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Bear Cubs at the Corner Bar

Date: 07 21
Description: Photographic postcard of two bear cubs at the Corner Bar. They are hanging out of a cardboard Blatz Beer box. The caption reads: "A Shot & a Beer & a Gin f...
Photograph

Pabst Park

Date: 1902
Description: The Pabst Park beer garden and Park Bar at N. 3rd Street and W. Garfield Avenue (later renamed Garfield and Rose Park).
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Bungalow Bar

Date: 1967
Description: Bungalow-style house located on STH 22, that had been converted into a beer garden and bait shop.
Photograph

Store and Saloon

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view from across road of men gathered outside a store and saloon. Most of the men hold a glass of beer as though toasting. Two teams of horses are...
Photograph

6 Points Beer Garden

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Description: 6 point beer garden, 3532 W. Burleigh Street. A gas station, with a sign posted for standard oil products, can be seen to the right. Caption on print reads...
Photograph

Club Royal

Date: 10 06 1944
Description: Club Royal Tavern, 122 East Washington Avenue, exterior view showing Schlitz Beer sign.
Photograph

Steinbacher's Saloon

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the bar owned by Rudolph Steinbacher at the corner of 16th Street and St. Paul Avenue. A large sign for Schlitz beer is painted on the wa...
Photograph

Interior of a Bar

Date: 1969
Description: An electric Schaefer Beer sign and a television near a window are visible from the inside of a bar.
Photograph

J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view from unpaved street of a group of men enjoying mugs of beer while standing at the front entrance of J. Auermuller Restaurant and Saloon. Two ...
Historical Essay

Breweries, Beer and Bars in Wisconsin History - Image Gallery Essay

Ever wonder why beer is so popular in Wisconsin? Wisconsin history is full of breweries and beer.
Photograph

Fond du Lac Avenue

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Description: Looking southeast from N. 36th Street and W. Fond du Lac Avenue, Six Point beer garden and bottle house are visible on the right side of the street. Captio...
Photograph

Fond du Lac Avenue

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Description: Police officer directing traffic on a busy intersection. Walgreen Drugs is on one corner, Standard Service and Six Point beer garden on the opposite corner...
Photograph

Farrell's Cafe, Washington Heights

Date: 1968
Description: The front window of Farrell's Cafe in Washington Heights from the street. Beer advertisements for Guinness, Rheingold and Balantine hang in the window belo...
Photograph

Club Tavern

Date: 06 04 1975
Description: Exterior view of the Club Tavern, with a Hamm's Beer and Club Tavern electric sign with an arrow pointing to the tavern in the foreground at the entrance t...
Photograph

Marathon Mountain

Date: 06 21 1917
Description: View across water towards the 4,462-foot Marathon Mountain at midnight. Houses and establishments are along the shoreline. A bar is labeled, "The Commerce,...
Photograph

Saloon Recreation Center

Date: 
Description: Exterior of saloon recreation center, with "1886 PH Best Brewing Co." etched onto the brick above the windows. The windows have lettering advertising "Summ...
Photograph

40 and 8 Convention

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Glenn Detman and John Nolin of the Sun Prairie 40 and 8 Voiture 688 giving each other a fist salute as the American Legion's fun and honor group winds up i...
Photograph

East Main Street Looking West

Date: 03 28 1939
Description: Street view of buildings in the center of a small town. Sidewalks run along both sides of the street and automobiles are parked along the curbs. On the cor...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Westfield, Wis." Many automobiles and a Greyhound Bus are diagonally parked on Main Street. The destination sign on the ...

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