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Mrs. Margaret Fisher, Kittie Hyatt, Li-Emminger-dead, Lva Myenes, Maggie Flesk, Anna Pauley, Alice Cutler, and Lva Nordling, also known as the Old Maid's "Prni," given at Pythiau Sisters Inn Feb. 1, 1921 in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The R. J. Holcomb Home and his ginseng garden at 901 & 903, 15th Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The home is still standing, but there has been extensive remodeling, with much of the garden area taken up by a garage extension. The photo is taken form southwest of the home.
The Mill Race in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The Brodhead water tower looms in the distance.
Failed Mill Race bank floods Pierce property near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A family playing in the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin in the summer.
A colorized postcard showing the railroad bridge over the Sugar River just west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A railroad bridge over the Sugar River just east of Brodhead, Wisconsin, used by the Milwaukee Road Railroad.
Railroad culvert near Monroe, Wisconsin on the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad line.
Railroad workers and officials inspect a wreck near Monroe, Wisconsin on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Railroad section crew is stacking ties at an unknown location.
Railroad tracks at W. Exchange and West Third
Railroad tracks at West Exchange Street and West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This Milwaukee Road line ran from Brodhead to New Glarus, Wisconsin. View looks southeast.
Ray and Bessie Pinnow on their farm in Decatur Township, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Bessie and Ray Pinnow (at left) with unknown man (at right) on their farm in the Town of Decatur at Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Bessie Pinnow on her farm with a horse and dog. The farm is in the Town of Decatur, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Unknown woman on horse on the Ray and Bessie Pinnow farm in the Town of Decatur, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Children on horseback with adults on the Ray Pinnow farm in the Town of Decatur, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The man third from left is Ray Pinnow.
Ray Pinnow with one of his cows on his farm at Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Ray Pinnow with two of his horses on his farm at Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Ray Pinnow with three of his horses at his farm at Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Ray Pinnow with one of his horses and its colt on his farm at Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Information provided says this is Ray Lyons at the Chicago Worlds Fair. Mr. Lyons was from Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Brodhead, Brodhead, Wisconsin\'s first recycling center. Second from left is Mary McManus Laube.
Reed House, Brodhead, Wisconsin - June 1971.
Reed House, Beckwith House, Exchange House, Durner and Laube Wagon Shop, L.S. Fisher, Fort Fisher, Helen J. Beckwith, Bob Ryan Shoe Repair, Al Ringling, Sugar River State Trail, Mauerman Implement.
The Reed House / Beckwith House at 1006 - 1008 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. L.S. Fisher settled on the Sugar River 1848, 12 years before Brodhead existed. He built "Fort Fisher", a three story building during the Civil War. It was later named The Reed House, and much later became known as the Beckwith House. It became the home of Miss Helen J. Beckwith who was the granddaughter of L.S. Fisher. Miss Beckwith was born 8/02/1875. She graduated from Brodhead High School in 1893. She was a teacher and librarian for the Brodhead School District. At the age of 22 Al Ringling moved to Brodhead in 1873 to work for Durner and Laube Wagon shop. A bachelor, he took a room on the third floor of the building, at that time known as The Exchange House. He lived here about ten years and put on many circus acts for the locals. In the late 1950's - early 1960's Bob Ryan's Shoe Repair Shop was located in a basement shop. The building was torn down in the 1970's and the area is now the southern terminus and parking lot for The Sugar River State Trail. The brick building along the right edge of the photo was Mauerman Implement shop.
Reed House & Mont Hopkins Blacksmith Shop
Blacksmith, Reed House, Helen Beckwith, George Pierce, Mauermann Implement, Frank Mauermann, Allis Chalmers, Mont Hopkins.
At far right of photo is the blacksmith shop. The sign reads "Hopkins and Son Horseshoing - Plow Work". It would have been at 1005 West Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building at the end of the block was The Reed House. It later became the home of Helen Beckwith, and would have been at 1007 - 1009 West Exchange Street. The home at the left belonged to George Pierce, and is still standing. The address is 1009 West Third Avenue. The water tank on the left was used to fill the street sprinkler tank, to keep the dust down. The blacksmith shop became the Mauermann Impllement Building in 1936, with an address of 1003 West Exchange Street. Frank Mauermann was an Allis Chalmers farm machinery dealer.
