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Michael Baltus Family in Front of New Home

Date: 1895
Description: Michael Baltus family posing in front of their log cabin two miles east of Auburndale Station, Wood County, with a new frame house under construction nearb...
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Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings

Date: 1890
Description: Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is pos...
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John Gund Bottling Department

Date: 1890
Description: Brewery workers, posed in front of stacked beer barrels. Pictured (2nd row, far right) is Louis Schreiber (1861-1923) who immigrated to Wisconsin from Bava...
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Wausau German Choral Society

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Description: Members of the Wausau German Men's Choral Society in Sheboygan, gathered outdoors, relaxing and drinking beer. A banner behind the group says "Wausau Liede...
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Peter Lagacy Family

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Description: The family of French-Canadian immigrant Peter Lagacy, posing with produce, including a large cabbage, potatoes, and carrots, in front of their log farm hom...
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Schmidt and Glade Brewers

Date: 1870
Description: Group portrait of workers, a young boy and a dog outside the Schmidt and Glade Brewery posing with tools and barrels.
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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
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Potosi Brewery Employees

Date: 1900
Description: Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery.
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Making a Toast

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Description: Group of men in a tavern making a toast. The bartender is behind the bar and the man at the right is in a wheelchair and smoking a pipe.
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Fathers and Sons Drinking

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Description: Studio portrait of two fathers and their sons holding drinks in front of a painted backdrop. In the front row, from left to right, are Jacob Birrenkott of ...
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Studio Portrait of Men Drinking Beer

Date: 1915
Description: Studio portrait of three men smoking pipes and cigars and holding beer bottles in front of a painted backdrop. From left to right, Jacob Bowar, Herman Kals...
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Potosi Brewery Workers

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Potosi Brewery employees inside the brewery.
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The Bar at a Milwaukee Picnic

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Description: Three men wearing hats are standing in front of the bar at a Milwaukee picnic. Behind them are a large group of men wearing black suits crowded around the ...
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Back Street Cafe — Interior

Date: 01 22 1999
Description: "Fish Fries are very reasonable at the Back Street Cafe. Red Fish (similar to Perch) are only $4.95. A large glass of Slice is 45¢. Our waiter is Brock Cot...
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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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Coliseum Sports Bar and Grill — Interior

Date: 12 22 2006
Description: "Mark and Eiko Marrese were our guests at the Coliseum. Anie was our waitress."
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Logging Camp Dining Room

Date: 1900
Description: Ten men sitting and standing around tables set with dishes and food in the dining room of the Vinette logging camp.
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A Good Job Well Done

Date: 1900
Description: Group of men posing in a wooded area among liquor bottles that have been emptied into the snow, the result of a raid on a saloon in the town of Polar which...
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Alice in Dairyland

Date: 10 1968
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Bobbie Thoreson, holding a platter of cheese, poses with four men at the World Food Expo.

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