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Rural Tavern

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Description: Eight men standing outside a corner tavern. The men are standing on a plank sidewalk with a dog. The is a Blatz Beer sign hanging outside the door.
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White Rock Tavern

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Description: Exterior view of the White Rock Tavern. A large dog is laying in the shade of the building entrance. A large neon sign hangs from the front of the building...
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Fire at Das Pioneer Bier Haus

Date: 11 1991
Description: "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr...
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Merchants Inn

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Description: View across unpaved street towards two men in a buggy drawn by a team of two horses in front of the Merchants Inn.
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Bobynn Tavern and Dining Hall, Lake Namakagon

Date: 1932
Description: View of the Bobynn Tavern and Dining Hall on Lake Namakagon near Cable and Grand View, Wisconsin. The single-story building is down a path through the tree...
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Fire at Kindschi Leather Company

Date: 12 07 1958
Description: A stubborn fire smoldered in the walls of the Kindschi Leather Company at 120 South Pinckney Street. The 80-year-old building known as the Burrows building...
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Fire at Kindschi Leather Company

Date: 12 07 1958
Description: A stubborn fire smoldered in the walls of the Kindschi Leather Company, 120 South Pinckney Street. The 80-year-old building, known as the Burrows building,...
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Wade House Opening Day

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: The official opening of Wade House. Amid great fanfare, complete with an appearance by poet Carl Sandburg, Wade House opened to the public on June 6th, 195...
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Presenting the Key to Wade House

Date: 06 06 1953
Description: Ruth DeYoung Kohler II, presents the key to Wade House to Dr. William McKern, of the Wisconsin State Historical Society. The century-old stagecoach inn and...
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Firefighter at Das Pioneer Bier House

Date: 11 1991
Description: Fire at Das Pioneer Bier House in Theresa. Firefighter holding hose.
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Fire at Das Pioneer Bier House

Date: 1991
Description: Two firefighters on ladder using hose to fight fire at Das Pioneer Bier House in Theresa.
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Historic Tavern Demolished

Date: 11 1991
Description: Landmark tavern in Theresa demolished to make way for highway improvement plan.
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A Turkey at Krueger's

Date: 1925
Description: A man wearing a cap and apron holds a (likely taxidermied) Tom turkey while a second man offers the turkey a drink from a bottle. Wooden boxes labelled "Ol...
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Madison Inn Cornerstone Ceremony

Date: 02 17 1961
Description: Secretary of State Robert Zimmerman, kneeling, presides at the cornerstone laying ceremony for the new Madison Inn, located at Frances and Langdon Streets....
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Elm Tree Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View across street of two unidentified women in dresses, and a young child, sitting and posing in an automobile parked outside of the Elm Tree Inn on E. Wa...
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Bersch's Resorters' Inn

Date: 1910
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Bersch's Inn, a three-story house with a wrap-around porch, and flat, grassy yard. Trees flank both sides of the Inn. L...
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Group of People on a Stagecoach

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Description: View across unpaved street towards a group of people posing sitting on a stagecoach pulled by a team of four horses wearing flynets. The stagecoach is in f...
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Trameri's Bar

Date: 1974
Description: An exterior view of Trameri's Bar at 625 West Main Street.
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Crossroads In Beetown

Date: 05 07 2012
Description: Dusk in downtown Beetown. View down curved street towards an illuminated Hamms sign on a building along the block on the left. A sign that reads "Beetown F...
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Rephotographic Pair: Roxbury Businesses

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of a commercial building, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the Roxbury general store and automotive shop. The m...

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