Modern Woodmen of America baseball team, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, ca. 1900. The Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal benefit society founded in 1883 and still in operation today. Photo by Hubert Wentorf. via: Two Rivers History: Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs, Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Modern Woodmen of America baseball team, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, ca. 1900.

The Modern Woodmen of America is a fraternal benefit society founded in 1883 and still in operation today. Photo by Hubert Wentorf.

via: Two Rivers History: Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs, Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Hamilton Manufacturing Company band, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1923. Continuing the countdown of our top 12 posts of 2012. Coming in at #8: this portrait of the brass and wind ensemble sponsored by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company of Two Rivers. Photo by Hubert Wentorf. via: Two Rivers History: Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs, Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Hamilton Manufacturing Company band, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1923.

Continuing the countdown of our top 12 posts of 2012. Coming in at #8: this portrait of the brass and wind ensemble sponsored by the Hamilton Manufacturing Company of Two Rivers. Photo by Hubert Wentorf.

via: Two Rivers History: Hubert R. Wentorf Photo Collection and Fisher-Hamilton Industries Product Catalogs, Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

Farmers Institute, March 1910, on Washington Street in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Though the street scene has changed considerably, Schroeder’s Department Store and St. John’s Lutheran Church are still running strong in 2012. Our guest curator this week is Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Using historic photos created by local resident Hubert R. Wentorf in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, combined with his own photography skills, Jeff has created a series of ‘then and now’ scenarios on the streets of Two Rivers. The ‘now’ photos were all taken on July 30, 2012. see more: Search for “Wentorf” in the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal to see photographs of Two Rivers by Hubert Wentorf from the late 1800s up to the mid-20th century. Visit the Lester Public Library on Flickr to see images of Two Rivers people, places and events, all photographed by Jeff in the past five years.
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Farmers Institute, March 1910, on Washington Street in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Though the street scene has changed considerably, Schroeder’s Department Store and St. John’s Lutheran Church are still running strong in 2012.

Our guest curator this week is Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. Using historic photos created by local resident Hubert R. Wentorf in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, combined with his own photography skills, Jeff has created a series of ‘then and now’ scenarios on the streets of Two Rivers. The ‘now’ photos were all taken on July 30, 2012.

see more: Search for “Wentorf” in the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal to see photographs of Two Rivers by Hubert Wentorf from the late 1800s up to the mid-20th century. Visit the Lester Public Library on Flickr to see images of Two Rivers people, places and events, all photographed by Jeff in the past five years.

Source: Flickr / lesterpubliclibrary

Our guest curator this week is Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. In 2010, the library received a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to digitize the Hubert R. Wentorf historic photograph collection. Utilizing this collection and his own photography skills, Jeff has created a series of ‘then and now’ scenarios. The ‘now’ photos were all taken on July 30, 2012. This first image shows the Waverly Hotel under construction in 1893. Today the Waverly name is still used for this popular restaurant/bar. see more: Search for “Wentorf” in the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal to see photographs of Two Rivers by Hubert Wentorf from the late 1800s up to the mid-20th century. Visit the Lester Public Library on Flickr to see images of Two Rivers people, places and events, all photographed by Jeff in the past five years.
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Our guest curator this week is Jeff Dawson, director of the Lester Public Library in Two Rivers, Wisconsin. In 2010, the library received a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to digitize the Hubert R. Wentorf historic photograph collection. Utilizing this collection and his own photography skills, Jeff has created a series of ‘then and now’ scenarios. The ‘now’ photos were all taken on July 30, 2012.

This first image shows the Waverly Hotel under construction in 1893. Today the Waverly name is still used for this popular restaurant/bar.

see more: Search for “Wentorf” in the Wisconsin Heritage Online portal to see photographs of Two Rivers by Hubert Wentorf from the late 1800s up to the mid-20th century. Visit the Lester Public Library on Flickr to see images of Two Rivers people, places and events, all photographed by Jeff in the past five years.

Source: Flickr / lesterpubliclibrary

Hamilton Manufacturing Company band, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1923. Most late 19th and early 20th century communities were home to at least one organized brass and wind ensemble sponsored by a military group, university, high school, fraternal organization, or even a local business. As the Kalamazoo Public Library puts it, “To say that military and brass bands were popular during the 19th century is like saying the Beatles were popular during the 1960s.” Formal photographs of these bands are often visually striking, with musicians in matching uniforms lined up in rows, gazing directly at the camera. via: Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Hamilton Manufacturing Company band, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1923.

Most late 19th and early 20th century communities were home to at least one organized brass and wind ensemble sponsored by a military group, university, high school, fraternal organization, or even a local business. As the Kalamazoo Public Library puts it, “To say that military and brass bands were popular during the 19th century is like saying the Beatles were popular during the 1960s.” Formal photographs of these bands are often visually striking, with musicians in matching uniforms lined up in rows, gazing directly at the camera.

via: Lester Public Library by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Men and women weaving with netting shuttles at Carron Net Company, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1944 During World War II the Carron Net Company of Two Rivers produced more than $1,000,000 worth of camouflage nets, cargo nets, barrage balloon nets and sports nets. This photograph was originally published as part of a feature on the Carron firm in the Milwaukee Journal, February 27, 1944. via: Wisconsin Maritime Museum by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Men and women weaving with netting shuttles at Carron Net Company, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, 1944

During World War II the Carron Net Company of Two Rivers produced more than $1,000,000 worth of camouflage nets, cargo nets, barrage balloon nets and sports nets. This photograph was originally published as part of a feature on the Carron firm in the Milwaukee Journal, February 27, 1944.

via: Wisconsin Maritime Museum by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

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