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Olin and Ayres Garage was a Buick and Pontiac dealership. The dealership started as a Pontiac dealer and added Buick in 1953. It was located at 705 East Exchange Street. The building is still standing. The dealership was owned by Truman Olin and…

This was the first Olin and Ayres Garage. The business was opened on September 12, 1934. In the fall of 1935 they became a Pontiac dealership. This building, called the Sennett Building, is no longer standing but was located at 1006 East Second…

This building is still standing at 705 East Exchange Street. It became the dealership's new location in 1949 and was used as such until the new GM Chevrolet, Buick, Pontiac Garage was built on the south side of town in 1990. Truman Olin sold his half…

The interior of an early Ford dealership in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building is listed as being the "Riese Building". The man in the foreground is Art Searles who owned the dealership with Howard Plumb from 1919-1921. The young man in the rear is…

This photograph was taken on the inside of the Chrysler garage in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The dealership was started seven years before as a Willys Overland dealership on Eleventh Street. In 1924 Chrysler took over Willys. This photo was taken at the…

This photograph shows some of the West Exchange Street businesses. (North side of the square. First at right is Brager's Barber Shop run by "Fat" Brager. Next is Big A Auto Parts. Next is Bjork's Toggery owned by George Bjork. A sign can be seen for…

The first balk gasoline plant in Brodhead Wisconsin was built by the Ties family at the corner of 12th Street and West Third Avenue. The three men by the tank are L-R Andrew Douglas, F.M. "Roy" Ties, and Leo Ties. The man standing by the truck is…

The Ties Oil Company of Brodhead Wisconsin building and trucks. The Ties and Woodling Oil Company was formed on November 1, 1921. The owners were Leo Ties, F. M. Ties, and John Woodling. In January 1930 Leo and F. M. Ties bought out John Woodling and…

Standard Oil Company delivery truck from Brodhead, Wisconsin. The name on the truck is H. B. Conway, which would be Harland Conway. It is not confirmed that the man on the truck is Harland.

This bell was presented by Edward H. Brodhead, chief engineer of the Milwaukee and Mississippi Railroad, to the Methodist Episcopal Church. He had promised to donate a bell to the first organized church to erect a church building in the new…

The Brodhead Dry Cleaners was a small building on the northwest corner of West Exchange Street and West Second Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The business was operated by "Laz" Montgomery in the late 1950's and 1960's. The building is no longer…

The building that housed Horne's Photography Studio in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The address is unknown. Horne's was a long time professional portrait photographer. Exact time of business is unknown, but most portraits taken in the first two decades of…

Bill Blackford's radio and TV repair business in his home at 502 East Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The photo shows a Zenith sign on the front porch. Also a sign that reads: Bendix Automatic Home Laundry.

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…

The Federated Store at 1027 First Center Avenue in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. It was purchased by Loren and Bertha Sutherland around 1960 and became Sutherland Department store. In later years it became an antique store run by Patricia Braun and…

J. N. Emminger Livery Stable at 922 West Exchange Street in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. Presently it is 608 The Factory.

Buildings on the southwest side of the square 918 - 928 West Exchange Street in downtown Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building at left center says R. C. Allen Business Machines Inc. which was a former livery stable and is now 608 The Factory at 922 West…

The buildings on the East side of First Center Avenue in downtown Brodhead. Store at left center is Terry's Apparel, it is now State Farm Insurance. Store at center is Dedrick Hardware, at 1022 First Center Avenue, now Jeremy Pinnow & Associates.…

Laube & Durner blacksmith shop. Joe Laube is at left with the anvil and Antone Durner is at right.

The Laube & Durner Blacksmith Shop at 801 East Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building on the left edge of the photo was a barn to keep horses until they were shod. The three men from left are Jack Mulirhill, John Laube, and Joe Laube.…

A parade on First Center Avenue looking North. A note on the photo says first appearance of the Brodhead Band for "officer of the day". The church at the center of the photo is the Baptist Church. It later became the Bethlehem Lutheran Church and…

Bartlet & Son Carriage & Wagon at 1012 West Third Avenue Brodhead, Wisconsin. The date on the building is 1869. The main building is still standing and has been restored. Part of the old lumber yard is at right.

