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Monroe Courthouse Square

Date: 1870
Description: West side view of the Courthouse Square, with Hassinger & Chandler Dry Goods in the foreground.
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Cheese Row

Date: 1945
Description: View across railroad tracks towards Cheese Row. Automobiles and trucks are parked near the buildings. Caption reads: "Cheese Row, Monroe, Wis."
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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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Turner Hall

Date: 1960
Description: Turner Hall, a Swiss social center in Monroe.
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"Opportunity Meets Responsibility"

Date: 07 1901
Description: Decorations in the Methodist Episcopal Church of Monroe where the Wisconsin Loyal Temperance League met for its annual convention in 1901. A portrait of n...
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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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Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library. The library opened in 1905 and was funded with a $13,930 donation from H.E. & W. Ludlow. This image is...
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Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library. The library opened in 1905 and was funded with a $13,930 donation from H.E. & W. Ludlow. This image is...
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Harness Racing

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Description: Elevated view of four men and their horses harness racing down a road, with crowds of spectators on the sides, during a county fair in southwestern Wiscons...
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Cheese Float in the Cheese Day Parade

Date: 10 16 1916
Description: Elevated view over crowd of the Cheese Float sponsored by First National Bank in the Monroe Cheese Day parade. On the other side of the streeet are storefr...
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Lobby of the Eugene Hotel

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Description: Lobby of the Eugene Hotel. The hotel was located on the southwest corner of the square.
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In Front of the Eugene Hotel

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Description: Four young women wearing dresses are posing while sitting on the hood of an automobile parked at the curb in front (south side) of the Eugene Hotel. A boy ...
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Cheese Factory

Date: 07 1936
Description: View across harvested field shocks of grain towards the long, two-story brick Carl Marty & Co. factory, featuring a large smokestack and a water tower. The...
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Roll of Slackers, Monroe

Date: 1917
Description: A sign outside a building reads "Slackers" and includes a list of names: David Englehardt of Browntown, and John Hoffmeister of Jords. The sign is credited...

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