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Symbols of Green County’s Swiss Gemutlichkeit---Genial Albert Aeberli, prominent figure in Green County’s Swiss Cheeseland community, is pictured with a prize wheel of “Green County’s Gold.” This photo was used for many promotions and Cheese Days'…

Wisconsin’s only cheese factory built exclusively to show how Swiss cheese is made. Located at Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, in the heart of little Switzerland. Retail store displays over 80 varieties of cheese. Mail orders shipped anywhere in…

President Coolidge was gifted a 47 pound wheel of Swiss cheese as a 'thank you' for increasing the tariff on imported Swiss cheese. He did so to help the makers of it in the U.S. so they would not have to sell their cheese under the cost of making…

A black & white postcard image of the Carl Marty & Company building.

An article focusing on the closing of Brennan's Market in Monroe, WI, along with all other Brennan's locations.

A 1911 letter from The Monroe Emporium, sent to Mr. Eugene Garber, discussing the raising of $100.

A postcard image of the Commercial & Savings Bank in Monroe, WI.

C.S. Dodge & Son's correspondence, asking about the bill for wheels they received.

A 1935 menu from the Hollywood Inn Restaurant in Monroe, WI. Was a lettuce sandwich just lettuce? What did the Jean Harlow sundae taste like?

A 1948 Swiss Colony postcard. The text from the back of the postcard reads: "The Swiss Colony Inn and Gardens where the finest natural aged cheese is featured. The Swiss Colony of Monroe, Wis., is the world’s oldest and largest mail order cheese…