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Sam's Liquor Store Interior

Date: 10 31 1946
Description: Sam's Liquor Store, 422 North Street, interior view of shelf displays of various wines, including Roma and Gallo, and other liquor bottles.
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Roma Wine Display, Licari Tavern

Date: 10 31 1946
Description: Roma Wine Display, interior at Licari Tavern, 767 West Washington Avenue, showing shelving with Roma sign.
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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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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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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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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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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 Champagne Dinner Menu

Date: 11 12 1997
Description: Menu from a dinner presented by L'Etoile Restaurant and wine importer Terry Theise, with a translucent overlay and a backing sheet with a bunch of grapes a...
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Guild Wine Display

Date: 01 07 1955
Description: Paul Guten of Guild Wine Company standing next to a Guild Wine Company display in an unknown liquor store.

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