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Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition.
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Fauerbach Brewery Tavern

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ...
Postcard

Making a Toast

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Description: Group of men in a tavern making a toast. The bartender is behind the bar and the man at the right is in a wheelchair and smoking a pipe.
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Alma Shooting Society

Date: 1910
Description: A Swiss "Schutenfest" club, affiliated with the Central Shooting Society of Wisconsin, started about 1877 and lasted until about 1920. Group of men posing ...
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The Sample Room

Date: 1892
Description: Men standing along the bar of local saloon owned by Liegeois Brothers. Blacksmith Joseph Liegeois, Jr. and his brother John are on the end of the bar. John...
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Stubb's Tavern

Date: 1938
Description: Men drinking in the bar at Stubb's Tavern.
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Cammarano Brothers Beer Truck

Date: 05 21 1935
Description: A man handles boxes of beer on the side of an International C-35 truck used by the Cammarano Brothers company. The truck has a wooden sign over the back re...
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Loading Brewery Barrels

Date: 07 18 1934
Description: Men loading barrels from Wagner Brewing Company onto the bed of an International truck. They are standing near a doorway to a brick building with an electr...
Photograph

Brewing Kettles

Date: 1936
Description: View from above of brewing kettles in the Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. There are workers standing on the ground floor, and in the far background is a large ...
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Guelig's Corner Bar

Date: 02 23 1978
Description: "Guelig's Corner Bar in downtown Theresa. Edgar 'Jr.' Guelig, proprietor."
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Firemen's Park

Date: 06 1948
Description: "This working party at Firemen's Park, drinking Pioneer beer, is (L-R) Peter Bodden, Jack Burns, Philip Schwinn, & ?."
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Men with Beer Keg

Date: 1910
Description: Six men posed around a beer keg, holding glasses of beer. One man has a deck of cards.
Postcard

Six Men and a Goat

Date: 1920
Description: Full-length studio portrait of six men, three standing and three sitting. On the left is a goat. Attached to the painted backdrop, a poster for the Calumet...
Photograph

Men outside the Alaska House Saloon

Date: 1902
Description: Five men standing outside the Conrad Meyer Alaska House saloon and hotel. The building was located at 416 North 9th Street.
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Jos Schlitz Brewing Co., Wash House

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Description: Interior view of men working in the wash house at Schlitz Brewery. At the top right is an inset of the exterior of the building.
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Office Entrance and Office Buffet, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.

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Description: Dual exterior and interior views of office entrance and office buffet.
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The White Front Tavern

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Description: William R. "Bill" Kinney (1912-1978) behind the bar of the White Front Tavern. Bill and his brother Howard Kinney owned the bar from 1948-1956. Three unide...
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Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back, with his head resting on a blank...

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