The Zuercher Cheese Factory in the Town of Decatur, rural Brodhead, Wisconsin. The photo was taken circa 1940s. The building was purchased by Gerald Kamps in 1967. He tore the building down and used the lumber to build his home on this site. The address is N3597 Park Road.
Photocopy of an 8 X 10 black and white picture.
A group of young people are horsing around at the Bridge Inn near the Sugar River and the Clarence Covered Bridge, east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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A group of four young ladies stand on a car at the Bridge Inn near the Sugar River in Spring Grove Township, east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Young man with car at the Milwaukee Road railroad depot in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
People in formal dress in front of Young House on Exchange Square, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
George Broderick WWI photo. Caption reads, Auto trucks used to transfer baggage and etc.
George Broderick WWI photo. Caption reads, Tents furled up to air out.
WWI nurse. Caption on front reads, Looking for the enemy. Caption on back reads, Aunt Rose in Red Cross uniform - she received a special Red Cross honor pin for her work during World War I.
The "Wrecking Crew" from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad recovers freight from a damaged car near Monroe, Wis.
Train wreck near Monroe, Wisconsin on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
A steam tractor near Juda, Wisconsin after falling through a bridge.
A wrecked Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad locomotive near Browntown, Wisconsin.
A wrecked railroad boxcar lies on its side after a wreck near Monroe, Wisconsin.
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Wrecked boxcars on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad near Monroe, Wisconsin.
Train wreck near Monroe, Wisconsin on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad.
Railroad wreck near Hanover, Wisconsin, east of Brodhead.
A steam tractor was collapsed the bridge over Allen Creek near Albany, Wisconsin. Mr. Pryce was killed in the accident.
A worship servise is held at Putnam Park, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Note the cars parked in the back ground. Until the early 1960's a road ran through the park and was open to cars. There was also a boat landing.
A worship servise is held at Putnam Park, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A picture of the old wooden Decatur Dam taken from a distance.
Three unknown women who appear to be wearing ribbons of some type.
Two unknown women with a pair of horses.
Cast of womanless wedding production. Mrs. Mabel Rimm, pianist; Bill Wall, violinist; Clyde Young, butler; Frank Parker, punch girl; Dale young, present taker; Chas. Marshall, bride's weeping mother; L.J. Stair, bride's confronting father; C.J. Coldren, bride's bad little brother; Will Hahn, Ikey Robinson; Fred Maveus, Old Maid Aunt; Bride's grandmother, Ivan Arnsmeier; Bride's grandfather, George Dixon; Charlie Chaplin, Carl Broughton; Uncle from Avon, Dan Markham Sr.; Aunt from Avon, Fred Kunz; Twin sisters, Lawrence Brandt and Ralph Williams; Mary Pickford, Kenneth Moar; Groom's haughty mother, Kurt Guelson; Fashion plate, L.D. Newcomer; Sister Hopkins, Roger Stephens; Andrew Carnegie, Jack Bauman; Mrs. Carnegie, Roger Nielly; Harry Lauder, Ralph Fleming, Gov. Zimmerman, Olaf Sveum; Mrs. Zimmerman, Roger Engebretson; Country cousin, Elmo Pengre; Pat O'Grady, Paul Ten Eyck; Rose O'Grady, G.L. Hauser; Annie Laurie, Tallie Everson; Fritz Kreizler, Robert Hawkins. Cornelius Vanderbilt, S.L. Cain; Mrs. Vanderbilt, Ernest Schneider; Flipper of 1928, Peter Ten Eyck; President Coolidge, J.W. Trousdale; Mrs. Coolidge, Robert Horn; Galli Curci, Frank Ten Eyck; Col. Charles Lindbergh, Kenneth Olson; Negro Woman, Willie Bellman; Bride's baby sister, Neils Nipple; Negro man, Jake Hawlen; Rastus, Bennie Zimmerman; Queen Marie, Harry Castater; Prince Nicholas, Ralph Mau; Village school Ma'am, George Ross; Gen. Pershing, Harry Hartman; Marshall Fosh, Roy Stabler; Tenda Bara, Walter Beattie; Henry Ford, L.W. Terry; Mrs. Ford, C.R. Stephenson; Madam Schumann-Heink, Gilbert Swartz; Groomsmen, Baltz Hefty, Oscar Stabler; Best Man, W.C. Gempeler; Bishop, Harley Dedrick; Pederewski, Leo Scheberle; Bridesmaids, John Lederman, F.A. Condon, Walter Zimmerman; Maid of Honor, A.G. Richardson; Matron of Honor, F.R. Harris; Flower Girls, Henry Lang, Robert Van Skike; Ring Bearer, Elmo Kingsbeil; Bride, Dr. Lawton; Groom, Guess Who; Train bearer, Will Mau.
Men dressed as women for the Womanless Wedding pageant in 1946, Brodhead, Wisconsin. First row, Roy Ties, Allen Ross, George Richardson, Bill Bellman, Clifford Gilbert, George Bjork - ring bearer, Alfred Pinnow, Lee Cleveland, Edgar Pinnow, Curtis Diemer. Second row, Director Lillian Wiseman, Byron Blackford, George Ross, Adam Fleek, Lawrence Heyerdahl, Kenneth Hamilton, S.R. Fossage, Dr. Lawton, Leland Williams, Marion Roderick, Harry Welch, Harold Schuster, Roland Bufton, George Brandenburg, Ross Olin, John Pengra. Third row, Dale Young, Marvin Brandenburg, Carl Broughton, Sterling Miller, Wayne Weber, Herman Sellnow. Fourth row, Paul Bellman, Stanley Fleek, Russell Rosheisen, Clarence Brager, Marvin Stabler, "Heinie" Kreck - bride, James Larkin - preacher, John Rosheisen, Louis Berg, Orla McClellan, Ben Bell, Willis Sarnow, Lawrence Brandt. Back row, Bill Behrens, Richard Anderson, Albert Ten Eyck, Gilbert Swartz, Lowell Ringen, Manley Richards, Newell Holcomb.
