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Two Boys at Tenney Park

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Description: Two boys lying on the grass asleep in Tenney Park near the lagoon with a hat on the ground between them. The Sherman Avenue bridge and the Hausmann Brewery...
Photograph

Sherman Avenue Bridge

Date: 1904
Description: View across Yahara River towards a group of people on the Sherman Avenue Bridge, with the old malt house in the background.
Map or Atlas

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

Date: 1882
Description: This map of Cedarburg is a bird's-eye map with an inset of Cedarburg Brewery. Relief is shown pictorially and the map includes an index to buildings.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Chilton, Wisconsin

Date: 1878
Description: Bird's-eye map of Chilton with insets of points of interest, including P.H. Becker's Brewery, Chilton House, and Gutheil's Block.
Photograph

Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
Photograph

East Milwaukee Street in Janesville

Date: 1870
Description: View from along right side of bridge of Milwaukee Street looking east in Janesville. The Myers House is located at the top of the hill. There is a sign for...
Postcard

Hartig's Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: View from bridge towards Hartig's Brewery on the left. Caption reads: "Greetings from Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

P.H. Best Brewing Company

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Description: Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption...
Photograph

Rock River from Main Street Bridge

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Description: View of Rock River from Main Street Bridge. Hartig Brewery, opened in 1884, is along the right shoreline.
Photograph

The Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: A view of the back of the brewery, taken from a bridge. A man walks across the bridge, away from the camera.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map Detail of Catfish Creek Area

Date: 1885
Description: A detail of a Sanborn map including Catfish Creek and Westport Road by Lake Mendota.
Photograph

The Malt House and Yahara River Bridge

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Description: View across lawn and the Yahara River towards the Hausmann Brewing Company's Malt House in the center background. On the right is the Yahara River bridge. ...
Postcard

Tenney Park

Date: 1911
Description: View from shoreline across river towards an industrial building near the Yahara River. A bridge is behind trees and bushes on the right. Caption reads: "Te...
Photograph

River Line

Date: 1955
Description: Industries along the Milwaukee River, one of which is the Schlitz Brewery.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1892
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City which was drawn up in 1892.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1915
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1915.

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