Advertisement for Hardwood Products Company, Neenah, Wisconsin, 1920. “The Receivador—The Automatic Servant—A Household Necessity” via: Sterling’s Neenah, Wisconsin Directory, 1920-1921, Neenah Public Library Local History Collection by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Advertisement for Hardwood Products Company, Neenah, Wisconsin, 1920.

“The Receivador—The Automatic Servant—A Household Necessity”

via: Sterling’s Neenah, Wisconsin Directory, 1920-1921, Neenah Public Library Local History Collection by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Miller Hat Tip to Bennett
This big leap for Miller High Life is similar to Wisconsin photographer H.H. Bennett’s famous photo of his son “Leaping the Chasm” to Stand Rock in 1886.

via: “Greetings from Milwaukee”: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries; Wisconsin Historical Images WHi-2101, Wisconsin Historical Society

Source: collections.lib.uwm.edu

Beer for HealthHistorically, beer was a staple family drink, and was often marketed - without irony - as healthy. Perhaps that’s just what Miller had in mind when they created this 1910s ad for “The High Life” as the fountain of health. via: “Greetings from Milwaukee”: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries Author and historian Erika Janik continues as our guest curator for the month of May. This week she looks at the history of beer in the Badger State.
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Beer for Health
Historically, beer was a staple family drink, and was often marketed - without irony - as healthy. Perhaps that’s just what Miller had in mind when they created this 1910s ad for “The High Life” as the fountain of health.

via: “Greetings from Milwaukee”: Selections from the Thomas and Jean Ross Bliffert Postcard Collection, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Libraries

Author and historian Erika Janik continues as our guest curator for the month of May. This week she looks at the history of beer in the Badger State.

Source: collections.lib.uwm.edu

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