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| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:... |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of bar and crowd in Fauerbach Brewing Co. tavern at 651 Williamson Street, celebrating the end of Prohibition. |
| Date: | 08 24 1968 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival. |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | A scene from the Greendale Civilian Defense Rally. Mothers and children sit at a picnic table outside of the "Bendfelt House of Fine Ice Cream" stand opera... |
| Date: | 03 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Young Adult Club 1st Anniversary dance. Rodney Miller, Joe Ann Higgins, Elaine Roberts, and Tom Maloney are standing at the snack bar at the Community Cent... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ... |
| Date: | 04 27 1954 |
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| Description: | Irene Eastman, assistant professor in the UW music department, stands with a cake as she is being honored by alumnae and active members of Sigma Alpha Iota... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer." |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of three men seated near beer casks, each holding a small glass. One man wears a funnel as a hat. The photograph is inscribed with the toast... |
| Date: | 08 1996 |
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| Description: | "A Syl Groeschl Band entertains at the Annual Historical Society Ice Cream Social." |
| Date: | 10 1996 |
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| Description: | "Mayville Audubon Days bike riders from Ft. Atkinson take a break at Widmer's Cheese." |
| Date: | 11 29 1957 |
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| Description: | Four people standing beside each other during the Gardner Baking Company's 25-Year-Club celebration. They include Norman and Florence Schroeder; and Mrs. a... |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Man sitting in driver's seat of a Skelly Truck promoting itself with banners and streamers. In the background on the right is a church. |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children in costume posed on the back of a truck decorated with streamers for the Cheese Day Parade. Some of the children hold handwritte... |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children posed on flatbed truck decorated with streamers as a float for Cheese Day. A sign reads: "Cheese is King," and a boy dressed as ... |
| Date: | 10 24 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people posing among round wood cheese boxes on a flatbed truck decorated as a float in the Cheese Day Parade. One person holds a sign that says: "... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
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| Description: | Coloring Easter eggs at their kitchen table are Sherry Svee, age 8, with her mother, Melba Svee, and father Kenneth Svee who is executive director of the M... |
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