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Mae Dey's Orchestra
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early 1900's |
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Our 1910 License Serial No. 1 |
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Our 1914 Stamp for Special Tax |
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An M.E. Dey ad from the early 1900's
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Note the candle stick phones
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Mae Elizabeth Dey
Founder/President 1907-1929 |
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Rolland Gardenier
M.E. Dey Employee/President 1922-1982
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A 1933 letter from Senator Robert Lafollette |
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A letter from Frank Lloyd Wright |
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Wright was known for his disregard for dates. Note the date at the bottom. |
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Richard Gardenier 1950's
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Taken around the time he started working at M. E. Dey |
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Rolland and Richard Gardenier 1970's
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Rolland and Richard Gardenier
Milwaukee Sentinel 1977
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Richard Gardenier
M.E. Dey Employee/President 1951-1990
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Our first computer from Tradepoint (ASA) 1981
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Standing 4 feet high w/2 removable disks as large as pizzas. Each held 10.4 MB. 128 K of RAM and cost $46,000
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Colby Abbott Building
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The building where M.E. Dey offices were located until 1991.
At the corner of Mason & Milwaukee streets. |
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Rob Gardenier (l) and Randy Kupfer (r) receiving the Governors Award 1995
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Governor Tommy Thompson and Robert Gardenier
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Rob Gardenier (president) and Sandi Siegel (vice-president)
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Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel 1998
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Downtown Milwaukee - early 1900's
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Grand Avenue at the Milwaukee river as it looked when M. E. Dey began her import business. |
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Downtown Milwaukee – Today
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Wisconsin Avenue (formerly Grand Ave.) at the Milwaukee river as it looks today |
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Robert Gardenier
M.E. Dey Employee/President 1977-Present
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Our Milwaukee Office located at 5007 S. Howell
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