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Bootleg Days

Date: 08 23 1933
Description: Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri...
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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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The Union House Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: The Union House Tavern, known as Schulkamp's Corner Saloon, 2601 East Washington Avenue at Milwaukee Street. A group of men are standing on the porch holdi...
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Fauerbach Brewery Tavern

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ...
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Barman — Otto

Date: 1932
Description: Otto the barman from the perspective of a person on other side of the bar whose hands are shown reaching for eleven mugs of beer. The establishment is Zum ...
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Patrons and Bartender at Chet's Tavern

Date: 1941
Description: Two patrons and bartender at Chet's tavern. The bartender is pulling bottles of Schlitz beer out of an International No. 4 De Luxe dry type beverage cooler...
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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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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...
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Stubb's Tavern

Date: 1938
Description: Men drinking in the bar at Stubb's Tavern.
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1896
Description: Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open...
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A "Beer-Bar" at a Displaced Persons Camp

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Description: Refugees patronizing a "beer-bar," run by invalids at a Displaced Persons camp in Germany.
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Refugees at a Displaced Persons Camp Celebrate a Soccer Victory

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Description: Refugees at a Displaced Persons camp celebrate a soccer victory over another D.P. camp team; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wiscons...
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A.J. Brandehoff

Date: 1938
Description: Gilbert John Brandehoff is leaning over to open a bottle of Diehl beer with a bottle opener that is mounted on a McCormick-Deering cooler. A woman is stand...
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Break-A-Way — Exterior

Date: 06 01 2001
Description: "The Break-A-Way bar is in St. Lawrence, a short hop south from Theresa."
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Hillcrest Inn — Interior

Date: 11 02 2001
Description: "Our waitresses at The Hillcrest Inn, are Faye (seated) and Beth (standing).
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Lewis Arms with a Cocktail Waitress

Date: 06 06 1952
Description: Lewis Arms (left) and his friend Norbert Pfife ("a kid from . . . around Milwaukee") enjoy a pitcher of beer at Bradley's Bar in downtown San Diego. Beside...
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NJ's — Interior

Date: 07 25 2008
Description: "At NJ's Amanda was our waitress." From left to right; Amanda, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Shirley Widmer, and Richard Yehl.
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Bill and Stel's — Exterior

Date: 04 17 2009
Description: "Bill and Stel's on Highway E in Eureka. A birthday party was going on for 'Barbara,' and cars passing by were asked to honk their horns."
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Crabby Joe's Pub and Grill

Date: 10 23 2009
Description: "This is Crabby Joe's Pub and Grill. When we visited this place on January 16, 2004, it was known as Schuyler Street Pub, in Uptown Neosho. The address is ...
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At the Barrel In

Date: 07 01 1977
Description: Barrel In customers toasted the old owner, Margaret Udovc, and new owner, John Lacher, as the two shook hands.

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