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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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Mine Shaft

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a shaft house at a zinc mine.
Postcard

Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
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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

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

Wisconsin River Bluffs

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Wisconsin River Bluffs and covered bridge. Text below reads: "Wisconsin River Bluffs, Boscobel, Wis."
Postcard

The Old Covered Bridge

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Description: Photographic postcard of the Old Covered Bridge across the Wisconsin River at Boscobel. Bluffs and trees are in the background. Caption reads: "The Old Cov...
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William Schmitt Fishing

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard along shoreline of a group of people fishing at Rudolph Mill. Sherwin Gillett's wife's cousin, William Schmitt, is standing in the fo...

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