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Downtown Street
A downtown Milwaukee street with beer wagon, pedestrians, a bicyclist, and a horse-drawn wagon loaded with beer barrels.
Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon
1910
Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to motor-driven emergency vehicles did not im...
Miller Wagon and Truck
1939
The Miller Brewing wagon, filled with barrels of beer, and a Miller delivery truck. The caption on the photograph reads "1855-1939".
Pabst Building
1910
Elevated view of the building, with main arched entrance on the left. There is a bridge on the left over the river. Caption reads: "Pabst Building, Milwaukee, Wis."
The Great Pabst Plant of Today
1907
Engraving of an aerial view showing the Pabst Brewery plant. The streets around the plant are busy with horse-drawn vehicles and street cars.
Pabst Brewery Shipping Yard
circa 1905
Elevated view of the Pabst Brewery shipping yard showing several teams of horses hitched to wagons loaded with barrels of beer. A man holds the reins of each team. Caption reads: "Brewery Shipping ...
