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NJ's — Interior

Date: 07 25 2008
Description: "At NJ's Amanda was our waitress." From left to right; Amanda, Ralph "Buddy" Ruecker, Shirley Widmer, and Richard Yehl.
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Schmidt's Beer Sign

Date: 1969
Description: Exterior view of neon Schmidt's Beer sign in a diner window, along with an arrangement of flowers.
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Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats

Date: 1972
Description: Before or after a Minnesota vs. Wisconsin Democrats softball game. Congressman David Obey holds up a concept rendering the future Richard I. Bong Memorial ...
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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.
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Hillsboro German Band

Date: 11 12 1939
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Hillsboro German Band at the reopening of the Hillsboro Brewery by C.H. Phieffer. Includes, from left to right: Leo Liska, Ru...
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The Brewery and the Brewer

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of the brewing kettles at the Pabst Brewery. A brewery worker is walking up the stairs in between the kettles.
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Compiling more than 1,200 interviews, authors Jill Florence Lackey and Richard Petrie share ground-level perspectives of the lasting German influence on the Cream City.

Compiling more than 1,200 interviews, authors Jill Florence Lackey and Richard Petrie share ground-level perspectives of the lasting German influence on the Cream City.

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Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Historical Essay

Best, Jacob Sr. (1786-1861)

Brewer
Biography of German brewer Jacob Best Sr., founder of the company that became Pabst Brewing.
Feature Story

Black Pride, Peoples Beer Cans

Wisconsin Historical Museum Object Feature Story
These two beer cans are emblematic of a particular moment in Wisconsin and United States social and brewing history.

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