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Beer and Sweet Corn

Date: 08 24 1968
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kress, dressed in lederhosen, enjoy beer and sweet corn at the Mid-summer Festival.
Photograph

Costume Party

Date: 1937
Description: Seven people in costumes posed around a bar and holding glasses of beer.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Beer Party

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: Eight students, in costume, gathered around a piano at a University of Wisconsin-Madison beer party.
Photograph

Milwaukee Grain Exchange New Year's Greeting

Date: 1929
Description: Group portrait of three men seated near beer casks, each holding a small glass. One man wears a funnel as a hat. The photograph is inscribed with the toast...
Photograph

Phi Delta Upsilon Bowery Party

Date: 04 14 1934
Description: Group portrait of students in costume at Phi Delta Upsilon Bowery Party, 418 N. Frances. Shows Bock Beer poster on wall, and a sign that reads: "Drinks, On...
Photograph

Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back with his eyes closed, his hands f...
Photograph

Frauleins at Oktoberfest

Date: 10 2007
Description: Two women (Frauleins) in costume posing for a picture at Oktoberfest.
Postcard

Singer Advertising Card - Sevillan Couple with Guitar

Date: 1892
Description: Chromolithograph card of an Spanish couple from Sevilla [Seville] in "native" Sevillan costume, posing next to a Singer sewing machine with a beer and a gu...
Photograph

Al Harveaux, Acrobat and Contortionist

Date: 1910
Description: Allie Harveaux, an acrobat, in a promotional photograph for his balancing act. His body is parallel to the floor supported only by his right hand which is ...
Photograph

Scene still from "The Broken Coin"

Date: 1915
Description: Kitty Gray (played by Grace Cunard) holds a knife and struggles with a ruffian, while behind them two men fight on the floor and a third escapes out the wi...
Photograph

George Walter's Baby New Year

Date: 1953
Description: A young Jimmy Clark dressed as Baby New Year for 1954. He stands on top of a case of Adler Bräu wearing cowboy boots, underwear, and a sash reading 1954. H...
Historical Essay

Shotz Brewery Costume

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Shotz Brewery smock used in Laverne and Shirley television series, 1976-1980. (Museum object #2006.38.1)
Photograph

Standing with King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: A man wearing Medieval European clothing is gesturing towards a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. Two boys, in matching ...
Photograph

Two Men in Costume

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: Two men wearing costumes as a part of a Civilian Defense Rally. The man on the left is wearing a straw hat, seersucker jacket, corsage, with a cane hanging...
Historical Essay

Happy Days Bowling Shirt

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story
Leopard Lodge League bowling shirt costume worn on Happy Days television series, 1977-1984. (Museum object #2006.39.1)

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