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Monroe, Wis.

Date: 1871
Description: Birds eye map of Monroe, WI, depicts street names and street locations, houses, and trees. A reference key at the bottom of the map shows the locations of ...
Photograph

Monroe Courthouse Square

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

Monroe Armory

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view across street towards the Monroe Armory. Caption reads: "Armory, Monroe, Wis."
Postcard

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."
Postcard

Green County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: View across intersection towards the Green County Court House.
Postcard

Green County Court House

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of the Green County Court House. Cars are parked at an angle on the surrounding streets.
Photograph

First National Bank of Monroe

Date: 1872
Description: This photograph was made soon after the building was completed. It shows a five-leveled structure which was cut down to two and one-half levels in 1921. At...
Postcard

St. John's Evangelical Church

Date: 1910
Description: View of St. John's Evangelical Church in Monroe.
Postcard

Telephone Company and Monroe Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of the Public Library and Telephone Company buildings in Monroe. Caption reads: "Library and Telephone Building, Monroe, Wis."
Postcard

Turner Hall

Date: 1940
Description: Turner Hall, a Swiss social center in Monroe. Caption reads: "Turner Hall, Monroe, Wis."
Photograph

Turner Hall

Date: 1960
Description: Turner Hall, a Swiss social center in Monroe.
Photograph

Westside Courthouse Square

Date: 1880
Description: Stereograph view of the Westside Courthouse Square in Monroe.
Photograph

Aerial View of Downtown

Date: 1947
Description: Aerial view of Monroe. A large building with a clock tower, commercial buildings, parking lots and automobiles can be seen.
Photograph

Monroe Fire

Date: 08 28 1948
Description: Spectators and fireman at the Fitzgibbons building fire downtown.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Harness Racing

Date: 
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...
Map or Atlas

Street Map of the City of Monroe, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Map features advertisements for local businesses on the left and bottom. Map includes a "LEGEND" and "DIRECTORY OF CHURCHES". Streets are labeled as are so...
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Wisconsin : Swiss Cheese Capital of the U.S.A.

Date: 1970
Description: This pictorial map shows illustrations of historical landmarks and events, some of which include the fairgrounds, churches, the courthouse, Turner Opera Ho...
Map or Atlas

Monroe, Green Co., Wis.

Date: 1857
Description: This map shows rural landownership and acreages, lot and block numbers, selected buildings, roads, railroads, and public squares. The map is indexed for th...
Photograph

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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