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Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: "Leroy Koll removes milk cans from the conveyor at Widmer's Cheese Factory."
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Jim Widmer in Field

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "With the aid of a self timer the photographer stepped into this picture."
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Bandlow's Woods

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "This tree was photographed in Bandlow's woods."
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Dirt Road

Date: 10 10 1948
Description: "This beautiful stretch of road once skirted the Rock River but was replaced later by County Y."
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Ski Hill

Date: 02 08 1948
Description: "This ski hill was a popular attraction located near Oconomowoc. Ward Woltman of Oak Grove is on the jump."
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Theresa Baseball Team

Date: 09 05 1948
Description: "Theresa Baseball Team. (Foreground) Russ Adelmeyer. (First row L-R) Gilbert Radke, Oliver Krueger, Gebby Weber, Jim Kruzan, Rube Schuster, Myron Lamers....
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American Legion Picnic

Date: 06 12 1949
Description: "American Legion Picnic at Firemen's Park."
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Crop Dusting Plane

Date: 06 16 1949
Description: "This crop dusting plane crashed and burned on the Lucy Firk's property on the north end of the village."
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Pier on the Rock River

Date: 11 09 1947
Description: "Ralph Widmer checked out a pier on the Rock River." Ralph was the brother of photographer Jim Widmer.
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Rail Fence

Date: 05 30 1949
Description: "This rail fence was on the Myron Weninger farm on County D. In the distance are buildings on the Paul Beckman farm."
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Farm Landscape

Date: 05 30 1949
Description: "Landscape south of Theresa."
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Hay at the Edwin Schnitzler Farm

Date: 07 04 1949
Description: "Hay was being made on the Edwin Schnitzler farm on Doyle Road."
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Fields of Grain

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "Fields of grain were photographed from Highway 41 (now Highway 175) south of Theresa."
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Rock River

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: "Cows graze along the Rock River southeast of Theresa."
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Dam at Luhns

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: "This is the dam at Luhns."
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Maple Syrup Production

Date: 04 04 1948
Description: "Maple syrup was made on the Leo Moldenhaurer farm located on Allen Road in the town of Theresa."
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Houses on Church Street

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: "These houses on Church Street were photographed from the intersection of Henni & Wisconsin Streets. Note the outhouses!"
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Bridge Over Rock River

Date: 08 1948
Description: "Bridge over the Rock River in Theresa."
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Firemen's Park

Date: 06 1948
Description: "This working party at Firemen's Park, drinking Pioneer beer, is (L-R) Peter Bodden, Jack Burns, Philip Schwinn, & ?."
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Overpass

Date: 10 1948
Description: "This overhead at Addison carried Hwy 41 (later Hwy 175) over Hwy 33."

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