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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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Dance Hall Wine Room

Date: 01 01 1914
Description: People sitting at a table in a dance hall wine room at 2:00 a.m.
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Class on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Date: 12 06 1967
Description: Instructor teaching the harmful effects of smoking, drinking alcohol, and using drugs.
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Quitting Time

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: Construction workers enjoying a beer after pouring concrete for a bridge structure.
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Milwaukee Dance Hall Wine Room

Date: 11 02 1913
Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking at 2 a.m. in one of two wine rooms at the South Side Kindergarten Hall, 396 Greenbush Street.
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Minors in a Saloon Dance Hall

Date: 05 03 1914
Description: A group of people, including minors, in a saloon dance hall at 2 a.m. in Milwaukee. The dance hall, Vizey's Hall, was on 8th Street and Walnut. Liquor was ...
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Lithographers Intercity Bowling Dinner

Date: 04 24 1948
Description: The presentation of the liquor trophy during the lithographer's intercity bowling dinner.
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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.
Postcard

One View of Milwaukee

Date: 1909
Description: Depicts an overweight man wearing a bowler hat drinking beer directly from a barrel. In the background beer steins are littering the ground. The caption at...
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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

$1000 Reward, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "$1000 Reward, Pure Malt & Hops, Natural Process, Lager Beer, A. Gettelman Brewing Co...
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Tailgater

Date: 09 1982
Description: "Have another beer!"
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Bartender Cleaning Glassware

Date: 12 24 1970
Description: Bartender Albert Rosen cleaning glassware behind the bar. Rosen has a cigarette in his mouth as he cleans. Men can be seen in the background at the bar. Th...
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Pouring Beer at the Miller Brewery

Date: 1953
Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978; second from left) and friends enjoy a beer at the Miller Brewery. Bill and his brother Howard Kinney owned the White F...
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Paula Uihlein

Date: 03 26 1962
Description: A woman in the foreground on the right is speaking to a man and another woman; the top of an opened bottle of champagne is between the group. Caption reads...

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