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Wisconsin Avenue

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Description: Street with retail shops, and automobiles along the avenue. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Ave., Oconomowoc, Wis." Some of the signs on the commercial buildings...
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Play "26" Gambling Sign

Date: 06 14 1942
Description: A sign explaining the rules for an illegal dice game at the Del-Bar Tavern on Highway 12 between Delton and Wisconsin Dells.
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Frank Deischel with Slot Machine

Date: 02 27 1942
Description: Frank Deischel, Wausau, President of the Tavern League of Wisconsin, standing with an illegal slot machine in Deischel's tavern.
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Piggsville

Date: 1940
Description: Small neighborhood of the city at the west end of the Menomonee River Valley. Overhead is the second Wisconsin Avenue Viaduct, demolished in 1992. Cars a...
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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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Steele Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: Steele Tavern.
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Wade House

Date: 1955
Description: Front view of the Wade House. The Wade House, one of the earliest stagecoach inns in Wisconsin, was built between 1847 and 1851 by Sylvanus Wade. It became...
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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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Steele Tavern

Date: 1900
Description: Steele Tavern.
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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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State Street Towards the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street towards the intersection of N. Frances Street. Further down the street on the left are signs for 1 Hour Cleaning Pressing,...
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First Tavern in Beetown

Date: 06 1928
Description: Exterior view of tavern.
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Door inside Hawks Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: Interior door in Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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Door in Hawks Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: Interior door in Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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View of the Plow Inn

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Description: View of the Plow (Plough) Inn on Nakoma Road.
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Spring Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: The Spring Tavern on the way to Verona.
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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1925
Description: East view of Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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Hawks Tavern Smokehouse

Date: 1920
Description: Smokehouse at Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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Vermont House

Date: 1914
Description: The Vermont House, a former tavern used as a residence.
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Martin's Tavern and Store

Date: 1910
Description: Front view of Martin's Tavern and Store in Chamberlain, with large Martin house in fromt.

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