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Fauerbach Tank Room
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Four men are standing in the tank room at Fauerbach Brewing Co. One of the men is turning a valve. The photograph was taken to mark the modification of the Volstead Act which allowed for the legal sale of beer which began three days later.
April 3, 1933
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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Placing Order for First Legal Beer
March 15, 1933
Donald Huseby, office manager of the Fauerbach Brewery, receiving from Herman Lochner, police reporter for the "Capital Times," an order for the first case of beer to be released by the brewery aft...
Fauerbach Brewing Company Vat Room
May 31, 1934
Five large wooden vats and two ladders in the Fauerbach Brewing Company second floor vat room.
Fauerbach Brewery Employees
Group portrait of brewery employees at Fauerbach Brewing Company. Most of the men are wearing coveralls and holding bottles of beer.
Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings
April 1, 1938
Two men standing against a wall, behind the Fauerbach Brewing Co. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and Lake Monona is in the background.
Fauerbach Brewery
August 12, 1931
View of the back side of the Fauerbach Brewery Building, 651-653 Williamson Street.
Fauerbach Brewery Tavern
April 7, 1933
Slightly elevated view of crowd in the Fauerbach Brewery tavern at 651 Williamson Street, with men and women drinking and toasting and celebrating the end of Prohibition. A small band plays in the ...
