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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.
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Beer and Snack Food Display

Date: 11 09 1939
Description: Budweiser beer and snack food display in Frank Fruit Company, 609-613 University Avenue. Sign says, "America's Social Companion".
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H.L. Mencken Having a Beer for Breakfast

Date: 1927
Description: H.L. Mencken sits at the breakfast table reading the newspaper and dining on toast and a goblet of beer. He autographed the photograph with "Breakfast in t...
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Joel Holloway

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Description: Joel Holloway sitting at a counter with a bowl of soup and a beer at Mother's Pub.
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Tailgater

Date: 09 1982
Description: "Have another beer!"
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Reed's Cafe

Date: 1937
Description: A woman is standing by a cooler with a beer bottle in her hand at Reed's Cafe near a stove and countertop. Original caption states: "McCormick-Deering 6 ca...
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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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Woman Nursing Lambs with Bottles

Date: 1946
Description: Mrs. Floyd French of Newton, Iowa feeds two orphaned lambs using beer or soda bottles. A Farmall tractor is in the background. According to the original ca...
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Wisconsin State Journal Carriers' Picnic

Date: 08 1955
Description: Eight Wisconsin State Journal carrier boys around a picnic table enjoying root beer and apples in the shade of a grove. They are (left to right): Ri...
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Family Barbecue

Date: 10 1955
Description: A mother and son look on as the father tends to a thick steak cooking on a portable barbecue. The boy is holding a Dachshund puppy; the mother, three bottl...
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Ice Cream Being Sold at a Displaced Persons Camp

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Description: Ice cream being sold outside of a "beer-bar" at a Displaced Persons camp; Germany. Saul Sorrin was interviewed as part of the Wisconsin Survivors of the...
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Dillinger's — Interior

Date: 10 26 2001
Description: "Sarah, our waitress joins our group, as well as Parker, Carly & Kay Hren."
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Hillcrest Inn — Interior

Date: 11 02 2001
Description: "Our waitresses at The Hillcrest Inn, are Faye (seated) and Beth (standing).
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Schuyler Street Pub — Interior

Date: 01 16 2004
Description: "Mike Wagner, the tattooed owner of Schuyler Street Pub, brought us their delicious food. Mike told us that he is a devoted biker."
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Sigrid's Bavarian Trail — Interior

Date: 03 12 1999
Description: "While dining at Sigrid's Bavarian Trail,our waitress Carrie Pobanz, entertains us by singing 'Edelweiss.' She and her family are moving to Branson, MO, in...
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Raceway Pub and Grill — Interior

Date: 03 08 2002
Description: "At Raceway, Vicki, our waitress, joins our group that includes the Hren family, Kay, and her two children Parker and Carly. Vicki, tells us that her grand...
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Bill and Stel's — Exterior

Date: 04 17 2009
Description: "Bill and Stel's on Highway E in Eureka. A birthday party was going on for 'Barbara,' and cars passing by were asked to honk their horns."
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Employees at a Snack Bar

Date: 1948
Description: Group portrait of four snack bar employees, one woman and four men, standing behind a counter. Behind them are shelves with a display of candy in boxes. S...
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Frank Zappa and Mothers of Invention Backstage

Date: 10 20 1971
Description: Ian Underwood, Don Preston, Howard Kayland, Gail Zappa, and Frank Zappa discuss science around a backstage table at the Milwaukee Arena following a show by...
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