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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Salt Brine Tank

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Description: Cheesemakers remove loaves of Brick Cheese that have been floating in the salt brine tank for 14 hours.
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Construction Supervisor

Date: 05 30 1949
Description: "Village board member, Fred Bandlow, supervised road construction on Wisconsin Street."
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Pheasant Release

Date: 10 1981
Description: "Chuck Trauba releases pheasants on Warner Road."
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Water Fight

Date: 08 1980
Description: "Water fights take place at Theresa Firemen's Park."
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Ice Storm Aftermath

Date: 03 1975
Description: "Crews begin the cleanup after the ice storm."
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Rock River

Date: 1977
Description: "Joan Glaab and her son, of Brownsville, start on a boating trek down the Rock River."
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Fire Fighting Instruction

Date: 05 1984
Description: "MPTI instructors from Fond du Lac instructed over 200 firemen from 16 fire departments in the techniques of rappelling and snuffing out fires at Theresa F...
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Fire at Das Pioneer Bier Haus

Date: 11 1991
Description: "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr...
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Theresa Fire Chief

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Description: "Theresa Fire Chief Bob Bogenschneider takes charge."
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Fire at Schwertz Farm

Date: 04 30 1997
Description: "Theresa and Knowles firemen battle a blaze on the Richard Schwertz farm on Cty WT near Mayville."
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New Water Tower

Date: 05 29 1997
Description: "The two halves of the sphere are welded by welders inside and outside of the tank."
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Solomon Juneau House Marker

Date: 06 05 1997
Description: "On this date, the Solomon Juneau House marker is erected. The marker program was started in 1952 and now numbers 347 markers throughout the state, with si...
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Derailed Railcars

Date: 09 22 1997
Description: "In Lomira, a Kondex Corp. employee was killed when three derailed railcars plowed into the concrete block building in the background at 5:30 AM. Eleven of...
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Fire at Das Pioneer Bier House

Date: 1991
Description: Two firefighters on ladder using hose to fight fire at Das Pioneer Bier House in Theresa.
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Rock River Clean Up

Date: 05 1999
Description: 77 volunteers pick up trash and debris in the Rock River. Chuck Trauba and the crew covered the river from Theresa Marsh to the Theresa Disposal plant. 50 ...
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Hiving Swarmed Bees

Date: 1912
Description: Alexander Krueger standing on a ladder taking a swarm of bees that had swarmed in a tree. On the ground near the ladder is a hive box.
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Flanders 20

Date: 1912
Description: August Kressin sitting in the driver's seat of a Flanders 20. He is wearing a pair of driving gloves. Farm buildings are in the background.
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Northern Pike Spawn Collection

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Description: Two men are collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other is sitting in a chair with a conta...
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Collecting Northern Pike Spawn

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Description: Close-up view of two men collecting northern pike spawn on Fox Lake. One man is standing and holding the pike's head, while the other man is sitting in a c...
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Duck Hunter

Date: 10 1968
Description: A duck hunter with his gun on his shoulder navigates a marsh using swamp skis. Another hunter is standing in the background.

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