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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...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

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...
Drawing

Barman — Bill

Date: 1932
Description: Bill bartending at Jack and Charlie's.
Drawing

Barman — O'Leary

Date: 1932
Description: O'Leary the barman with crewcut, at O'Leary's on the Bowery. An "Erin Go Bragh" sign is in the background.
Drawing

Barman — Frank

Date: 1932
Description: Frank bartending at the Old Fashioned Club.
Photograph

Moonlight Outing Club

Date: 07 04 1913
Description: Group of people known as the "Moonlight Outing Club" at Muskego Lake.
Photograph

Class on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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

Wine Room

Date: 
Description: People sitting at tables, drinking and talking. A large banner with a picture of Thaddeus Kosciuszko hangs on the wall.
Poster

Warning Against Alcohol

Date: 1921
Description: Industrial health and safety sign or poster warning against the dangers of drinking mixtures with alcohol. The sign reads: "Warning; Do not drink any mixtu...
Photograph

Breaking Up a Fake Fight

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Description: Angie Vail and Alice Bedard pose in an attempt to break up a staged fight between Robert Vail and Sprague Vonier, while Harold Gauer lies on the ground und...
Photograph

Dancing Around Whiskey Bottle

Date: 
Description: A couple dances behind an oversized cut-out of a bottle of Seagrams Whiskey, with other people seated around them. Some are wearing fake eyes.
Photograph

Two Bikers with Bottles of Beer

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Two bikers wearing floppy hats stand with their arms around each other and holding bottles of Pabst Blue Ribbons in their hands.
Photograph

Store and Saloon

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across road of men gathered outside a store and saloon. Most of the men hold a glass of beer as though toasting. Two teams of horses are...
Print

MADD Stickers

Date: 1985
Description: Two stickers promoting Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) with a drawing of a car with a martini glass in front of it and a circle-backslash symbol (proh...
Print

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

Kellermeister Beer, Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Kellermeister Beer, made by the Oconomowoc Brewing Company. Includes an image of a Ge...
Print

Louis Schoen's Old Lager, Label

Date: 1944
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Louis Schoen's Old Beer Lager, Quality has No Substitute, Brewed and Bottled by the ...
Print

Cream Top Beer, Label

Date: 1938
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Cream Top Beer, Whitewater Brewing Co." Pictured on the label is a man sitting at a ...
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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