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Hausmann Brewery Bar

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the Hausmann Brewery Bar with spittoons on the floor. A sign behind the bar reads: "No intoxicating drinks sold to minors." The patrons an...
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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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Buckhorn Tavern

Date: 1949
Description: Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
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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 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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Moses Pauquette Displays Fish

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Description: Moses Pauquette shows off his catch of fish with his fishing creel at his tavern on Water Street. He stands before the bar, leaning on his left arm. His ca...
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International K-5 Truck with Bottle Body

Date: 1941
Description: Man delivering beverages to the Silver Swan Inn with an International K-5 truck. The truck was equipped with a 161 x 76 bottle body. Photograph was taken f...
Postcard

Making a Toast

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Description: Group of men in a tavern making a toast. The bartender is behind the bar and the man at the right is in a wheelchair and smoking a pipe.
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The Sample Room

Date: 1892
Description: Men standing along the bar of local saloon owned by Liegeois Brothers. Blacksmith Joseph Liegeois, Jr. and his brother John are on the end of the bar. John...
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People Sitting in Car Drinking Beer

Date: 1916
Description: Three people sitting in the back seat of a parked car drinking beer and other beverages in glasses. The building behind them is the Otto Sprenger Millersvi...
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Man with Beer Bottles in Tavern

Date: 1937
Description: A man holds two bottles of beer on top of a cooler. A clock is on the wall with a sign that reads: "No Beer Sold After Midnite." Original caption states: "...
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Dunbar's Inn

Date: 02 17 1978
Description: "Mrs. Bruce Dunbar poses amid shelves of fine wine and liquor at Dunbar's Inn."
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Ye Olde Village Inn

Date: 02 1978
Description: "Ye Olde Village Inn. Ed Paulus, Prop. This was formerly the Arndt property."
Poster

Poster for "The Shaughraun"

Date: 1875
Description: Color lithograph on paper. Title across top in caps. Below it a scene in a pub featuring three men, with the central figure propping a foot on a wooden buc...
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Drummond Street Scene

Date: 1937
Description: View across road of a man and a dog standing on the front stoop of a one-story building that has a sign that reads “Art’s Lunches and Confectionery, Ask fo...
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Tavern Interior

Date: 1932
Description: Interior view of a tavern with one man behind the bar and two men wearing hats standing at the bar holding bottles of beer. On the shelves behind the bar a...
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Rural Tavern

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Description: Eight men standing outside a corner tavern. The men are standing on a plank sidewalk with a dog. The is a Blatz Beer sign hanging outside the door.
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A Turkey at Krueger's

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol...
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Sailors in a Bar

Date: 1942
Description: Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ...
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Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back, with his head resting on a blank...

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