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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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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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Main Street in New Glarus

Date: 1877
Description: View from hill down the unpaved main street. There is a man and two women standing in front of a fence and house across the street on the right.
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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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Jacob Karlan Block

Date: 1955
Description: The Jacob Karlan block, built in 1893 on the north side of Monroe Street. The Karlan block was erected on the site of the old United States Hotel, adjoinin...
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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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Severtson Swiss Cheese Factory

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior of the Severtson Swiss Cheese Factory.
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Westside Courthouse Square

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Westside Courthouse Square in Monroe.
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Main Street

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Description: Elevated view of Main Street. A crowd of people are in the street and on the sidewalks.
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Wagons on Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of Main Street, looking north from the bridge. Horse-drawn wagons are parked on both sides of the snowy street.
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Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of Monroe. A large building with a clock tower, commercial buildings, parking lots and automobiles can be seen.
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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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Tree Growing in Old Commerical Building

Date: 05 19 1963
Description: A small tree growing through a window-opening of stone wall of a ruined old commercial building.
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Mobil Gasoline Station Sign

Date: 05 19 1963
Description: A Mobil gasoline service station sign is in the foreground. Across the street is a blacksmith shop. On the left is a residential home next to the blacksmit...

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