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Schlitz, The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous

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Description: Cover art featuring Milwaukee from promotional booklet of views of the Schlitz Brewery.
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6 Points Beer Garden

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Description: 6 point beer garden, 3532 W. Burleigh Street. A gas station, with a sign posted for standard oil products, can be seen to the right. Caption on print reads...
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Men on Street near Puddle

Date: 1905
Description: Men standing around a puddle alongside a road near a small snowbank. One man is bending down near the puddle with a hammer in his hand. Signs for beer are ...
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Miller Delivery Wagon

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Description: Man standing in front of horse-drawn wagon loaded with barrels of beer from the Miller Brewery. The sign near the wagon seat reads: "No.2" and the sign pai...
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Humboldt Gardens Hotel

Date: 1930
Description: Exterior view of the Humboldt Gardens Hotel at the southwest corner of North and Humboldt Avenues. There are large Miller Beer advertisements on the side o...
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Tailgater

Date: 09 1982
Description: "Have another beer!"
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Low Cost Drugs

Date: 06 27 1980
Description: Exterior view of a pharmacy advertising "Low Cost Drugs." The building also has a painted advertisement for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer.
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Steinbacher's Saloon

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the bar owned by Rudolph Steinbacher at the corner of 16th Street and St. Paul Avenue. A large sign for Schlitz beer is painted on the wa...
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Card Game

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Description: A bartender behind the bar is reflected in the mirror of a cigarette machine, while men drink beer and play cards in the foreground.
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An Early P&H Hoist Crane in Brewery

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Description: Interior view of Pawling & Harnischfeger hoist cranes in a Schlitz brewery where men are working with beer barrels.
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12th & Clybourne Traffic Jam

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Description: Slightly elevated view of cars, trucks, and buses in a traffic jam. A sign is on the right for Rocco's, under a neon sign to "Drink Blatz Beer."
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Milwaukee Ships and River Views

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Description: View across the Milwaukee River, showing advertisements for the Riverside Printing House, Book and Job Printing, Spring Street Lager Beer Hall, and Hood an...
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Drinking at the Lutheran Center Bowling Alley

Date: 01 14 1948
Description: A view from behind the bar in the Lutheran Center Bowling Alley of happy patrons enjoying a beer. One of the two bartenders is also enjoying a beverage.
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Entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: The ornate entrance to the Schlitz Palm Garden. Located on N. 3rd Street, south of W. Wisconsin Avenue, the Schlitz Palm Garden opened on July 3, 1886 and ...
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Interior of Bar

Date: 1925
Description: The bartender Art Gerth stands behind the bar of a tavern located at the corner of Twelfth and Chambers. A glass of beer stands on the bar. Behind the bar...
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Group Posing Near Motorcycle

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Description: Four people posing in front of a storefront with an advertisement for Schreier beer. A woman in the group is holding two flags. There is a motorcycle on th...
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Audience for a Beauty Pageant

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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...
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International D-2 Truck Delivering Candy

Date: 1938
Description: Man unloading boxes of "Baby Ruth" and "Butterfinger" candy bars from an International D-2 truck outside the Monona Club. The truck was owned by the Suprem...
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Fond du Lac Avenue

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Description: Looking southeast from N. 36th Street and W. Fond du Lac Avenue, Six Point beer garden and bottle house are visible on the right side of the street. Captio...
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Fond du Lac Avenue

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Description: Police officer directing traffic on a busy intersection. Walgreen Drugs is on one corner, Standard Service and Six Point beer garden on the opposite corner...

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