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Devil with C.S.A. Whiskey

Date: 1860
Description: A smiling devil with wings is holding a large jar of C.S.A. Whiskey marked with a poison symbol, and a Confederate flag sticking out of it. Blue and red in...
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A Member of the Bungtown, Va., R.G.G.'s

Date: 1860
Description: Confederate soldier wearing a whiskey barrel with a cork helmet. On the barrel is the text: "RGG," "C.S.A. WHISKEY," "J.X.D." Caption below reads: "A membe...
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Beer Is Back

Date: 1933
Description: Card advertising the return of beer for sale at the end of Prohibition. The card offered free delivery of Blatz Old Heidelberg brew to all parts of Madison...
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Forged Strip Labels

Date: 1922
Description: Forged labels imitating United States Government Revenue stamps seized by Prohibition Officers. The labels were used by bootleggers to make customers belie...
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Prescription for Alcohol

Date: 11 01 1924
Description: Prescription for alcohol to treat bronchitis written by a Kenosha doctor.
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T.F. Mackmiller Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of T.F. Mackmiller, a wholesale liquor dealer from Iron River, Wisconsin, with a plaque that reads "Wholesale Liquor Dealer." On the left is a c...
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Hammel, Newald & Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Hammel, Newald & Company, a wholesale wine and liquor dealer and importer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On the left is a three-quarter view of t...
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Louis Koenig Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Louis Koenig, dealer in "Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars" from Scott, Wisconsin, with a drawing of two men wearing long-sleeved shirts, vests,...
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Milwaukee Malting Company Logo

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Description: Logo of the Milwaukee Malting Company from a memohead printed by the Wisconsin Bank Note Company, Milwaukee, with a golden sun emerging from grey clouds, a...
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Adler and Mauer Restaurant Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Adler and Mauer Restaurant of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a blank area in the form of a page "tipped in" to the background, with an array ...
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Gale Manufacturing Co. Advertising Card

Date: 1878
Description: Front and back of advertising card for the New Gale Chilled Plow. On the front is a color illustration of a man sitting at the base of a tree pulling the t...
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Announcement to Farewell Party

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Description: Graphic design of a man lying in bed, with his arms out holding a liquor bottle in one hand and a half-filled glass in the other hand. There is an elongate...

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