The number one thing people ask for at the history center is pictures of businesses they remember from their childhood. Do your kids a favor & take pictures of their favorite public spaces, your house, their bedroom, & their friends... Continue Reading →
Fannie Lidecker graduated from Bremen High School in 1902. She went on to study at Valparaiso College (after leaving Moe Lowenstine's clothing store where the Wooden Peel and Mean Bean are today) and returned to Bremen to teach school for... Continue Reading →
We say goodbye to our friend Don Schneider, longtime Bremen barber and collector of Bremen photographs. The copies that hung on the wall of his barber shop hang in our history today and formed the core of our collection. He... Continue Reading →
We were sorry to learn that Bill Butler has passed away at the age of 105. Bill was a fixture in our Sharing Bremen Memories group before the pandemic and did a fascinating history chat for us several years ago... Continue Reading →
Dick Kares passed away yesterday. We thank him for his contributions and support over the years. He did a history chat for us about his collection of Bremen historical items and graciously let us scan his postcard collection and tour... Continue Reading →
As part of the Weston family collection, a photo of the 1984 Bremen Little League All-stars team has all the subjects identified. We love things like this.
Our thanks goes out to Terry Hansen and the Hansen family, who have donated many items lately, including many photos of the Bremen Community Floats they were involved in creating as well as items from the Ruth Koontz family and,... Continue Reading →
Don Bunge passed away this weekend. He was a WW2 veteran and a coach and teacher for many years at Bremen High School starting in 1952 and retiring in 1985.
Norm Schini has passed away. Norm created our very popular model of the old Coffee Pot truck stop, which sat northeast of town, as well as the model of the mint field and mint still. https://www.flickr.com/photos/historicbremen/53143142984/ You can browse the... Continue Reading →
Note: This article was first posted December 17, 2018. It has been updated and improved with new research. Bremen's paper of record, The Bremen Enquirer, was founded in November of 1885 by Brook H Bowman (1858-1931). 2018 marked the end... Continue Reading →
Roy Molebash was a mail carrier in the 1930s whose route took him north of Bremen to deliver to Madison township residents with Bremen addresses. He seems to have had a sense of humor about the more difficult parts of... Continue Reading →
Theodore Bauer served Bremen as a barber for seven decades, starting in his brother Oliver's shop in 1896 moving four or five times to shops on N Center street (depending on whether or not you count replacing an old wood-frame... Continue Reading →
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