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Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Center panel of the completed mural at the Wisconsin Historical Society. The image depicts wheat farming, one of the state's earliest and largest industrie...
Photograph

Hauling Wheat and Grain

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man leaves the Acme feed mill with a truckload of wheat and grain.
Photograph

Meadows Stone Burr Grain Mill

Date: 1920
Description: A Meadows stone burr grain mill powered by an International Harvester engine grinding wheat into flour at what appears to be an outdoor fair or exhibition....
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Bock Beer, Label

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Description: Bock beer label featuring a drawing of a goat's head, wheat or barley stalks, and hops. Bock was brewed and bottled by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wis.
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Brewmaster's Pub Napkin

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Description: Napkin from Brewmaster's Pub in Kenosha advertising itself as the Midwest's first brew pub. The graphic on the napkin includes a beer stein and a stalk of ...
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La Valle Roller Mills Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the La Valle Roller Mills, a miller of wheat, rye, and buckwheat flours and cornmeal. Includes illustrations of Plansifter System machinery, ...
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Wisconsin Elevator Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Elevator Company, keepers of "grain, hay and produce," from Roberts, Wisconsin, with a sheaf of wheat in a center medallion, su...
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Wisconsin Dairymen's Association Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Dairymen's Association, based in Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, with names of officers and members of the Executive Board and an ima...
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Oconto Beer Label

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Description: Oconto Beer Label brewed by Oconto Brewing Company. The company logo is a crowned shield with the letters "O B Co" flanked by stalks of wheat.
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Capital Brewery Island Wheat Label

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Description: Capital Island Wheat beer label. The label features a drawing of the Wisconsin Capitol dome flanked by stalks of wheat. There is also a map of Washington I...
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Badger Brew Label

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Description: Label from a Badger Brew pilsner beer featuring the outline of the state of Wisconsin and stalks of wheat on a red background.
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William Rahr Sons' Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the William Rahr Sons' Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, "Maltsters and Roasters," with an elevated view of the company building on one side o...
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Chief Oshkosh Beer Label

Date: 1962
Description: Label for Chief Oshkosh Beer with an arrowhead-shaped shield in the center bearing the name of the brew. There is also a depiction of the brewery with Lake...
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Northern Pale Beer Label

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Description: Label for Northern Pale brewed by Northern Brewing Company. The label depicts a lake scene with evergreen trees in the background and the round Northern Be...
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Peoples Bock Beer Label

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Description: Peoples Bock Beer Label with the word Peoples in an arrow, a drawing of a goat, and stalks of wheat. The label also bears the phrases "Hits the spot...
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M. Carpenter Baking Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the M. Carpenter Baking Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a wholesale baker of bread, cakes, and biscuits. On the left is a color image of a c...
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Old Imperial Pale, Beer Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Old Imperial Pale, made by the Rahr-Green Bay Brewing Corporation. The label also inc...
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Bock Beer, Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Bock Beer, Cream City Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wis. U.S.A." Images on the label i...
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A.1. Cream, Beer Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. In the center of the label, cut in the shape of a parallelogram, is a blue banner wit...
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Schloss Bräu, Beer Label

Date: 1910
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Schloss Bräu Beer, German Lager." Cream City Brewery logo which includes a star, cre...

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