A colorized postcard showing Main Street, later 1st Center Avenue, in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
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High School on Goodrich Street, later 10th Street, in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This building was later the Middle School before being closed.
A group of four young ladies stand on a car at the Bridge Inn near the Sugar River in Spring Grove Township, east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A group of young people are horsing around at the Bridge Inn near the Sugar River and the Clarence Covered Bridge, east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Summer camp of Oscar & Kitty Hyatt at Bluff View Park east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. They ran the park in the summer of 1924.
Mirror Lake between Albany and Brodhead, Wisconsin, near the Pryce Farm.
Stabler and Meinzer picnic at Bluff View Park east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Meinzers are on the left, Stablers on the right. The lady at center is Jane Meinzer.
A postcard showing South Side Park in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Lunch Room restaurant and staff gather in the snow, April 17, 1921. This building was near the railroad tracks at 1st Center Avenue.
Men stand on a collapsed bridge, thought to be in Decatur Township near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Tyrone church and state line cemetery. Trinity Lutheran Church on the right is in Illinois. The cemetery is in Wisconsin.
North craft Cottage at Decatur Park. The boat is the Nautilus, owned by Northcraft. Fair Oaks, later owned by John Carroll and Jim Speth.
Northcraft Decatur Park - Standing from left, Frank Northcraft, Grace Northcraft, Vivian Green, unknown, unknown, Mrs. F. Northcraft.
Cottage at Decatur Park near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Corner of West 2nd Avenue and 10th Street
Houses at the corner of West 2nd Avenue and 10th Street in Brodhead, Wisconsin, date unknown.
Sugar River Scene in the Good Old Summertime
A postcard showing "Sugar River Scene in the Good Old Summertime" near Albany, Wisconsin.
SThe South Side School House in Brodhead, Wisconsin at an unknown date. This building stands on West 2nd Avenue and 14th Street.
Launches on the Sugar River near Albany, Wisconsin.
Congregational church and parsonage in Brodhead, Wisconsin around 1908. This building stands at the corner of 10th Street and West 2nd Avenue.
The pavillion at Bluff View Park, August 1924.
Josephine Hooker (b. 9/24/1854 d. 11/21/1939) & Katie Hooker Hyatt (b. 6/9/1876 d. 1/14/1966) at their family home in Spring Grove township near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Poplar Grove School in Spring Grove township around 1910. Girl on left is Gladys Stabler. Third boy from right in dark jacket is Marvin Stabler.
The Oscar Stabler Farm, halfway between Brodhead and Juda, Wisconsin around 1905. On wagon is Oscar Stabler. In front of windmill are his children Gladys and Marvin and his wife Queen Esther Stabler.
Carding Mill on Spring Creek, Spring Grove township near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
Stabler home in the 1500 block of West 3rd Avenue, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
Decatur Dam near Brodhead Wisconsin, date unknown. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
The original Decatur Dam in Decatur township, north of Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
View near Hanging Rock on Searles Creek in Decatur, near Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
A view of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin. This image was taken from a Souvenir Decatur Parks booklet.
Two people stand on a small foot bridge near Decatur Lake, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The original Decatur Dam when it was made of wood.
A group of friends on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
People standing on the "New" concrete Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin in 1911.
A picture of the old wooden Decatur Dam taken from a distance.
A picture of Decatur Dam from the fall of 1912.
The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, November, 1975.
Flood water course over the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin
People standing on Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
An early picture of the original Decatur Dam, made of wood, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Decatur Lake Country Club near Brodhead, Wisconsin as seen from across Decatur Lake. "The Sportiest Course by a Dam Site"
A family shows off their fish catch of the day at the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Children standing on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, frozen in the winter.
A wooden walk bridge above the Decatur Dan near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
The Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin, by White Photography.
The Krause family poses on the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Ditching Machine on the Avon Drainage Canal
A steam powered ditching machine is shown working on the Avon Drainage Canal with the Benson Farm in the background, near Avon, Wisconsin.
An Austin Excavator works on the Avon Drainage Canal near the Enderson Farm, Avon, Wisconsin.
A steam powered excavator works near Avon, Wisconsin.
A pair of yoked oxen named Joe and Tige.
Laborers working on an excavating project near Avon, Wisconsin. Standing: Mr. and Mrs. Cuplun (cooks) Mr. Palmer Jimmy French Seated: Mr. Gorset (oxen driver) Herbert Hawkins Lee Jones Lou Jones.
Owners of an excavator used on Avon, Wisconsin drainage project. Richard Canterbury, Mr. Johnson (Owner of machine) Mr. Palmer (engineer).
Leroy Stokes, Canute Stordock and John Hyldand
A bridge over the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A group of men sit on timbers near a new bridge, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A scenic view of Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Mill Race in Brodhead, Wisconsin. The Brodhead water tower looms in the distance.
A woman stands at the site of an old Native American campground on the Carlyle Porterfield farm near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A little rundown shack near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A view of the Mill Race from the water tower in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The view below the headgates at the Decatur Dam near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A cabin stands in the winter snow near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Riverview Line boat landing with boats nearby on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A group of people in a canoe on Decatur Lake, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Winter on the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The headgates at Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin in winter.
The Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A family playing in the Mill Race near Brodhead, Wisconsin in the summer.
Looking upstream from the Clarence Bridge near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin with a rowboat.
Boaters on the Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
People sitting in a tree on the Sugar River south of Albany, Wisconsin.
Two men sit in a boat near a cow pasture on Decatur Lake, near Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Family boating on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin
The Merril family on Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin
An unknown baseball team from 1911. Writing on the photo says, "Charles Leaver".
Powerboat on the Mill Race by the North Park, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
The aftermath of a storm on Clinton Street, Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Men at a cabin near Decatur Lake, Brodhead, Wisconsin. Photo caption reads, "Ed and Ralph at the Cottage", thought to be Ed Lyons, Ralph Bement and Frank Vance in the background.
Family photo dated 1911, presumed to be taken at Decatur Lake near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Maude Vance Maude Lrons Frank Vance Genevieve Lrons Florence Young Alice Lrons Ed Lrons Aunt Aggie Ralph Bement Mother Father Jay Truesdale
A hunter sits in a fallen tree over the Sugar River near Brodhead, Wisconsin. Photo has caption, EML, Jr." Photo was taken in 1911.
Pickle barrels are lined up at Colony Foods in Brodhead, Wisconsinin 1947.
Employees at Colony Foods in Brodhead, Wisconsin. This plant was locally called "The Pickle Factory".
Pickle barrels laid out to be loaded onto railcars in Brodhead, Wisconsin
Pickle barrels are waiting to be loaded on to train cars at Colony Foods in Brodhead, Wisconsin, 1947.
A large gathering of people at Bluff View Park east of Brodhead, Wisconsin. Date unknown.
People standing amid tornado damage, thought to be November 11, 1911. Original photograph is broken in half.
Speth's Chalet Restaurant east of Brodhead, Wisconsin.
This is an entry sign into Green County in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Some of the machinery held at Knudson's Implement in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A Shell Gas station in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Shell Gas and tire garage in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Coldren-Parker Lumber/Fuel Brodhead Wisconsin
Coldren-Parker Lumber building in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
Art and Chucks Standard Station Brodhead Wisconsin
Art and Chuck's Standard Station in Brodhead, Wisconsin.
A Sleep's Furnace Company store in Brodhead, Wisconsin.