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Photograph

Group of Men and Boys in front of Tavern

Date: 
Description: Group of men and boys posed standing in front of a wooden building, probably a tavern. The photographer's wagon is in the background.
Photograph

Drummond Street Scene

Date: 1937
Description: View across road of a man and a dog standing on the front stoop of a one-story building that has a sign that reads “Art’s Lunches and Confectionery, Ask fo...
Photograph

Arbutus Inn and Original Snowmobile Hall of Fame

Date: 05 1972
Description: Spring scene on Wall Street. The building is the Arbutus Inn, hotel, bar and dining room. It was also the original Snowmobile Hall of Fame. Two boys are st...
Photograph

Taverns on Milwaukee Street

Date: 1975
Description: "Main (Milwaukee) Street. Six taverns were in business in the span of one block!"
Photograph

Fire at Das Pioneer Bier Haus

Date: 11 1991
Description: "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr...
Photograph

Merchants Inn

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Description: View across unpaved street towards two men in a buggy drawn by a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Inn.
Map or Atlas

Map of Milwaukee County

Date: 1858
Description: An ink on paper map of Milwaukee County and the eastern portion of Waukesha County that shows the townships of Oak Creek, Franklin, Greenfield, Wauwatosa, ...
Map or Atlas

Official Map of Brown County, Wisconsin

Date: 1870
Description: This 1870 map of Brown County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities, villages and post offices, land ownership, roads, rai...
Map or Atlas

Map of Spooner, Wisconsin Lakes Area

Date: 1941
Description: This 1941 map covers Washburn County, Wisconsin, as well as western Sawyer, eastern Burnett, and northeastern Polk counties. It shows the locations of tour...
Photograph

Historic Tavern Demolished

Date: 11 1991
Description: Landmark tavern in Theresa demolished to make way for highway improvement plan.
Photograph

Group of People on a Stagecoach

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a group of people posing sitting on a stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses wearing flynets. The stagecoach is in f...
Map or Atlas

Plan of Farwell's Eastern Addition to the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on tracing paper and shows plat of city, local streets, block numbers, topography, several buildings, and includes an explan...
Photograph

Trameri's Bar

Date: 1974
Description: An exterior view of Trameri's Bar at 625 West Main Street.
Photograph

Crossroads In Beetown

Date: 05 07 2012
Description: Dusk in downtown Beetown. View down curved street towards an illuminated Hamms sign on a building along the block on the left. A sign that reads "Beetown F...
Map or Atlas

Sketch Showing the Early Mormon Settlement Voree Near Burlington, Wis.

Date: 06 12 1929
Description: This manuscript blueprint shows buildings with the names of their owners, tabernacle, location "where Strang found plates" and "house where Strang died," a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washburn Co. Lakes Region

Date: 1943
Description: This map shows roads, trails, taverns, schools, golf, gas stations, campsites, resorts, and towers. The lower left of the map includes a legend. The map co...
Postcard

Fish Creek

Date: 1907
Description: View of Fish Creek from the bay, with the main dock in the center, and the White Gull Inn on the right. Caption reads: "Fish Creek, Wis."
Postcard

Hotel Blackhawk

Date: 
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of the Hotel Blackhawk, a large brick building on a corner in the downtown area. Automobiles and buses are at the int...
Postcard

Tibbies Tavern

Date: 
Description: Color postcard view from intersection towards a roadside tavern. Text on reverse reads: "TIBBIES Where Chicken is King at Indian Ford, Wis. Three miles...
Photograph

Snowy Street at Night

Date: 1884
Description: Stereograph of an elevated view of a snowy street in a town. There is a sign for the Palace Saloon in the foreground on the left. Across the street is the ...

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