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Postcard image of Bauman’s Ace Hardware on Monroe’s Historic Square.

Barber Trade Correspondence to Thomas Brusveen (1908-2000) of Janesville, WI. The documents are in regard to a Barber Shop License from the years 1934-1936.

A wagon with a band onboard is being pulled by four horses in the 1915 Cheese Day parade.

Horse drawn parade float with band members playing instruments, Cheese Day, 1928.

The Badger Cheese Company float in the 1915 Cheese Day parade.

The Badger Cheese Co. had their best wheels on display on their 1923 Cheese Day float. Their best wheels being Swiss cheese, of course!

The auto section of the Cheese Day parade in 1915.

Exterior view of the American Legion Post in Monroe, Wisconsin.

Interior and exterior views of Alphorn Motel in Monroe, Wisconsin

"Rubble covers the Alphorn motel after a tornado ripped across Wisconsin. The tornado did extensive damage to the business district of the city but no deaths or critical injuries were reported."

Aerial view of debris field leading to hotel

Aerial view of the crash damage to the hotel and the immediate debris field.

Postcard of Alphorn Motel

Black & white postcard image of the Adeline Stewart Farm in York Township, as viewed from above. On the back of the postcard, it was written that her home was in the center and her nephew's home was on the left, as well as how the white areas are…

"A rock mine near Monroe. Sand, gravel, and rock are Wisconsin's gold."