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Albums — 1946 Style

Date: 1946
Description: View of page 71 from an issue of "Popular Photography" magazine. The article demonstrates Jim Widmer's dry mounting method for organizing his photographic ...
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Albums — 1946 Style

Date: 1946
Description: View of an article continued from page 71 in an issue of "Popular Photography" magazine. The article demonstrates Jim Widmer's dry mounting method for orga...
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Main Street

Date: 1948
Description: "Main (Milwaukee) Street. At this time Hwy 41 was still routed through the village."
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Man in Village Truck

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: "Village man, Lawrence Steger, posed in the village truck."
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Shoe Store

Date: 07 06 1949
Description: "Rudy Hoepner, owned the shoe store in Theresa."
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Brick Cheese at Widmer Cheese

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: "John O. Widmer shows visitors from Nebraska what Brick Cheese looks like."
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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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Bartender Serving Patrons

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: "Bartender Rita Koecher serves patrons: Russ Bandlow, Les Beck, & (unknown)."
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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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Potato Field

Date: 09 28 1948
Description: "Ben & Catherine Adelmeyer tend their potato crop in a field that abutted Henni & Wisconsin Streets."
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Baker Canning Company

Date: 08 18 1949
Description: "Corn awaits canning at the Baker Canning Co."
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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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Bandlow Workshop

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: "Ruben Bintzler, Fred Bandlow, Dotty & Ollie Justman, relax in the Bandlow workshop."
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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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