Photograph
Ballmer's Old Time Tavern
| Bartender Rod Ballmer (center), Paul Bernsdorf (left), and Jeffrey Mondeik at Ballmer's Old Time Tavern. There is a cribbage board on the bar and the wall behind the bar is covered with bottles, knickknacks and taxidermied animals. |
| Image ID: | 88700 |
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| Creation Date: | 10 1977 |
| Creator Name: | Gebhard, Erwin |
| City: | Gleason |
| County: | Lincoln |
| State: | Wisconsin |
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| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | CF 9067 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 10 inches |
| At the time the photograph was taken, Ballmer was 44 and had owned the bar for five years. He left Milwaukee for the north woods after working for Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. for 16 years. The building was used as a hotel when it was built in 1876 during the logging industry boom. |
| Bars (Drinking establishments) |
| Signs and signboards |
| Bartenders |
| Animals |
| Taxidermy |
| Clothing and dress |
| Eyeglasses |
| Hats |
| Bottles |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Games |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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