A threshing crew at an unknown location. Men in picture from left: Unknown, Grant Combs, Fairman, Ed Pinnow, Unknown, Leu Dedrick, Unknown, father of Ema Muller, Unknown, Hooker, Unknown, Zimmerli, Fredie M. , Carl Kaltburner, and Geiger.

A threshing scene at an unknown location..

Farmers in front of a Advance Rumely Steam Engine. There are names on the picture but can not be assigned to individuals.. The names are: Harry Mau, Sam Rease, Fred Ryner, Adolph Walters, Taylor's hired man, Ben Zuhlke, and Martin Mau.

Early grain combine at unknown location.

Ray and Bessie Pinnow on their farm in Decatur Township, Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The gift shop owned by Mrs. Arther Pierce in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

The delivery truck for The Music Shop in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Business owned by J.C. Berryman.

Northcraft book and wallpaper store at 1018 First Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. In the 1960's the store was Everson Floor Coverings. The storefront is now State Farm Insurance.

Picture says "Grampa Dualittle"s Store". The people in the photo from left are: Mae Bowen, Sam Wager, and "Dad Dixon".

The Fred Schultz Foundry in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The people in the photo from left: John Moar, Will Fulton, "hired man", Fred Schultz.

Willie Durner in his wood shop. He later made it into a hardware store. Note all the photographs on the back wall.

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 photo depicts the Brodhead Stone Flour Mill, at 1201 Eleventh Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The mill existed from May 31, 1863 - 1929. The mill produced 100 barrels of flour per day. The photo shows a wall collapse that happened in August of…

A farm barn. Location unknown.

A farm seen with a man cutting hay with horse drawn mower.

Farm seen of a man on a horse drawn wagon.

Unknown man and woman in a horse drawn carriage.

Mable Heath Timm, a rural school teacher. Shown here leaving home in Brodhead, Wisconsin, on her way to teach in Spring Grove.

Unknown man in a carriage on the Jac Voegli Farm. The carriage is being pulled by a Brown Swiss Cow. Note the calf nursing and the large Swiss Cowbell on the cow. Writing on the carriage says: The Famous Brown Swiss Cow. The writing at the bottom of…

Rex Bucklin and a horse drawn Stair Brothers Grocery delivery cart.

The north side of the 800 block of East Exchange Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin. The address of the large building on the left is 1040 First Center Avenue. The first floor was and is a store, with the second floor being apartments. The building on the…

This building is located on the corner of East Second Avenue and Eleventh Street. It has a long history of being used as cold storage for cheese. Some of the names associated with the building were Zuercher Cheese Factory, Scheberele Cheese, and…

Curless Meat Market was located on the south side of the mid 800 block of Tenth Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building no longer exists and is the site of storage buildings.

Wendlandt's Market, a grocery store at 929 West Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin.

Bellman's Grocery Store on the south side of the 800 block of East Exchange Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin. Building to the left was Al Koller's Barber Shop that later became Herbert Stuessy"s Insurance Office. Bellman's closed in 1960 and the…

South Side Grocery Store, owned by Dean Peterson, at 1507 First Center Avenue in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The building was where the Post Office parking lot is now located.

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…

The Brodhead Historical Society was able to acquire several pieces of original Knight farm equipment, and restore them for display in front of the Knight Edition of the museum. The restoration reveal was held on May 25, 2024. The equipment…

Restored Knight wagon box on display. This piece of equipment is on loan from the Rebout Family Farms. For more information see jpg # 3078.

Knight wagon box at the Knight equipment reveal. L-R Natalia Rebout, Doug Rebout. Mary Joan Rebout, and Christine Rebout. The Rebout Family Farms have loaned this piece of equipment to the museum. For more information see jpg #3078.

Jaine Winters, President of the Brodhead Historical Society, at the Knight equipment reveal. In the background at left is Gene Engen and Jim Huffman at right. For more information see jpg #3078.