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Blumer Brewing Co. letter dated March 10, 1945 to Zahm & Nagel Co., Inc. about a CO2 testing device. They were asking for it to be fixed quickly as it was their only one.

Six carpenters and a child pose for an image on the front of a postcard for the Monroe Lumber and Fuel Company, Monroe, WI.

A group of workmen pose in front of F. Lanz Hardware.

"Annette Mitchell’s car dealership in Monroe, WI, ranks 25th among Wisconsin’s top 50 women-owned businesses."

A feed invoice from Richards, Graves, & Roberts, with a second request for payment, dated September 2, 1895.

Postcard of Wentz City Taxi of Monroe, WI. They were in business from the late 1960's to the late 1980's.

"A group of residents in Monroe began the sad task of inspecting damage and searching for personal belongings after a tornado struck a trailer court there Sunday. Tree limbs and household items littered the area. Many trailers were tossed about by…

"MONROE, WIS, APRIL 12 -- THEY RODE IT OUT --Mrs. Albert Tucker and her daughter, Anita, left of Warren, Ill., relax at Monroe, Wis., yesterday after the car in which they were riding was spun three times by a tornado and thrown off the highway. …

"Other firms copied his design for a heavy duty manure spreader because he failed to patent it, but Stanley Knight saw his ideas for farm equipment carried out at a Brodhead factory employing 18 men."

A fire in January of 1914 set many buildings ablaze, including the D. C. Ryan residence seen here totally engulfed in flames. There where an estimated $100,000 in damages in total from the fires.