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A 1923 Cheese Day float, with a sign stating: “For Quick Service Call R.W. Humphrey Co.”

A man in a top hat drives a Cheese Day float, with two girls holding umbrellas in the back. Unfortunately, the sign is blocked, and the year of this Cheese Day remains a mystery.

The United States Navy Band marches in a 1970’s Cheese Days parade in Monroe, WI.

A B&W postcard image of the C.L. Chambers Cheese Day Float. Their sign reads: "Yes! We Stand Behind Every Bed We Sell." The year is unknown.

A 1923 pamphlet from the Cheese Day Committee about the history of Monroe, WI.

Ferd Ingold float for a Cheese Day parade in Monroe, WI. Unfortunately, the exact year is unknown.

Postcard image of the Monroe High School Band performing in the 1970 Cheese Days parade.

An article commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the loss of nine Juda, WI, high school students, who perished in a fire when a plane struck their hotel.

A 1935 Easter Service bulletin from St. John's Evangelical Church, in Monroe, WI.

Postcard of the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Parsonage in Monroe, WI.

A 1918 postcard image of the Lutheran Church in Twin Grove, WI.

Union Church, erected in 1899, in Cadiz Township. The back of the postcard contains a brief, but interesting, history of the Bridger and Kelley families. Handwritten on front of photo print: "Franklin" - Cadiz Cemetery Church

Farmers in a hay field near Monroe, WI. Photo taken by Ray Barth.

Cows grazing in a field across from Ludlow Mansion in Monroe, WI.
Photo taken 11/19/1948.
Description on back of photo:
CHI-870340-RO
Wisconsin Cheese (1) of set of eight.
Wisconsin claims to be the only state which has more cows than people…

A menu from the Ford Hopkins Drug Store and Tea Room of Monroe from May, 1937. The menu features such things as a cheese and orange marmalade sandwich, a sliced tomato salad, as well as many other traditional favorites.