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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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Grocery Convention Display

Date: 1933
Description: The Fauerbach Beer display at the Grocery Convention. The display consists of many bottles of beer, beer cases, die cut cardboard displays, cloth bunting a...
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Revelers Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 1933
Description: Men and women celebrating the end of Prohibition, around a table with bottles of various alcoholic beverages. They are holding a sign that reads: "In Compl...
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Fauerbach F.B.C. Lager Bottle

Date: 12 09 1941
Description: Fauerbach F.B.C. Lager bottle on display.
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Booth

Date: 09 23 1933
Description: Fauerbach Brewing Co. booth for the East Side Businessmen's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. Sign reads: "When the second Wisconsin State Capitol was com...
Poster

Pabst Beer Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster of a woman in fancy clothing, holding a fan, advertising for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Caption below reads, "Pabst, Good Old-time Flavor, Since 1844....
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Schlitz Beer Advertisement

Date: 04 1932
Description: "Here's to Health!", an advertisement for the alcohol-free beer brewed by Schlitz during Prohibition. The advertising touts the product's healthful qualiti...
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Walter Brewery Bottling Plant

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Description: Bottling plant employees of the George Walter Brewery. The Walter Brewery closed in 1972.
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Brewery Tour

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Description: Tour of the Potosi Brewery.
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New Holiday Beer

Date: 1971
Description: Poster of the Potosi Brewing Company, advertising a new holiday beer introduced by the new director of brewing, Joe Tschida. The poster includes his photo...
Drawing

Potosi Beer Advertising

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Description: Designers colored pencil sketch for roadside billboards for two Potosi Brewing Company labels: Holiday and Alpine. Comments on the design are addressed to ...
Photograph

International Truck

Date: 11 13 1933
Description: International delivery truck operated by A. Gettelman (brewery) of Milwaukee. A man in work clothes is standing near the side of the truck near an open doo...
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Geo Walter Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the George Walter Brewing Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, brewers of Adler Bräu and export beers. On the left is a full-color image of a bott...
Print

Big Boy Beer, Label

Date: 1935
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Depicts a man in a suit holding a bottle of beer. Big Boy was produced by the Hanover...
Print

Milwaukee's First Bottle House, Beer Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Blue, black and silver art deco-style beer label for Milwaukee's First Bottle House b...
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Schlitz Ginger Ale, Label

Date: 1927
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Schlitz, Pale Dry, Ginger Ale 'Will make your hospitality famous.'" The advertisemen...
Print

Golden Glow, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blumer's Golden Glow Beer, 'It's the After Glow', Blumer Products Co." The center of...
Print

G. Heileman Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the G. Heileman Brewing Company of La Crosse, Wisconsin, with a musketeer-like figure holding a bottle of beer in one hand and raising a glas...
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Huennekens Distributing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Huennekens Distributing Company of Racine, Wisconsin. On the left is a round silver tray holding a bottle of beer and a full glass with a...
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Independent Milwaukee Brewery Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Independent Milwaukee brewery featuring an image of a man in a cap, vest, and tie holding both a bottle and a full glass of beer. The des...

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