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Blumer Brewery

Date: 04 09 1931
Description: Exterior view of the Blumer Brewery building. Two men are standing in the left background at the corner of the building. The porch of a building is on the ...
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Pet Milk Truck

Date: 10 21 1931
Description: A man is standing outdoors next to a Pet Milk Company tanker truck. Note on negative enveloper: "Tires gone 52,000 miles."
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the town, including business, houses, and railroad tracks cutting through the town.
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Aerial View of Courthouse in Town

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the town including the County Courthouse and the surrounding buildings.
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Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of downtown.
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Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 1939
Description: Aerial view of church and surrounding buildings.
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Road Construction Project

Date: 1930
Description: Road construction workers along Highway 69 north of Monroe in Green County.
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Octagon House

Date: 1930
Description: The Octagon House was built by General Francis Henry West. The photograph was taken late in 1930 and it shows the original "carpenter's lace" and other por...
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Cutting a Subgrade

Date: 1930
Description: Cutting a Subgrade is the original caption of this photograph which shows a dump truck manufactured by the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville pulling...
Poster

Swiss Day Celebration Poster

Date: 07 1931
Description: Advertisement for a celebration to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Switzerland and the 86th anniversary of the foundin...
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Cornish Miners' Houses

Date: 1936
Description: An exterior view of Cornish miners' houses along the side of a street.
Print

Golden Glow, Beer Label

Date: 1933
Description: Label submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "Blumer's Golden Glow Beer, 'It's the After Glow', Blumer Products Co." The center of...
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Pupils at Farmer's Grove School

Date: 1935
Description: Students pose in front of Farmer's Grove School, District No #3, Towns of York and New Glarus.
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Henry Otto Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Henry Otto Elmer, wearing a cap and bib overalls, poses in front of his large dairy barn. There are twin silos on the right with a decorative pattern in th...
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Postville School

Date: 1935
Description: A prominent sign identifies the Postville School, District No. 1. The school is brick, with twin gables in the front; vines grow up the walls. The gables h...
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Selma Eidsmoe and Her Mother

Date: 1935
Description: Selma Eismoe, the teacher at Farmer's Grove School, poses with her mother, Mrs. H.O. Eidsmoe. Mrs. Eidsmoe stands on concrete porch steps. A curtain blows ...
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Alvin Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Alvin Elmer, age 15, holds a model airplane and coal truck that he made. His teacher at Farmer's Grove School wrote on the reverse of the photograph, "This...
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Arlene Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Arlene Annette Elmer, 14, poses with three of her drawings alongside the Farmer's Grove School. Her teacher wrote on the reverse of this photograph that sh...
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Girl with Guitar

Date: 1935
Description: Arlene Elmer, 14, poses outside the Farmer's Grove School with a guitar. On the reverse of the photograph is written "This pupil is leader in plays and gam...
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Ivan Rhyner

Date: 1935
Description: Ivan Rhyner, 13, "leader of highest class in history" at Farmer's Grove School, poses outside the school holding a book.

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