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Heinie's Beer Bottle Display

Date: 1937
Description: Display of a glass of beer, and a bottle of Heinie's Old Lager Beer bottle, and a bottle of Heinie's Strong Beer. There are cigarettes in an ashtray, flowe...
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Old Town Lager, Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Old Town Lager Beer, The Beer of Good Cheer," and depicts a drawing of a house, tree...
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A&W Root Beer Stand

Date: 09 12 1931
Description: A&W Root Beer stand at 900 S. Park Street.
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Heileman's Old Style Lager Beer Label

Date: 1992
Description: A beer label featuring Heileman's Old Style Lager and Heileman Brewing Company, incorporating a drawing in the center labeled: "A Scene of Monks Brewing". ...
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Geo Walter Brewing Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the George Walter Brewing Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, brewers of Adler Bräu and export beers. On the left is a full-color image of a bott...
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Northern Pale Beer Label

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Description: Label for Northern Pale brewed by Northern Brewing Company. The label depicts a lake scene with evergreen trees in the background and the round Northern Be...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1886
Description: An interior view of the Schlitz Palm Garden, which was located on North 3rd Street, south of West Wisconsin Avenue. This image includes a drawing of a wait...
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Main Street

Date: 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of storefronts on Main Street. Sign on building reads: "Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer." Child standing at pump (water pump?) Two cars parke...
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Building Near Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of the outskirts of an unidentified town in the vicinity of Green Bay. The sign painted on the roof of the building on the left reads: "Beer ...
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Wisconsin Pavilion Attractions

Date: 1964
Description: Sign outside the Wisconsin Pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair advertising a steak house, a beer garden, and the world's largest cheese. A portion of the pav...
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Sailors in a Bar

Date: 1942
Description: Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ...
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Mac's A & W Root Beer Drive-In

Date: 1971
Description: Mac's A & W Root Beer Drive-in, 900 South Park Street, established by David S. McKown. This building, which was open only during the summer months, was con...
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Leisy's Brewery Delivery Truck

Date: 09 20 1935
Description: A man unloading beer barrels from the bed of an International truck owned by Leisy's Brewery.
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Fauerbach Brewing Company Truck

Date: 04 27 1938
Description: Fauerbach Lager Beer truck with "James Hepburn, Distributor, Decorah, Iowa" painted on the cab. The truck is parked just outside of the Ideal Body Company,...
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Capital Brewery

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of employees, along with young children, posed around a wagon loaded with barrels of beer in front of Hausmann's Capital Brewery at the corne...
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Buena Vista House

Date: 1940
Description: View across street towards the inn, with three cars parked in front. There is a "Chicken & Steak Dinner" sign, as well as a "Schlitz" beer sign. The cobbl...
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Miller Brewing Co.

Date: 1960
Description: Administration Building. A two-story building with an sign and a symbol of a tall beer of glass flanked by two stalks of a plant on the front entrance of t...
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Andersen's on Clam Lake

Date: 1934
Description: View down hill of a tavern, with signs advertising "Budweiser" and "Beer," on the shores of Clam Lake. There are numerous outbuildings and two automobiles ...
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Politics Wisconsin Style

Date: 08 1990
Description: Grilling burgers and corn on the cob, all washed down with beer... a typical menu for a Wisconsin political fundraiser. This event was for State Senator Ru...
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Beer Drinkers

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Description: A group of men near the Koss railroad depot, the majority of whom are seated on the ground. One of the men is sitting on a piano stool. To the right of the...

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