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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of the bridge near a mill. Caption reads: "Bridge at Foot of Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View of commercial buildings. One of the buildings has a sign painted on the side that reads: "Fleming's Jewelry Store." Several of the buildings have awni... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewery with the Mississippi River in the background. Caption reads: "G. Heileman Brewing Co., La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Bean and Palfrey flour mill. The sign on the building reads: "Waukau Mills". Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Waukau, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Van Camp Condensed Milk Factory. A driveway on the right leads up a small hill to the right side of the factory. Caption reads: "Van Camp Conde... |
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| Description: | View from shoreline towards a passenger train crossing a bridge near the Sheboygan Mineral Water Company Bottling Works building. Caption reads: Passenger ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards Cheese Row. Automobiles and trucks are parked near the buildings. Caption reads: "Cheese Row, Monroe, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Industrial area with view of Kimberly Clark Mill, and other unidentified mills. Caption reads: "Water Power, Neenah, Wis." |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a man, wearing a bow tie and straw boater hat, sitting on top of a giant ear of corn. A crowd of onlookers gather around the man, suggestin... |
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| Description: | Carson Gulley, in chef's hat, is leaning out of the driver's side of his catering truck. The promotional card indicates that the chef specialized in large ... |
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| Description: | Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Administration Building. A two-story building with an sign and a symbol of a tall beer of glass flanked by two stalks of a plant on the front entrance of t... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View across river toward the malt house. In the background is the south side brewery of the same company. There are two steamboats, one large, one small. ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of brewing company. A sign for Schlitz is suspended between two of the buildings. Pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-drawn vehicles are on the ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Five men and one woman, possibly employees of the Kirkpatrick Cheese Factory, gathered in front of the factory building. A car is parked along the curb in ... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an elevated view of the Nestle Chocolate Factory. Text on back reads: "This ultramodern plant was opened in 1966 to supply Nestle Chocola... |
| Date: | 07 21 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of two bear cubs at the Corner Bar. They are hanging out of a cardboard Blatz Beer box. The caption reads: "A Shot & a Beer & a Gin f... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Barefoot boy sitting on a bar and feeding a fawn with a bottle. There is a Schlitz sign on the wall behind the bar and a handwritten sign listing Pabst, Sc... |
| Date: | 10 18 1939 |
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| Description: | Postcard submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. On the front of the postcard is the slogan: You can 'whip' our cream but you can't... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a street scene. Groups of people are gathered along the sidewalks near storefronts. A building on the left has a painted sign... |
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