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Drawing

Barman — Frank

Date: 1932
Description: Drawing of Frank bartending at The J&L.
Drawing

Barman — Jack

Date: 1932
Description: Jack bartending at The Place.
Photograph

Roma Wine Display

Date: 12 19 1945
Description: Roma wine display at Walgreen drug store, 32 East Mifflin Street, with store manager, Ernst Rintelmann.
Photograph

Two Mayors at the Fair

Date: 1941
Description: Mayor Carl Zeidler of Milwaukee and Mayor Leo J. Promen of Fond du Lac at the Wisconsin State Fair. Zeidler is sipping Coca-Cola from a bottle and Promen i...
Photograph

Orange Crush Truck

Date: 08 25 1925
Description: A woman wearing a dress and a cloche hat is standing next to an Orange Crush truck while drinking from a soda bottle. The driver of the truck is sitting be...
Photograph

Testing Milk

Date: 1920
Description: Group of agriculture students testing milk with teacher Gladys M. Smith at the Maplewood School.
Photograph

Woman and Very Tall Man

Date: 
Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
Photograph

Filling Bottles with Maple Syrup

Date: 1971
Description: Milt Mehlberg filling bottles with finished maple syrup from his farm. Mehlberg is pouring syrup from a large sieve into a glass bottle. Several bottles an...
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Koecher's Bar

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: "Patrons at Koecher's Bar are L-R, Clyde Bandlow, Gene Greiner, Bea Greiner, Oliver Justman, Dottie Justman, & Rita Koecher."
Photograph

Ballmer's Old Time Tavern

Date: 10 1977
Description: Bartender Rod Ballmer (center), Paul Bernsdorf (left), and Jeffrey Mondeik at Ballmer's Old Time Tavern. There is a cribbage board on the bar and the wall ...
Photograph

Rita Koecher

Date: 07 07 1950
Description: "Rita Koecher, wife of Paul Koecher."
Photograph

Bar Interior

Date: 1908
Description: Two men standing at a bar with a bartender. The back of the bar is mirrored and reflects some of the room, with a wood stove seen in the reflection. A cash...
Photograph

Weber Pioneer Brewery

Date: 07 1991
Description: "Craig Ruffing, Les Beck, and Fred and Russ Bandlow relax at the old Weber Pioneer Beer Brewery."
Photograph

Dog Clearing Bar Table

Date: 11 1946
Description: Four men playing cards at a table with a fifth man seated on a radiator observing at left. In the foreground, a dog clears an empty beer bottle from the ta...
Photograph

Poker Reunion

Date: 1975
Description: This was a reunion of a group that used to meet in the 1950's to play poker. Around the table, starting at the left: Lawrence Steger, Jr., Ralph Bodden, Do...
Photograph

At the Auction

Date: 05 1978
Description: Photographer Edgar Mueller, "Corny" Weber, and auctioneer Ken Schoebel check out an old Weber Beer Bottle.
Photograph

LeAnn Wenger, 1976 Buffalo County Honey Queen

Date: 1976
Description: LeAnn Wenger, the Buffalo County Honey Queen. Wenger's hometown is Fountain City, Wisconsin. She is standing in front of a honey display, wearing a Buffalo...
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1902
Description: Front cover and menu page of the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club of Milwaukee County. On the cover is an oval tipped-in portrait of club president...
Photograph

Bottle Feeding the Baby

Date: 1932
Description: Elna Krueger feeding her daughter, Shirley, a bottle while she is sitting on the couch.

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