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Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Potosi

Date: 1884
Description: Sanborn map showing the main street of Potosi, Wisconsin, with an inset for the Potosi Brewery.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Potosi

Date: 1912
Description: Sanborn insurance map of the main street in Potosi, Wisconsin, with an inset for the Potosi Brewery.
Historical Essay

Potosi

Origin of Potosi, Wisconsin
Discover the history of Potosi, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Brewery Wagons Delivering Beer

Date: 
Description: Brewery wagons loaded with beer barrels in foreground of the Potosi Brewery.
Photograph

Vine-Covered House

Date: 1930
Description: Vine-covered home in the Potosi area.
Photograph

Lover's Lane

Date: 1918
Description: A tree-lined road the locals know as Lover's Lane.
Photograph

Brewery Tour

Date: 
Description: Tour of the Potosi Brewery.
Photograph

Old Brewery at Potosi

Date: 
Description: An exterior view of the old brewery at Potosi. A man is walking down the street toward the building.
Photograph

Brewery at Potosi

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view of the brewery in Potosi with cars parked along the street.
Photograph

Potosi Brewery Workers

Date: 1920
Description: A group of Potosi Brewery employees inside the brewery.
Historical Essay

McKee, Lt. Col. David (1828-1862)

Wisconsin Civil War Officer, Lawyer, Politician
Photograph

Potosi Barrels

Date: 1936
Description: Seven beer barrels stacked in front of a truck, outside the Potosi Brewery.
Map or Atlas

Map of the Survey of Section Thirty-four, : in Township No. 3 North and Range No. 3 west of the 4th Principal Meridian, Grant County, Wisconsin, Into In and Out Lots ... Being a Part of Potosi

Date: 06 1845
Description: This map is pen-and-ink on paper and shows the numbers, dimensions, and acreages of lots, as well as survey monuments and streets. Also included is a certi...
Historical Essay

Mazzuchelli, Samuel Charles (1806-1864)

Catholic Priest, Missionary, Architect and Scientist
Biography of Catholic priest, missionary, architect and science teacher Samuel C. Mazzuchelli.
Photograph

Potosi Brewery

Date: 
Description: The Potosi Brewery. Men can be seen standing in front of the building, and driving horse-drawn vehicles.
Photograph

Potosi Brewery

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view of the bottling works of the Potosi Brewery built in 1902. A group of men stand near the front entrance.
Photograph

Potosi Brewery Employees

Date: 1900
Description: Brewery employees, many of them from the Schumacher family, posing with barrels outside the brewery.
Photograph

Potosi School District #9 School Building

Date: 
Description: Students with their teacher pose on the grounds in front of a clapboard one-room schoolhouse and shed.
Photograph

The Schumachers of Potosi

Date: 
Description: Informal picture taken in a bar in Potosi, at which are standing five cousins who operated the Potosi Brewery. They are left to right: Adolph Schumacher, ...
Photograph

Unpaved Business Street

Date: 1900
Description: An unpaved Potosi street in winter. There are unidentified men standing in front of a building, and in the distance are carriages with horses.

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