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John J. Walsh
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Lawyer John J. Walsh, 1930 Regent Street, representing the Log Cabin Inn and the Varsity Club at the City Council's public hearings on the proposed legislation to raise the age limit to 21 years of age for the purchase of beer. Mr. Walsh stated that he felt deeply on the subject and was strongly opposed to the question. He said that laws of this type would drive young people back to the "speakeasy".
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Horace Beach
Head and shoulder portrait of Horace Beach, a Prairie Du Chien area merchant. Born in Keeseville, New York December 5, 1818, he died at age 86 in April of 1905 in Prairie Du Chien.
Temperance Fair Booth
1964
Fundraising booth of the United Temperance Movement of Wisconsin at the Wisconsin State Fair. At that booth one could purchase soft drinks, milk, and "first lady punch" that supported the organiza...
Men Testing Breathalizer Machine
1958
Robert Warren, then the District Attorney of Brown County, tries out a breathalizer machine. With him are Glenn Cunningham and Ray Bayley, officers of the Alcohol Problems Council of Wisconsin; S...
Alcohol Abuse Educational Display
May 1971
Educational display of the Alcohol Problems Council of Wisconsin, a descendant of the Wisconsin Anti-Saloon League, at a conference of the Wisconsin Parents Teachers Association.
Board of Regents Meeting
View from across room of John A. Lavine, a member of the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents, during a board meeting. Lavine, a newspaper publisher from Chippewa Falls, was initially appointed...
