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Sailors Load Cases of Coca-Cola onto Battleship

Date: 1962
Description: Sailors passing cases of bottled Coca-Cola (soda) from an International truck to a ship docked at Chicago. City skyline in background.
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Fishing Boats at Dock

Date: 05 05 1963
Description: View across water towards two fishing boats moored at a dock.
Map or Atlas

Panoramic View of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Bird's-eye map of Milwaukee with prominent streets and buildings identified. Taken from City Hall Tower.
Photograph

View of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

Date: 1914
Description: View of Sturgeon Bay with the Teweles & Brandeis flour mill across the water on the left.
Print

Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view of brewing company and surrounding roads. On the road in front of the buildings are horse-drawn carts carrying barrels, a trolley car, and pe...
Photograph

Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Two men stand to the rear of a 44-foot fishing boat marked Frank Braeger. The boat was owned by Julius Detlaff and powered by an International PD-80...
Photograph

Rock Island

Date: 08 20 1964
Description: View over fishing boat of Rock Island, as seen from Jackson Harbor.
Print

Oshkosh Packing & Provision Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Packing & Provision Company, a meat packer and preserver, with an illustration of the company buildings on the waterfront, with w...
Print

William Rahr Sons' Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the William Rahr Sons' Company of Manitowoc, Wisconsin, "Maltsters and Roasters," with an elevated view of the company building on one side o...
Postcard

Milwaukee Postcard, Neptune with a Beer Stein

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t...
Map or Atlas

Fish and Game Activity Map as of November 1937 : [Wisconsin]

Date: 1937
Description: This Wisconsin Conservation Department map shows the locations of game refuges, fish hatcheries, canning factories, fish camps, and fish refuges in the sta...
Photograph

Mrs. Ch. Harris

Date: 1925
Description: A woman stands by the gate beside a wooden house, possibly at Newport. The house's downspout drains into a rain barrel. Lake Michigan is in the background...
Photograph

View of Mackinac Island

Date: 07 1923
Description: View of Mackinac Island from a wooden pier. There are large houses, some with turrets, facing the water.
Map or Atlas

Map of Creameries and Cheese Factories in Wisconsin

Date: 1906
Description: A commercial map of Wisconsin showing the location of creameries and cheese factories in the state. In the lower portion of the map provides the number of ...
Photograph

Schlitz, The Beer That Made Milwaukee Famous

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Description: Cover art featuring Milwaukee from promotional booklet of views of the Schlitz Brewery.
Photograph

Lundberg Home

Date: 1915
Description: An older story and a half wood frame house with a one-story addition on the left and lean-to on the right stands near the Green Bay shore. It is identified...
Map or Atlas

Map of Door County - Marathon Forms Map Service

Date: 1944
Description: Shows roads, railroads, schools, dairy plants, seaplane bases, wayside parks, and commercial/municipal fields. "Marathon Forms Map Service, Wisconsin repre...
Map or Atlas

City of Milwaukee

Date: 1889
Description: Bird’s-eye-view map. Published in the Milwaukee Sentinel: Wednesday morning, August 28, 1889 for the 23rd National Encampments of the GAR, August 27...
Print

Chalet on the Lake Menu

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Description: One-page menu for Chalet on the Lake, with a colored pen-and-ink still life of a vase of flowers and greenery on a table set with bottles of wine, wine gla...
Print

Mortons Surf Club Menu Exterior

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Description: Front and back covers of the Mortons Surf Club menu, with a black on blue grid of Chicago streets from Lake Michigan to Vincennes Avenue, and E. 45th to E....

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