Two dogs, Wisconsin Rapids, ca. 1950.
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
Gayle Jacobson Jagodzinski with a cat, Vesper, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
It’s National Pet Week (this year’s motto: “Love Your Pet, See your Vet”), which gives us an excuse to showcase some adorable photos of pets from the past.
via: South Wood County Historical Museum, Wisconsin Rapids; photo by Lawrence Oliver
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Senior class officers, Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1958.
From the 1958 Mount Mary College yearbook, The Arches.
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Pushing a car stuck in the snow, Wisconsin Rapids, ca. 1950.
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
Here’s hoping you haven’t had to deal with a situation like this recently. What’s your best (worst) “stuck in the snow” story?
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Mary Ellen Shadd, Negro Business Directory of the State of Wisconsin, 1950-1951
The first directory of African American businesses in Wisconsin appeared in 1950. Edited by Mary Ellen Shadd, the directory profiled professional, religious, educational, civic, fraternal, social, historical, commercial, and industrial organizations operated by and for African Americans.
via: Turning Points in Wisconsin History, Wisconsin Historical Society
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What’s the best snowman you ever built? Share your Wisconsin winter stories at RecollectionWisconsin.org.
via: Big Streets in a Little City: Kiel, Wisconsin, 1860-1980, Heritage Collection, Kiel Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
Source: digital.library.wisc.edu
50th wedding anniversary, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Unidentified couple; photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
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Six bus drivers in uniform, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1952.
According to the Milwaukee Public Library’s catalog entry, the photographer’s note with this photo says: “Milwaukee’s first Afro-American busdrivers.” Photo by Fred R. Stanger.
via: Historic Photo Collection, Milwaukee Public Library
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Little girl with five cows in barn, Vesper, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Photo by Lawrence Oliver.
via: Lawrence Oliver, Photographer; South Wood County Historical Corporation, Wisconsin Rapids
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Girl riding a cow, Vesper, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Photo by Lawrence Oliver.
via: Lawrence Oliver, Photographer; South Wood County Historical Corporation, Wisconsin Rapids
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