Three men standing with damaged trees after a tornado in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Brodhead Jaycees representatives at the dedication of the replica covered bridge on the Sugar River State Trail near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Brodhead Jaycees representatives unveil a plaque at the dedication of the replica covered bridge on the Sugar River State Trail near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Plaque at the replica Clarence Covered Bridge on the Sugar River State Trail near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Brodhead Depot Museum, Brodhead Historical Society, FS Co-Op
The depot museum of the Brodhead Historical Society in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Restoration of the building was completed in the fall of 1980. The grand opening was held May 30 - 31 of 1981. Notice the FS Co-Op building and mill on the left side of the photo.
Rev.& Mrs. E. W. Marks and Leona. Rev. Marks was the pastor of the Immanuel Evangelical United Brethren Church in Brodhead Wisconsin from 1931 - 1935.
Rev. & Mrs. E.W. Marks and daughter Leona. Rev. Marks was the pastor of the EUB Church in Brodhead Wisconsin from 1931-1935.
Rex Bucklin with a Stair Brothers grocery delivery cart.
Rex Bucklin, Stair Brothers, grocery delivery cart.
Rex Bucklin and a horse drawn Stair Brothers Grocery delivery cart.
Riese Used Car Lot on the corner of 17th Street and West Second Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This later became the Iverson Chevrolet ndealership, then Weeks Chevrolet. This building was a roller rink in the mid to late 1950's. A 1941 Chevrolet is in the foreground, a 1946 Chevrolet in the background.
Risum homestead near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Members of the Brodhead Historical Society tour the Risum homestead and barn near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Round barn on the H. C. Risum farm in the Town of Spring Valley at 5726 South Risum Road, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Merv Risum inside his round barn in the Town of Spring Valley, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Riverview Line boat landing with boats nearby on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Robert and Dorothy Green on their wedding day St. Rose Catholic Church in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Robert Green and his sister Mary in old car. The Greens lived south of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Robert Green and Ron \"Doc\"" Pawlisch, both of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Back of print says, JCCP."
Robert Green stands with his Taylorcraft, ca. 1957 at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport.
Robert Green of rural Brodhead, Wisconsin with his 1941 Waco UPF-7 at the Brodhead Airport.
Robert Green of Brodhead, Wisconsin and his customized car.
Robert Green fuels his Taylorcraft at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport ca. 1957.
Robert Green fuels his 1941 Waco UPF-7 biplane at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport.
A young Robert Green tries out his homemade ski sled on a farm in rural Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Bob Keen, longtime Brodhead, Wisconsin High School staff member. Vocational Agriculture, Biology, and FFA Advisor. Shown here on trip to National FFA Convention at Kansas City, MO.
The Robertson Family of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Rochester Button Company was a division of the Rochester Button Company of Rochester New York. It was located at 1002 East Sixth Avenue, Brodhead Wisconsin. The building was constructed in 1903 as a tobacco warehouse. In 1944 it was purchased by The Rochester Button Company and remodeled to meet manufacturing needs. In 1951 it was sold to Capital Plastics, a division of Dyslan Corporation of Rochester N.Y. At that time a new warehouse was added and they produced plastic resin. They remained in business until February 1971. The machinery and technology was sold to Allied Chemical. A short time later the building was purchased by Amwood Homes and was used for construction of pre-fabricated homes.
Rochester Button Company Brodhead Wisconsin
A Rochester Button Co. building in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Ben Roderick Home at 607 West Second Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Roderick Lumber Company Brodhead Wisconsin
A Roderick Lumber Company building in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Roland Renn, his mother, sister Eva and brother Robert.
Rosamond Blackburn, Valedictorian at Brodhead High School, Average above .95. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louden Blackburn, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Royal Blue Grocery Store and Lyons Drug Store
Royal Blue Grocery Store, Lyons Drug Store, Ray Lyons, Robert Engle, Wendlandt's Market.
The north side of the 900 block of Wast Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This photo shows the Royal Blue Grocery Store, and Lyons Drug Store. The Royal Blue was run by Robert Engle. The drug store was owned by Ray Lyons. The Royal Blue later became Wendlendt's Market.
