Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Delavan, Wisconsin, 1910 March 13-April 15 is National Deaf History Month. The Wisconsin School for the Deaf has provided educational opportunities to deaf and hard of hearing students for the past 161 years. The school was founded in 1852 after the family of Ebenezer Chesebro petitioned the Wisconsin legislature to establish a state-supported school for deaf students. The Chesebros’ daughter, Ariadne, had attended the New York Institute for the Deaf and Dumb before the family migrated to the Delavan area in 1839. via: Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care, Wisconsin Historical Society via University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Delavan, Wisconsin, 1910

March 13-April 15 is National Deaf History Month. The Wisconsin School for the Deaf has provided educational opportunities to deaf and hard of hearing students for the past 161 years. The school was founded in 1852 after the family of Ebenezer Chesebro petitioned the Wisconsin legislature to establish a state-supported school for deaf students. The Chesebros’ daughter, Ariadne, had attended the New York Institute for the Deaf and Dumb before the family migrated to the Delavan area in 1839.

via: Wisconsin Traditions of Social Care, Wisconsin Historical Society via University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Men and women at a picnic table, Appleton, Wisconsin, ca. 1910. Glass negative by Chester Allen, an Appleton native and amateur photographer who graduated from Lawrence University in 1912. 89 of Allen’s photographs are housed at the Lawrence University archives; 58 of those photos are available online. via: Lawrence University Archives
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Men and women at a picnic table, Appleton, Wisconsin, ca. 1910.

Glass negative by Chester Allen, an Appleton native and amateur photographer who graduated from Lawrence University in 1912. 89 of Allen’s photographs are housed at the Lawrence University archives; 58 of those photos are available online.

via: Lawrence University Archives

Source: digitalmedia.lawrence.edu

The ice cream, bakery, and candy store of my dreams! Jens Confectionary Shop in Milwaukee, shown here in 1916, sold ice cream for a nickel and had jars of fruits and nuts for sundae toppings. The ice cream was Luick, which was once one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of ice cream. President Grover Cleveland is said to have served Luick at a White House state dinner so it must have been delicious stuff. The Luick Ice Cream factory was located in Yankee Hill in downtown Milwaukee. via: “Remember When … ” collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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The ice cream, bakery, and candy store of my dreams! Jens Confectionary Shop in Milwaukee, shown here in 1916, sold ice cream for a nickel and had jars of fruits and nuts for sundae toppings. The ice cream was Luick, which was once one of the nation’s largest manufacturers of ice cream. President Grover Cleveland is said to have served Luick at a White House state dinner so it must have been delicious stuff. The Luick Ice Cream factory was located in Yankee Hill in downtown Milwaukee.

via: “Remember When … ” collection, Milwaukee Public Library

Source: content.mpl.org

A Victory Garden in a Milwaukee neighborhood, 1918Broccoli maybe? Whatever it is, it looks like a healthy crop. via: Historic Photo Collection, Milwaukee Public Library Erika Janik, writer, historian, and the producer and editor of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Radio, is our guest curator throughout the month of May. This week, Erika examined the history of Victory Gardens and other food conservation efforts during World War I. Next week, she’ll highlight milk, cheese, ice cream and other Wisconsin dairy delights.
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A Victory Garden in a Milwaukee neighborhood, 1918
Broccoli maybe? Whatever it is, it looks like a healthy crop.

via: Historic Photo Collection, Milwaukee Public Library

Erika Janik, writer, historian, and the producer and editor of Wisconsin Life on Wisconsin Public Radio, is our guest curator throughout the month of May. This week, Erika examined the history of Victory Gardens and other food conservation efforts during World War I. Next week, she’ll highlight milk, cheese, ice cream and other Wisconsin dairy delights.

Source: content.mpl.org

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