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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
Photograph

Workers at Schlitz Brewery

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of workers on the bottling line at the Schlitz Brewery.
Print

Fauerbach's Brewery Sign

Date: 1884
Description: A sign for Fauerbach's Brewery depicting a young woman and the brewery.
Photograph

Northwest Airways Special Delivery

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: In an obvious publicity stunt, a Northwest Airways pilot delivers the first case of post-Prohibition Atlas Beer to Madison distributor Ira Chambers. The sh...
Photograph

Revelers Celebrating the End of Prohibition

Date: 1933
Description: Men and women celebrating the end of Prohibition, around a table with bottles of various alcoholic beverages. They are holding a sign that reads: "In Compl...
Poster

Pabst Beer Poster

Date: 04 1971
Description: Poster of a woman in fancy clothing, holding a fan, advertising for Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. Caption below reads, "Pabst, Good Old-time Flavor, Since 1844....
Postcard

Schlitz Brewing Company

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of brewing company. A sign for Schlitz is suspended between two of the buildings. Pedestrians, trolleys, and horse-drawn vehicles are on the ...
Photograph

Brewery Tour

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Description: Tour of the Potosi Brewery.
Print

Old Hollander, Beer Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Old Hollander beer, brewed by the Oconomowoc Brewing Company. On the label the beer i...
Print

Blatz Waukesha Water, Label

Date: 1924
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blatz Waukesha Water, Bottled at the Springs, Waukesha WI, A natural spring water, s...
Print

Blatz Wiener Beer Advertisement

Date: 1905
Description: An advertisement for Blatz Wiener beer featuring two well-dressed men and two women seated at a restaurant table drinking Blatz Beer. There is a potted pla...
Photograph

Bottling Department, Jos. Schlitz Brewing Co.

Date: 
Description: Dual interior views of the Schlitz Brewery bottling department.
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.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: President of the Miller Brewing Company, Norman R. Klug, unveiled the Watertown Plank Road historical marker along with, to his left, James Fitzpatrick, pr...
Photograph

Watertown Plank Road Historic Marker

Date: 11 01 1955
Description: Raymond Sivesind, director of the sites and markers program of the State Historical Society, as a speaker in the dedication and unveiling ceremony, stands ...
Photograph

King Gambrinus

Date: 1967
Description: Men in white jumpsuits are steadying a statue of King Gambrinus on a parade float at the Holiday Folk Fair. A line of men and women in various ethnic cloth...
Photograph

George Walter Brewing Company

Date: 1896
Description: View down street towards the George Walter Brewing Company. A large group of people are posing on the street with horse-drawn carriages and horse-drawn wag...

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