Women standing outside of Rubens Cave near Albany, Wisconsin.
Supposedly Kundert cheese factory, employed Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Klausner in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The old Rugg house on Thirteenth Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A sail-powered carriage made by two men in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A former AT&SF Railroad (Santa Fe) caboose is at the end of a Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin.
Santa arrived by helicopter in the center of downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. The pilot was Lee Buchanan of Blackhawk Helicopters. This was a short lived mode of transportation for Santa as the stunt was deemed too dangerous. Santa was Sandy Peterson.
The day after Thanksgiving in 1969, Santa arrived by helicopter in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. The pilot was Lee Buchanan.
A boat on the Race with the Putnum Northside Park in the background.
Writing on the photo says"scene at new park". The park was opened in 1914.
A scenic view of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Schebereles Building? Brodhead Wisconsin
The Kraft Foods cheese warehouse in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
Leo and Bessie Scheberle golden wedding celebration at the Bank of Brodhead courtesy room, Brodhead, Wisconsin. L-R Avis Olson, Bessie and Leo Scheberle, and Ben Zimmerli.
L-R Betty and Don Condon, Dean and Leah Pawlisch at Leo and Bessie Scheberle 50th anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Unknown persons serve cheese at the Leo and Bessie Scheberle 50th anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Kathy (Zimmerli) Schlappi seated at table at Leo and Bessie Scheberle 50th anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Amy Jo Taylor with guest book at Leo and Bessie Scheberle's 50th wedding anniversary celebration at the Bank of Brodhead, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Karen (Zimmerli) Bass serves punch at at Leo and Bessie Scheberle's 50th wedding anniversary celebration at the Bank of Brodhead, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Guest reception line at the Leo and Bessie Scheberle Golden Anniversary in Brodhead, Wisconsin. L-R Bessie Scheberle, Pastor Amos Shimko, Devin Shimko, Dawn Shimko, and Carol Lederman.
Kathy (Zimmerli) Schlappi with her husband and children attend her aunt Bessie's golden anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Guests at Leo and Bessie Scheberle 50th anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Seated at table in blue dress is Avis Olsen.
R-L Irene Rhyner and Beulah Bowden attend Leo and Bessie Scheberle 50th anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
L-R Kathryn Schneider, Florence Dunwiddie, Carole Riese, and Verla Frie work in kitchen at the Leo and Bessie Scheberle 50th anniversary celebration in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Leo and Bessie Scheberle of Brodhead, Wisconsin on their 50th wedding anniversary.
The Schempp House at 1008 Fifth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Author Frank Carwin (Dr. Edwin Schempp) grew-up in this home.
The Schneider house at 1402 West Third Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
business medicine doctor clinic hospital
The Searles and Son business with Doctor Darby above, in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
The Searles house at 607 East Second Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A little rundown shack near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Gas station, Shell Gas, Conoco Gas, Standard Gas, Gary Sutherland, Karen Williams, Main Street Station, Rock'n Rollz, Stacy Baumgartner
The Shell Gas Station at 1302 First Center Avenue Brodhead, Wisconsin. This is on the corner of Thirteenth Street and First Center Avenue and is now the Rock'n Rollz sandwich shop. A small part of the original building is still there. It later became a Conoco Gas station. In later years it was Gary Sutherland's Standard Station. For a few years Stacy Baumgartner ran an auto repair shop here. It then became a cafe called Main Street Station owned by Karen Williams and finally Rock'n Rollz sub shop.There were many renovations through the years.
A Shell Gas station in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Shell Gas and tire garage in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Picnic shelter at Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, in summer.
Picnic shelter at Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, in winter.
The Sherman house at 401 West Third Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Sherman House, Decatur Park near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Laube and Durner blacksmith shop in Brodhead, Wisconsin, date unknown. Left front: John Laube, Anton Durner, Charles Tone, William Durner, and Joe Laube.
Shorb Hotel on the south side of Exchange Square in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
Sid Stair stands next to his 1937 Pontiac, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Clarence covered bridge over the SUgar River, west of Brodhead, Wisconsin.