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John Gund Bottling Department

Date: 1890
Description: Brewery workers, posed in front of stacked beer barrels. Pictured (2nd row, far right) is Louis Schreiber (1861-1923) who immigrated to Wisconsin from Bava...
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Uncle Sam's Recipe for Traitors

Date: 1861
Description: Uncle Sam holds a bottle labeled "DAVIS," with a figure of a man on it, as he stands with a snake labeled "SECESSION" under his left foot.
The caption b...
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The Confederate Coat of Arms

Date: 1860
Description: Crude parody of a coat of arms for the Confederacy. The border on the right, bottom and left is a rattlesnake. The top is a ribbon with the text "OH! "LET ...
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Bar and Bartenders

Date: 1886
Description: Saloon interior of two bartenders standing behind the bar. On the bar is a variety of glassware and bottles. On the wall behind the bar are three large mir...
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Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents Lunch Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Lunch menu from the souvenir booklet of the Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents, with an embossed knife, fork, and spoon crossed o...
Book or Pamphlet

Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents Dinner Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Dinner menu from the souvenir booklet of the Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents, with a be-ribboned golden dinner bell suspended ...
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Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front and back of advertising card for the New Gale Chilled Plow. On the front is a color illustration of a man sitting at the base of a tree pulling the t...
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Western Canoe Association Members at Picnic Point

Date: 1894
Description: Seven members of the canoe association are posed around an eighth member, who is lying face down on a padded cot, covered with ferns. Ferns have been strat...

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