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Calvert Liquor Sign

Date: 12 13 1944
Description: Calvert Liquor sign displayed in the window of the Plymouth Liquor Distributers, 2717 Atwood Avenue, sign reads: "Clear Heads Choose Calvert."
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Entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: The ornate entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on July 3, 1886 and ...
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Graffiti on a Door

Date: 1969
Description: Graffiti on a green door reads, "Kuken was here." A Miller beer bottle is on the doorstep.
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Oak Bluffs Hotel

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Description: View of Oak Bluffs Hotel from a waterfront boardwalk. Pedestrians walk along the boardwalk in front of the hotel and furniture and other luggage stands in...
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Town from Overlooking Hill

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Description: View of a town from an overlooking hill. Beyond dwellings, the Russell-Miller Milling Company is visible; it was built in 1906.
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Harbor Dock

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Description: Fishing boats dock in a harbor surrounded by homes.
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Potosi Barrels

Date: 1936
Description: Seven beer barrels stacked in front of a truck, outside the Potosi Brewery.
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Delivery of Bread Right To Your Door

Date: 1939
Description: A woman standing on her doorstep buys bread from a deliveryman. His truck is parked in the driveway. Text on the truck reads "Capitol Bakers, 'Right' to yo...
Postcard

Man, Girl and Boy

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
Postcard

Man, Woman and Girl

Date: 1930
Description: Group of three people standing outside on a sidewalk in front of a stone dwelling with a porch and steps behind them. A man holds a bottle, ready to pour i...
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Borden Condensery

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Description: Exterior view of the Borden Condensery and grounds. Snow covers the ground. The right side of the building has two doors elevated above the driveway for a ...
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Creamery

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Description: View across road of creamery building. Male workers are standing near the entrance on the left in front of a sign that says "Patch Grove Creamery." On the ...
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Sextonville Creamery

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Description: Exterior view of the Creamery, a small wood frame building. Two workmen wearing overalls are standing on the drive in front. Behind them next to the entran...
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Main Barn at Christenson Farm

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Description: View of an L-shaped stone barn. Piles of sand, broken wood and an old plow are in the foreground.
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Oderbolz Brewery

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Description: Exterior view of the original Oderbolz Brewery, southeast corner of Fourth Street and Pierce Street. Later Rock Spring Cold Storage.
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Grandma's Favorite Recipes

Date: 2012
Description: Sign mounted on a painted brick wall next to a doorway in a downtown alley. Features a head and shoulders caricature of a woman wearing glasses perched on ...
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Groot Constantia 2

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the front of Groot Constantia, the oldest winery in South Africa located just outside Cape Town, South Africa.
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Fauerbach Brewing Company Exterior

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Description: View up street, with the Fauerbach brewery in the background on the right. Several cars and trucks are parked on the sides of the street in the foreground.
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Storage Area in Back of Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 06 25 1926
Description: Rear view of a truck. There are four open doors showing the storage areas, some with shelves. There are two larger doors, also open, that when closed, woul...
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Dairy Delivery Truck

Date: 06 25 1926
Description: Rear view of a truck. There are four closed doors over the storage areas. There are two larger doors, also open, that when closed, would enclose the entire...

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