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Brewery Wagons Delivering Beer

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Description: Brewery wagons loaded with beer barrels in foreground of the Potosi Brewery.
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Crossroads Corner at Dusk

Date: 05 07 1962
Description: Crossroads corner at dusk, following hail storm.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: Two men weighing milk cans on Toledo scales at the Pet Milk Company.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 05 20 1928
Description: A man weighing a milk can on an old scale at the Pet Milk Company.
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Former Flour Mill

Date: 1956
Description: The stone building formerly housed the flour mill. The mill was established in 1852, but had pretty well gone out of business by 1895, by which time the po...
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Cassville Brewery

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d...
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Red Star Yeast and Products Company

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior of the Red Star Yeast and Products Company.
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Potosi Brewery Employees

Date: 1900
Description: Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery.
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Brewery at Potosi

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the brewery in Potosi with cars parked along the street.
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Platteville Brewery

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Description: An engraving based on a drawing by Alexander Simplot of the Platteville Brewery (spelled Plattville). It is an elevated perspective showing the main buildi...
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Hadley Mill

Date: 1940
Description: Hadley Mill on the Little Platte River, seven miles southwest of Platteville in the Town of Paris.
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Aerial View of Cuba City Cannery

Date: 10 12 1947
Description: Aerial view of Cuba City Cannery.
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Potosi Brewery

Date: 1886
Description: Exterior view of the Potosi Brewery at about the time Adam Schumacher took over the operation. Children and adults can be seen near a fence and in horse-dr...
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Potosi Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view showing, on the left, the bottling plant and the stables, and on the right, the Potosi Brewery itself. Groups of men are standing on the sid...
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Potosi Brewery Workers

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Potosi Brewery employees inside the brewery.
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Potosi Brewery

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Description: The Potosi Brewery. Men can be seen standing in front of the building, and driving horse-drawn vehicles.
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Potosi Brewery

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view of the bottling works of the Potosi Brewery built in 1902. A group of men stand near the front entrance.
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The Schumachers of Potosi

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Description: Informal picture taken in a bar in Potosi, at which are standing five cousins who operated the Potosi Brewery. They are left to right: Adolph Schumacher, ...
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Brewery Tour

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Description: Tour of the Potosi Brewery.

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