date: 10 14 1948
Description: Calvert Liquor display in the Indian Room window at the Monona Hotel, 114 Monona Avenue. The Madison Theatre marquee is reflected in the window.
Postcard

Four Men Playing Cards

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of four men sitting at a table playing cards, smoking cigarettes and ...
Postcard

Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
Postcard

Four Men Drinking Around a Table

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Description: Studio portrait of four well-dressed men posed around a table drinking beer in front of a painted backdrop.

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