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Pabst Beer Kettle

Date: 08 15 1984
Description: Richard A. Schulz is checking a kettle of beer brewing at the Pabst Brewery.
Photograph

Beer Distributor

Date: 
Description: Warehouse of a Milwaukee distributor of beer (Miller, Schlitz, Pabst) and soft drinks. Two men are working with cases of beer on a cart in the background.
Photograph

Mine Shaft #1 and Miners

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of miners posing by #1 shaft just north of "G" Pabst. The man on the far left is Joe Iafolla.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

When beer, Milwaukee style, was introduced to New York

Date: 1930-05-30
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

General Beverage Sales Co.

Date: 09 10 1953
Description: General Beverage Sales Co., 114 N. Murray Street, with a Pabst Blue ribbon sign on the building and four trucks parked beside it. Railroad tracks run acros...
Photograph

Milwaukee Commercial District

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Milwaukee commercial district looking north over the Milwaukee River from the Michigan Street bridge. Landmarks right to left: Pabst B...
Photograph

View West from the Wells Building

Date: 03 20 1914
Description: Looking west from the roof of the Wells Building at E. Wisconsin Avenue and N. Milwaukee Street. The Pabst Building is on the left and the First National B...
Photograph

The Brewery and the Brewer

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of the brewing kettles at the Pabst Brewery. A brewery worker is walking up the stairs in between the kettles.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Milwaukee beer barons

Date: 1892-07-31
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Petit's death recalls era of city's builders

Date: 1932-12-03
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

Goodrich Line Passenger Ferries

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of two Goodrich Line passenger ferries docked on the west bank of the Milwaukee River, north of the Clybourn Street bridge. The Pabst buildin...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

When our valley was still a pleasant meadow: Red Star Yeast's birthday recalls past

Date: 1942-10-04
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Marine bank celebrating 100 years of 'Smith's money'

Date: 1935-05-14
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Famous gardens and Wein Stuben gave city its charm in the early days

Date: 1932-02-21
County: Milwaukee
City: Milwaukee
Photograph

Pabst Theatre

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior of theatre on corner of Wells and Water Streets. There is a billboard for Kools (cigarettes) on the side. Streetcar tracks and parked cars are in ...
Photograph

Audience for a Beauty Pageant

Date: 
Description: Formally dressed audience members are watching a beauty pageant in a smoky beer hall. The men are wearing suits with ties; the women are wearing dresses an...
Historical Essay

Prohibition Soda Pop

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Case of soda pop bottles shipped by the Kurth Company of Columbus, Wisconsin during prohibition, 1920-1933. (Museum object #1994.77.1)

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