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| 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: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Men and women celebrating the end of Prohibition, around a table with bottles of various alcoholic beverages. They are holding a sign that reads: "In Compl... |
| Date: | 01 17 1919 |
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| Description: | Governor Emmanuel Philipp ratifying the 18th Amendment which made Prohibition law. From left to right: Executive Messenger, Samuel Banks; Senator George B.... |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh... |
| 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: | 1928 |
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| Description: | A cartoon created during the 1928 presidential campaign depicting bigotry displayed against Democratic candidate Al Smith. "The Sniper" is depicted as a ma... |
| Date: | 04 25 1933 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of delegates to the 18th amendment repeal convention. Text on back of print reads: "Delegation to the Convention for Ratification of the 21s... |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end ... |
| Date: | 05 09 1976 |
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| Description: | An unusually tall door (actually a stack of smaller doors) in the Brechheimer Brewing Company ice house building next to 132 East Wilson Street. In 1976 it... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Two men standing in front of two cars, one pointing a handgun at the ground and the other looking at the camera. Each man is holding a bottle, possibly ful... |
| Date: | 08 23 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the brewery dwarfed by the overhead bluffs. The brewery was built by William Schmitz. George Scheibl ran the brewery from 1899 until his d... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Little Bohemia Restaurant and Lodge with multiple vehicles parked out front. |
| Date: | 08 12 1932 |
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| Description: | RKO motion picture actress Raquel Torres christening the new model airplane manufactured in Madison by Orland Corben. Corben had flown the airplane that br... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Caption from the Wisconsin Magazine of History: "Eight million petitions on public display in Geneva." |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed. |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | View towards a small group of people watching as fire destroys the Hotel Washington. Behind them is an American Red Cross disaster services vehicle. |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | A stream of water shoots into the front entrance of the burning, smoking Hotel Washington. The crumpled hotel sign still hangs on the balcony. |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the Barber's Closet in the Hotel Washington. Water shooting from firetruck hoses is visible in the upper left of the image, as the fire that destr... |
| Date: | 02 18 1996 |
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| Description: | A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us... |
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