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| 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: | 1933-09-29 |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Milwaukee |
| 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: | 04 1932 |
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| Description: | "Here's to Health!", an advertisement for the alcohol-free beer brewed by Schlitz during Prohibition. The advertising touts the product's healthful qualiti... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Card advertising the return of beer for sale at the end of Prohibition. The card offered free delivery of Blatz Old Heidelberg brew to all parts of Madison... |
| Date: | 1933-03-25 |
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| County: | Portage |
| City: | Stevens Point |
| Date: | 05 15 1933 |
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| Description: | A typed letter from W.C. Fields to Phillip Goodman. It is full of personal news items. In the letter he mentions that "Prohibition ends today." |
| 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: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Badger Club Special, A special process brew, alcoholic content less than 1/2 of 1% 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: | 06 02 1933 |
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| Description: | Governor Albert G. Schmedeman signing the Beer Bill with 14 men observing. |
| Community: | Whitefish Bay |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| Historic Name: | Herbert W. & Lilliam E. Rost House |
| Reference Number: | 198381 |
| 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: | 05 15 1933 |
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| Description: | Jenny Justo, 921 Spring Street, saying goodbye to her dog before leaving for a year in the Milwaukee jail. |
| Community: | Watertown |
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| County: | Dodge |
| Historic Name: | Garden Homes Tavern |
| Reference Number: | 95886 |
| Date: | 05 15 1933 |
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| Description: | Jennie Justo with hat in hand, is embraced by her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail for being the alleged owner of a stude... |
| Date: | 05 15 1933 |
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| Description: | Jennie Justo of 921 Spring Street in the Greenbush, wearing a hat, says goodbye to her mother, Lena Justo, as she leaves for a year in the Milwaukee jail. |
| Date: | 03 15 1933 |
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| Description: | Donald Huseby, office manager of the Fauerbach Brewery, receiving from Herman Lochner, police reporter for the "Capital Times," an order for the first case... |
| 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 03 1933 |
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| Description: | Four men are standing in the tank room at Fauerbach Brewing Co. One of the men is turning a valve. The photograph was taken to mark the modification of the... |
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