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Dipping the Curd

Date: 1914
Description: A worker at the Jorden Cheese factory dips curd to make swiss cheese.
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Main Street

Date: 1910
Description: View of Main street with the public library and storefronts.
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The business shipped cheese in barrels, which were at first stored in the op...
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Brodhead Cheese Factory taken from a nearby road, with a truck in front of the building.
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Aerial View of Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Aerial view of Brodhead Cheese Factory with milk truck on ramp and whey tanks in the center. A boiler room was added later and the factory was moved outwa...
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Engebretson Mural

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Description: The Engebretson Mural on the side of the Brodhead cheese factory.
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Brodhead Cheese Factory

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Description: Exterior of the Brodhead Cheese Factory purchased in 1904/5 by Casper Jaggi. The two images show changes made to building after the Casper Jaggi building. ...
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Jorden Prairie Cheese Factory

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Description: Interior view of the Jorden Prairie Cheese Factory showing Swiss cheese presses on a bench.
Postcard

Exchange Square, Main Street

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Description: Colorized postcard of Exchange Square on Main Street. The elevated view shows a drug store on the corner and a bank to the right. Most buildings have awnin...
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Gas Station

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Description: View across road of the exterior of a Red Crown Gasoline station and repair shop. A worker poses while holding a push lawn mower. There is a tire display a...
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Street Scene

Date: 1917
Description: View down middle of a retail street. Horses and buggies are parked on either side of the street at the curb. The visible shops signs are: Millinery, WallPa...
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Street Scene

Date: 1924
Description: View down middle of street with many shops. Cars are parked at an angle along both sides of the street. A man rides a bicycle across the intersection. The ...
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Brodhead Street

Date: 1926
Description: A street in the business section of Brodhead. Cars are parked along the curb near storefronts. In the foreground in the middle of the intersection is a str...
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Shorb Hotel

Date: 1924
Description: View across intersection of the exterior of the Shorb Hotel. Boys on bicycles are in the street in front near a man standing on the curb. Automobiles are p...
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Part of Business Section

Date: 1917
Description: A retail street with the Terry Amerpohl Department Company, Will J. Smith — Rexall drugstore, a furniture store, and a church. A horse and buggy is parked ...
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Business District

Date: 1912
Description: A main street intersection with many stores and shops. The stores include the Bank of Brodhead and A.J. Wagner's drugstore. Three boys stand at the corner....

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