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Wisconsin Cheese Billboard

Date: 09 28 1942
Description: Highway billboard advertising Wisconsin cheese for the Department of Agriculture and Markets.
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Williamson Street with Fauerbach Brewery

Date: 1940
Description: The 600 block of Williamson Street ("Machinery Row") with the old Fauerbach Brewery in the background.
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Malt House

Date: 1930
Description: View across lawn towards the Malt House at 1603 Sherman Avenue. To the right of the Malt House is the Cafferty Distributing Company, wholesalers for Schlit...
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Toy Truck with California Sun-Maid Seedless Raisins

Date: 1923
Description: Buddy L toy model S truck hauling California Sun-Maid Seedless Raisins.
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Driver in International Dairy Truck

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: View across street towards a man in the driver's seat of an International Special Delivery dairy truck parked in front of billboards. The International Spe...
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Nature's Bakery Co-op

Date: 1974
Description: 1101 Williamson Street. This natural foods bakery was organized and managed by its employees. The co-op opened in this location between 1973-74.
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Old Man and Windsor Billboard

Date: 1980
Description: An elderly man is sitting in the grass by a Windsor Canadian Whiskey billboard.
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Harp & Kettle Cheese House Restaurant

Date: 09 05 1954
Description: Harp & Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store, 310 E. Broadway, includes two cars in the parking lot.
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Harp & Kettle Cheese House Restaurant

Date: 09 05 1954
Description: Harp & Kettle Cheese House drive-in restaurant and store, 310 E. Broadway. Two cars are in the parking lot.
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Fridblom's Health Food Store

Date: 02 21 1944
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Oscar Fridblom's Health Food Store at a new location, 120 East Washington Avenue. A Heintz ketchup billboard is sitti...
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Pewaukee Lake Mills

Date: 1925
Description: A view of Pewaukee Lake Mills. Asa Clark, a Vermont pioneer who settled in the town of Pewaukee in 1837, erected a sawmill in 1838 at the outlet of the lak...
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Red Dot Billboard

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Two men painting a Red Dot Potato Chips mural / billboard on the side of a building.
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Hartmeyer Building

Date: 10 15 1947
Description: Exterior view of Hartmeyer Meat Market building, located at the corner of North Hamilton and East Mifflin Streets.
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Miller Gardens

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of Miller Gardens. A billboard for Miller Gardens and beer is above the first building on the left.
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Williamson Street

Date: 1918
Description: A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th...
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Usinger Sausage Factory

Date: 04 11 1937
Description: 1030 N. Third Street, seen from State Street Bridge. Signs for the building are on the top floor. More billboards can be seen on buildings in the backgroun...
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Potosi Beer Advertising

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Description: Designers colored pencil sketch for roadside billboards for two Potosi Brewing Company labels: Holiday and Alpine. Comments on the design are addressed to ...
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Outdoor Billboard Promoting Dairy Products

Date: 1940
Description: Outdoor advertising billboard rendered from a photograph of Iva Kearney of Ithaca, Wisconsin, holding a glass of milk in her hand.
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Poinsettia Dairy Trucks

Date: 04 10 1935
Description: An International C-35 truck used by Poinsettia Dairy Products, Inc., parked outside a company building. A sign in the shape of a milk bottle advertises ice...
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American Bakeries Company Truck

Date: 04 08 1935
Description: An International truck used by the American Bakeries Company parked alongside a road near an overpass. The text on the truck reads: "Merita Bread, Cake" an...

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