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Flersheim's Whisky Distillery and Cattle Farm

Date: 1858
Description: Friedrich Flersheim immigrated from Mecklenburg to Illinois in the early 1850s, and after farming for a time built this distillery on the Black River in Wi...
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Calvert Window Display, Badger Liquor Shop

Date: 10 31 1946
Description: Display window at Badger Liquor Store, 402 State Street, showing Calvert Liquor, with sign picturing pheasant and gun and the words "If his aim's as good a...
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Forged Strip Labels

Date: 1922
Description: Forged labels imitating United States Government Revenue stamps seized by Prohibition Officers. The labels were used by bootleggers to make customers belie...
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Hammel, Newald & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Hammel, Newald & Company, a wholesale wine and liquor dealer and importer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the left is a three-quarter view of t...
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Interior View of The Anchor Tavern

Date: 1930
Description: Interior view of the bar, with eight bar stools. Signs behind the bar include "Coca-Cola," "Grain Belt Beer," "Goebel," and "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer."
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Registered Union Bar Certificate

Date: 1904
Description: Certificate submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Hotel and Restaurant Employes International Alliance and Bartenders Internatio...
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William Schlicht Liquor Store

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Description: The storefront of the William Schlicht Wholesale Liquor Dealer. The building also was a saloon and features shuttered windows, advertising posters in the l...
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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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Hotel Sherman Cellar Book Menu Exterior

Date: 12 05 1933
Description: Front and back covers of the Hotel Sherman wine list of cocktails, wines, champagnes, and liqueurs, with a woodcut of a man clutching multiple bottles of s...
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L’Etoile Restaurant Wine Tasting Dinner with Terrance Leighton Menu

Date: 03 23 1993
Description: One-page autographed menu for a six-course food and wine-tasting event with Terrance Leighton, with the outline of a wine bottle and a bunch of grapes in i...
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Black Steer Wine List Menu

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Description: Wine list menu for The Black Steer, with a waiter holding a serving tray with a bottle and two glasses, and making an "okay" motion with his other hand; in...
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Rohde's Steak House Football Luncheon Menu Interior

Date: 1964
Description: Interior of the Rohde's Steak House special football luncheon menu, with spot illustrations of football players in action, and featured items on the menu (...
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Hofmeister's Liquor Store

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Description: Interior view of Hofmeister's Liquor Store. John Hofmeister is standing and holding up a bottle next to the cash register.
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L'Etoile Restaurant Wine Dinner Menu

Date: 01 15 1999
Description: One-page menu for a wine dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant with vintner Heidi Schrock and importer Terry Theise, with a side illustration by Rebekkah Luce of g...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Reading Between the Wines Menu

Date: 08 30 2000
Description: Front and back of menu from a Reading Between the Wines dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant, with a translucent overlay with the menu listing and a backing card ...
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L'Etoile Restaurant Second Annual Reading Between the Wines Dinner Menu

Date: 10 11 2001
Description: Exterior and interior of the second annual Reading Between the Wines dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant, with the starburst restaurant logo, also used as backgr...
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L'Etoile Restaurant German Wine Tasting Dinner Menu

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Description: Letterpress menu for a German wine tasting dinner at L'Etoile Restaurant with wine importer Terry Theise. Printed in varying shades of burgundy and green i...
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Green Bay Turn Verein Wine List Menu

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Description: One-page wine list from the Green Bay Turn Verein, a German gymnastic society, with a background image of a mustachioed male figure holding a flag with an ...
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Kona Kai Lounge Menu

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Description: Front cover and selected drink pages from the Kona Kai Lounge, a Polynesian-themed bar and restaurant in the Marriott Hotel, with a carved figure used as a...
Drawing

Be One or Buy One!

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Description: Portrait of a drunk man with a large, red veiny nose and half-closed eyes. Text reads: "Be One or Buy One!" Signed "Sid Boyum."

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