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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 1916
Description: Restaurant interior. The bar is on the left, with the arched ceiling overhead. Palm trees decorate the spaces between the tables. Located on N. 3rd Street,...
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Schlitz Palm Garden

Date: 07 03 1896
Description: Elevated view of waiters and customers in the Schlitz Palm Garden. The idea of the garden was borrowed from Germany where beer gardens were common. It open...
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The Brau Haus

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Description: Two men stand in a doorway near a potted plant outside the Brau Haus, a German-American Rathskeller. The lettering painted on the window reads, "1563 York...
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The Lodge at Telemark

Date: 09 02 1975
Description: Color postcard of the interior of the Lodge at Telemark showing one of the largest stone fireplaces in the world. It is constructed out of 155 tons of nati...
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Men outside the Alaska House Saloon

Date: 1902
Description: Five men standing outside the Conrad Meyer Alaska House saloon and hotel. The building was located at 416 North 9th Street.
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Cafe Interior

Date: 1916
Description: Interior of the Vienna Cafe at the Milwaukee Bazaar.
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Afternoon Jazz at the Coliseum Bar

Date: 10 2013
Description: View from behind of a crowd of men and women sitting at tables watching three musicians. One man is playing the piano, another man is playing a stand up ba...

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