June is Dairy Month! For the rest of the month, we’ll be showcasing Holsteins, cheese, and other icons of Wisconsin’s dairy industry.
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We won an award!
Actually, our parent program, Recollection Wisconsin, did — a Leadership in History Award from the American Association for State and Local History. Thanks, AASLH!
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune ca. 1950, via South Wood County Historical Corporation.
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Two dogs, Wisconsin Rapids, ca. 1950.
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
Advertisements from Wisconsin city directories, 1857-1921.
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50th wedding anniversary, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Unidentified couple; photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
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American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, 1936.
This photo is #3 of our top 12 most-liked and most-reblogged posts of the year.
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Two men bowling, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
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Boy Scouts prepare a Thanksgiving meal, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1950.
Photo by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
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Anton Hirzy’s Pope Toledo, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1905.
In 100 Years of Pictorial & Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (1934), the city’s mayor recalled his ride in one of the first locally owned cars, a Pope Toledo belonging to Anton Hirzy.
Hirzy offer[ed] to give him a ride from the Library towards the Catholic church. The steering wheel worked on a chain and not a worm-gear and it took a lot of turns to move the front wheels to the right, and then as suddenly, a hurried lot of turns to make it tack about. That one time he thought they would land in the river, and then by some magic they turned and it looked very much as if they would land in Arpin’s lawn.
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Boys on raft in lake, Wisconsin Rapids, 1948-1952.
Photograph by Don Krohn for the Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune.
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![Anton Hirzy’s Pope Toledo, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, ca. 1905.
In 100 Years of Pictorial & Descriptive History of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin (1934), the city’s mayor recalled his ride in one of the first locally owned cars, a Pope Toledo belonging to Anton Hirzy.
Hirzy offer[ed] to give him a ride from the Library towards the Catholic church. The steering wheel worked on a chain and not a worm-gear and it took a lot of turns to move the front wheels to the right, and then as suddenly, a hurried lot of turns to make it tack about. That one time he thought they would land in the river, and then by some magic they turned and it looked very much as if they would land in Arpin’s lawn.
via: McMillan Memorial Library, Wisconsin Rapids](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mak0qk4B4e1r2xmedo1_1280.jpg)
