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Woelffer Drug Store

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Description: View from street towards Woelffer's Drug Store. Children are on the sidewalk, and a man is standing in the doorway. The store had a soda fountain with ice ...
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At the Mailbox

Date: 01 13 1956
Description: Edna Kern picking up the mail at the roadside mailbox.
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Mrs. George Spaulding

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Mrs. Geogre Spaulding of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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Jacob Brant

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Description: A carte-de-visite portrait of Jacob Brant of Brodhead, Wisconsin, a member of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, 15th Army Corps Band. Mustered out July 8th, ...
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Tavern

Date: 1926
Description: View of a tavern set in a neighborhood, and surrounded by houses and trees.
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City Hotel

Date: 1925
Description: City Hotel in Monroe, Wisconsin.
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First National Bank of Monroe

Date: 1872
Description: This photograph was made soon after the building was completed. It shows a five-leveled structure which was cut down to two and one-half levels in 1921. At...
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Ludlow Hotel

Date: 1955
Description: The Ludlow Hotel, built by Arabut Ludlow and razed in 1955.
Postcard

U.S. Post Office

Date: 1950
Description: Exterior view of the U.S. Post Office. Caption reads: "U.S. Post Office, Monroe, Wis."
Postcard

Telephone Company and Monroe Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Public Library and Telephone Company buildings in Monroe. Caption reads: "Library and Telephone Building, Monroe, Wis."
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Monroe Country Club

Date: 10 05 1928
Description: A groundskeeper uses a Fairway tractor to care for the rough of the Monroe Country Club golf course while a group of golfers plays in the background.
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Monroe Fire

Date: 08 28 1948
Description: Spectators and fireman at the Fitzgibbons building fire downtown.
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Fire at Fitzgibbons Building

Date: 08 28 1948
Description: Fire fighters applying water to the burning Fitzgibbons building downtown.
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Main Street

Date: 1924
Description: View down road lined with trees and storefronts. A number of automobiles can be seen parked. The Post Office is on the right.
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Casper Jaggi and his Dog

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Description: Hand-colored image of Casper Jaggi and his dog, ready to deliver a load of Swiss cheese to Monticello. He was delivering 6 tubs of Swiss cheese, each weigh...
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Monroe Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: Clarence "Slim" Fritag's Pure Oil service station, located at 1323 Ninth Street, created a sensation in 1935 when the local newspaper announced that "an at...
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Prairie House

Date: 1925
Description: Clothes dry on a line behind the Prairie House Inn north of Monroe. The house has an exposed stone lower level and a porch wrapping around the two sides w...
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Tavern at Exeter

Date: 1925
Description: A wooden, two-story saltbox style building in an advanced state of neglect.
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Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down street. On the right on the corner is a bank, with the office of "Doctor J.T. Lemmel" on the second floor. Three children are standing on the sid...
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Main Street

Date: 1925
Description: View down Main Street of the central business district, with many parked automobiles, storefronts, power lines, and sidewalks on both sides of the street.

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