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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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Bar and Tap Room at Meyer's Tavern

Date: 09 1938
Description: Interior of Meyer's Tavern, including stocked bar and jukebox.
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Bessie Gordon at Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Side view of Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ.
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Bessie Gordon at Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: View across counter towards Bessie Gordon sitting at the organ.
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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E...
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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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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
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Mrs. Roseline Peck

Date: 1874
Description: Waist-up portrait of Mrs. Roseline Peck, born 1808 - died 1898, the first white woman in Madison, Wisconsin. She was the wife of the first tavern keeper, E...
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Bessie Gordon at Reed Organ

Date: 08 13 1941
Description: Bessie Gordon (b. 1901) at the cut-down reed organ under the tavern counter.
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Tavern Interior

Date: 1932
Description: Interior view of a tavern with one man behind the bar and two men wearing hats standing at the bar holding bottles of beer. On the shelves behind the bar a...
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Dunbar's Inn

Date: 02 17 1978
Description: "Mrs. Bruce Dunbar poses amid shelves of fine wine and liquor at Dunbar's Inn."
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Ye Olde Village Inn

Date: 02 1978
Description: "Ye Olde Village Inn. Ed Paulus, Prop. This was formerly the Arndt property."
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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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Madison Shuffleboard Tournament

Date: 12 22 1949
Description: Twelve shuffleboard players (six men shown here), who took part in the tournament at the Breese Stevens Ball Park Tavern, 1 North Patterson Street.
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Hawks Tavern

Date: 1920
Description: Interior view of window details in Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn.
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Hausmann Brewery Bar

Date: 1895
Description: Interior view of the Hausmann Brewery Bar with spittoons on the floor. A sign behind the bar reads: "No intoxicating drinks sold to minors." The patrons an...
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Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 04 04 1942
Description: An illegal gambling machine in a tavern.
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Illegal Gambling Machines

Date: 04 1942
Description: Two illegal gambling machines in the Brass Ball Tavern.
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Pinehurst Bar

Date: 1938
Description: Interior of a tavern near Clam Lake. Bar stools are around a bar, and the walls covered with animal mounts, guns, traps, postcards, and signs. Liquor and c...

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