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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...
Photograph

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....
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Music Trio at the Marine Club

Date: 04 04 1941
Description: Three musicians, from left: male clarinetist, female accordion player and male guitarist standing in front of printed stage screen at the Marine Club.
Photograph

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...
Map or Atlas

Plan of Farwell's Eastern Addition to the City of Madison, Dane County, Wisconsin

Date: 1856
Description: This map is ink and watercolor on tracing paper and shows plat of city, local streets, block numbers, topography, several buildings, and includes an explan...
Photograph

Sailors in a Bar

Date: 1942
Description: Two sailors and two women are seated at a table smoking cigarettes and drinking beer, while another woman stands playing an accordion for them. Around the ...
Photograph

Trameri's Bar

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

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...
Map or Atlas

Sketch Showing the Early Mormon Settlement Voree Near Burlington, Wis.

Date: 06 12 1929
Description: This manuscript blueprint shows buildings with the names of their owners, tabernacle, location "where Strang found plates" and "house where Strang died," a...
Drawing

"Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern"

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Description: "Testing of First Reaper at Steele's Tavern." Second version illustrating occasion.
Print

Testing of the First Reaping Machine

Date: 1915
Description: Copy of chromolithograph of the testing of the first reaping machine at Steele's Tavern, W. Virginia." The scene includes racist depictions of enslaved Afr...
Map or Atlas

Map of Washburn Co. Lakes Region

Date: 1943
Description: This map shows roads, trails, taverns, schools, golf, gas stations, campsites, resorts, and towers. The lower left of the map includes a legend. The map co...
Photograph

Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back, with his head resting on a blank...
Photograph

Sid and Three Men in Karabis Tavern

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Description: View across curved bar towards Sid and three other men at the Karabis tavern. Sid is laying on top of the bar on his back with his eyes closed, his hands f...
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Sid with Owner in Karabis Tavern

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Description: Sid, wearing a hat, coat, and scarf, and with a cigar in his mouth, is sitting on a bar stool at the Karabis tavern, toasting with the owner standing behin...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: Yahara Hotel and Mickey's Tavern

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Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the turreted building at 1524 East Williamson Street, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the building when it ...

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