Unknown woman shooting a rifle, circa 1920's.
Horse and Sleigh, Teacher, Mabel Heath Timm
Mable Heath Timm, a rural school teacher. Shown here leaving home in Brodhead, Wisconsin, on her way to teach in Spring Grove.
Unknown woman with a goat on wheels in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Unknown woman wearing a dress in front of a house.
Queen Quality Shoes advertisement on horse-drawn wagon, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Belle Harlow at sidewalk stand on Main Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The car behind Ms. Harlow is a 1950 Studebaker with a 1957 Wisconsin license plate.
A woman, thought to be Mrs. Fitch, stands by log cabin near Brodhead, Wisconsin. The log cabin was rented by Nelson & Martha Olin.
Withee Nursing Home at 1001 West Second Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin volunteer firefighters 1894-1895. Brodhead fire chief Henry Davis in the center and Henry Flint Davis at center.
Wisconsin & Calumet train with boxcars in Brodhead
A Wisconsin & Calumet train is westbound behind McManus Oil Company in Brodhead, Wisconsin with boxcars from the Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad.
Wisconsin & Calumet train near Orfordville
A Wisconsin & Calumet train near Orfordville, Wisconsin.
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A Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville
A Wisconsin & Calumet train in Orfordville, Wisconsin, led by locomotive number 270, a type GP9.
A Wisconsin & Calumet train is westbound near West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin & Calumet train east of Brodhead
A Wisconsin & Calumet train between Brodhead and Orfordville, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin & Calumet train at Brodhead Depot
A Wisconsin & Calumnet Railroad worker stops traffic on First Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin while locomotive number 270 prepares to cross.
A Wisconsin & Calumet train is westbound near West Third Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin with boxcars from the Lake Erie, Franklin and Clarion Railroad.
Winter on the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Willis Atwater, May Wheller Atwater and Daughter Elles
Willie Durner in his wood shop. He later made it into a hardware store. Note all the photographs on the back wall.
Willie Durner Wood Shop in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Don and Robin Wichelt and their 1039 Waco RNF biplane at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport in the mid-1970\'s.
Early trucks are loading at the Jacob Marty and Company Wholesale Cheese warehouse in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Wheeler Searles in front of Lyons Drug Store, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Casper Westfal Cheese Company, Hunder, Fairman, Olin, Shorb Hotel.
The office of the Westfal Cheese Company in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building is on the corner of West Exchange Street and First Center Avenue. The building was The Shorb Hotel - The Young House Hotel - The Harris House Supper Club through the years. At the time of the photo the company office was in the Shorb Hotel. The men in the photo are Casper Hunder, Marvin Fairman, and Nelson Olin.
A westbound train approaches West 3rd Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
West side of North Main Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin, May 1975.
Maxwell Street Day in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. The west side of First Center Avenue. Note the businesses of Fashion House womensware, Luekey's Ben Franklin 5/10, and a restaurant. Estimated to be early 1950's.
West Exchange Square in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin.
West end of West Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin - May, 1975
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This photo shows the west end of Exchange Street in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. At the left is the "Dorlyn Theater" owned by Stanley Swartz. It was named after his daughter. It was first on the north side of the square and later moved. When he sold it was renamed the "Sun Theater". It closed in 1954. Next to it was the old bowling alley, which was run for many years by Carl Synstegard. At the right is the old Post Office and old Fire Department. The movie titles were "Shut My Big Mouth" and "Sinister Journey".
Wendlandt's Market, a grocery store at 929 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
This is an entry sign into Green County in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Large gathering of people in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The old water tower at sunset, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Water tower #37 on north side of Milwaukee Road depot looking east, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Headgates at the head of the Mill Race, north of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Mr. Warren Almond Peppers (1855-1948) of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Two men stacking bags inside warehouse, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Amelia Wales home, at 1007 Sixth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Amelia Wales home, now owned by Bob Maveus, at 1007 Sixth Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Wadham's Bulk Tanks near the old water tower in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Used for oil on W. 2nd and 12th Street.
Waco UPF-7 biplane is loaded onto a truck owned by Knight Manufacturing of Brodhead, Wisconsin. The plane is owned by Robert Green and is being trucked out for restoration.
Waco UPF-7 biplane is unloaded from a truck at the Robert Green Farm near Brodhead, Wisconsin for restoration.
Robert Green's Waco UPF-7 airplane at the Brodhead, Wisconsin Airport. Wheeler Searles stands in front.
Victorian house in later years used as a nursing home. 407 First Center Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin, now the site of the United Methodist Church parking lot.
Veterans gather in Tinker's Garden in Brodhead, Wisconsin, on Veterans Day 1988.
Vern's Shoebox in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Next to Lyons Drugs. Olson Electric truck is parked outside.
ance and Grace Wall leave the Brodhead, Wisconsin depot on their honeymoon. Facing center is her sister, Mrs. J.B. Searles.
A V-snowplow on First Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Picture taken from Exchange Street. Note depot and South Side Park in background.
V-J Day (Victory in Japan) celebration on West Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
US Post Office parade wagon, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Unknown WWI soldiers - Probably George Broderick
Two WWI soldiers with bags. Caption on back reads, Taken at two o'clock - just before we left for White Fish Bay.
Unknown women gather for a picture in 1958.
Street scene in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date and street unknown.
Two men with bicycles and two women in front of unknown home in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Unknown men in unknown location. All are wearing medals of some type.
Unknown men in unknown location. They appear to be drinking beer and all are wearing medals of some type.