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Industrial Sector

Date: 1905
Description: Caption reads: "Birds Eye View, from cotton mill tower, Beaver Dam, Wis." Two churches are in the background, and there are smokestacks and a water tower n...
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Hattie Fels Owen

Date: 1908
Description: Outdoor portrait of Hattie Fels Owen wearing a white suit and hat and sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is holding a cigar in her right hand. Behind h...
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Widmer's Cheese Cellars — Office

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Description: CEO Joe Widmer and Office Manager, Kristine Miescke, go over reports in their office. Widmer's ships cheese to every state in the union.
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School Bus Driver

Date: 02 24 1978
Description: "School bus driver Aaron Henning waits patiently for his passengers."
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Firemen's Park

Date: 06 1948
Description: "This working party at Firemen's Park, drinking Pioneer beer, is (L-R) Peter Bodden, Jack Burns, Philip Schwinn, & ?."
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Zimmel Implement

Date: 1966
Description: "This view is from St. Theresa Catholic Church. Looking north toward Zimmel Implement."
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Whey at Widmer Cheese Factory

Date: 1976
Description: "Jerry Adelmeyer picks up whey at Widmer Cheese Factory and transports it to the slurry tank on his farm."
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Widmer Cheese Factory Chimney

Date: 03 1979
Description: "Mason, Reuben Schuster, lays brick on the Widmer Cheese Factory chimney."
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Ziemer Property

Date: 10 1979
Description: "Hubert Oechsner, Norm Grantman, and Peter Dogs were photographed at the Ziemer property."
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West Henni Street

Date: 07 1991
Description: "The road is being repaired on West Henni Street."
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Road Work

Date: 1994
Description: "Blacktop is being laid at this intersection in the Village of Theresa."
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Elevated City View

Date: 09 1996
Description: "This is Theresa Station. Note the Rock River and Soo Line Railroad track."
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Fire on Schwertz Farm

Date: 04 30 1997
Description: "At the fire on the opposite page [Page 26], this 3/4 full, 500 gallon propane tank exploded and was propelled 1/2 mile to this location on the Jim & Donna...
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Carl Benter Rental Units

Date: 1997
Description: "Looking southeast of the water tower are Carl Benter rental units."
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Valley Estates Subdivision

Date: 03 1998
Description: "Progress on Valley Estates Subdivision."
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Elevated View of Beaver Dam

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of town with homes and factories.
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Florentina in a Man's Suit

Date: 09 1906
Description: Portrait of Florentina Krueger sitting outdoors in a wicker chair. She is wearing a man's white suit and hat, and is holding a cigar in her left hand and a...
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Hattie Fels Owen in Men's Suit

Date: 1908
Description: Hattie Fels Owen sitting in a wicker rocking chair. She is wearing a man's suit and hat and posing with a cigar.
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Family in Front of their Home

Date: 1905
Description: View across yard of an unidentified family posing in front of their home. In the foreground is a hand-pump. From the left a young boy is sitting in a rocki...
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Jennie and Edgar Krueger

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor portrait of Jennie and Edgar Krueger sitting in chairs on the Krueger farm. Both of them are wearing hats, neckties, suit's, and are smoking cigars...

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