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| Description: | Brewery wagons loaded with beer barrels in foreground of the Potosi Brewery. |
| Date: | 05 07 1962 |
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| Description: | Crossroads corner at dusk, following hail storm. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the brewery in Potosi with cars parked along the street. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| 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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| 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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| Description: | The Potosi Brewery. Men can be seen standing in front of the building, and driving horse-drawn vehicles. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Sanborn insurance map of the main street in Potosi, Wisconsin, with an inset for the Potosi Brewery. |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Celebrating the first "Cheese Day" with a parade. A group of spectators gather on the sidewalk near a truck displaying a banner and stove in the back. |
| Date: | 05 1981 |
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| Description: | Quonset hut at Len's Feed and Fuel, North Third Street at East Furnace Street. |
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| Description: | An exterior view of the old brewery at Potosi. A man is walking down the street toward the building. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Ludden's Poultry and Eggs from the dirt road. The shop features a porch, gable roof, and fenced yard. There are wooden crates and barrels ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down middle of Main Street. The right side of the street features: Bloomington State Bank, Ira Fox Meat Market, C.H. Enke, Sprague's Recreation Parlor... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A man drives a team of horses pulling a wagon across a bridge. The man is standing atop the barreled goods, holding the reins. There is dung on the road. |
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| Description: | Exterior of a feed mill erected About 1840. There is an advertisement for Quaker Ful-O-Pep feed above the entrance. Two pickup trucks are parked outside. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | The site of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company, operated from 1893 to 1950. The factory features a water tower. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Cassville depot. A boy or man sits on a bench in front of the depot. |
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