Bremen is sometimes called "Mint City", as it was known at one time as the mint capital of the world. We have a substantial amount of information about the local mint industry in our digital archives and some interesting exhibits... Continue Reading →
I try to get copies or photos of menus of the various restaurants in town from time to time. And occasionally folks will donate a menu from some old restaurant. I've collected these now in an album. If you have... Continue Reading →
Today, we opened the Meister Pharmacy Collection, donated to us by Jim Meister. Thanks, Jim!
Something I like to say all the time is "If you want to preserve history, you have to capture it." We often get offered random artifacts from Bremen's history, but those rarely include things or even photos from events that... Continue Reading →
You may have noticed the "WM HUFF 1888" inscription high on the Bremen Theater building. That building was built by William Huff as his hardware store. In 1902, John Weiss built the Sunrise Pancake House building on the corner, and... Continue Reading →
About 1882, German-born John Wilhelm came to Bremen and built a small, wood-framed shop for his merchant tailor trade. This he worked in for about 20 years before selling out to Louis Gerber--a young and industrious tailor--in 1902. Gerber moved... Continue Reading →
The Teen Hop got started in 1960 on the second floor of the (present) Encore Consignment building, where the bowling alley formerly was, on E Plymouth St. It soon moved across the street to the former Stewart Bakery building (now... 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 →
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 →
Last year, we were given on loan-term loan a ledger of the John Link & Lewis Fink sawmill in German township. It is filled with many Bremen-area names of customers who had logs sawn into lumber. It's a fascinating document... Continue Reading →
Many Bremen residents will not be aware that the downtown was home to many grocery stores over the years. This includes the principle grocery store in Bremen for many years: Woodie's Supermarket. Woodie Schramm's grandfather Andrew came to America from... Continue Reading →
Life moved a little slower in the 1800s, and on any given day you might find Bremen's inhabitants chattering away on topics both light and heavy. Here is a collection from November, 1889. https://www.flickr.com/photos/historicbremen/51324999835/in/dateposted-public/ Theodore Bauer's love of music caused... Continue Reading →
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