tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23032652826339160742024-03-13T23:13:44.984-05:00The Wisconsin ProjectExamining Wisconsin through postcard views made & foundjohniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-75721159100120281752015-03-27T14:08:00.000-05:002015-03-27T14:12:23.538-05:00Clouds and High Tension, Appleton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qr_LXNPM_IA/VRC5MOkHaMI/AAAAAAAAGb8/clvkn5zHRmo/s1600/ShimonLindemann_hightension2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qr_LXNPM_IA/VRC5MOkHaMI/AAAAAAAAGb8/clvkn5zHRmo/s1600/ShimonLindemann_hightension2014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b>Clouds and High Tension Lines,</b> CE and Rail Road Street, Appleton, Wisconsin, July 2014<br />
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Suburban bleakness among suburban bleakness with clouds being caught in the high tension lines.</div>
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<span style="color: #45818e;"><i>And I love the U.S.A.</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><i>So share the modern world with me</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><i> 'Cause I'm in love with the U.S.A. now</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><i>I'm in love with the modern
world now</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><i>Put down your cigarette</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><i> Well out on Route 9 it's bleak and nearly dying</i></span><br />
<span style="color: #45818e;"><i>Well the modern world is not so bad</i> </span><br />
<b><span style="color: #45818e;">-- Jonathan Richmond from "Modern Lovers"(1976)</span>
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johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Appleton, WI, USA44.2619309 -88.415384744.080064400000005 -88.7381082 44.4437974 -88.092661200000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-70026363519962498642015-03-22T12:08:00.000-05:002015-03-22T12:09:06.082-05:00Found: Cherry Orchard, Door County, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>Cherry Orchard in Full Bloom,</b></i> Door County, Wisconsin.<br />
E. A. Bishop, Publisher, Racine, Wis. circa 1910</td></tr>
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The <a href="http://www.wisconsincherries.org/history.html" target="_blank">first cherry orchards in Door County were planted in 1896</a>. The market for the fruit grew and 10,000 acres of orchards planted. <a href="http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1341" target="_blank">Finding labor</a> to help with the harvest remained an issue until the mechanical cherry shaker was developed. At first cherries were hand harvested and workers paid by the bucked. The new machine harvested 60 to 100 trees per hour and eliminated the need to recruit hundreds of workers each season. Cherries are turned into juice, jam, infamous Wisconsin red tart cherry, and the <a href="http://cocktails.about.com/od/embellishments/p/maraschino_cherry.htm" target="_blank">maraschino cherry that work so great in old-fashioneds and Manhattans.</a></div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Door County, WI, USA44.8341302 -87.37704880000001144.1161932 -88.6679423 45.552067199999996 -86.086155300000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-34561178873205770702015-03-17T16:37:00.001-05:002015-03-17T16:37:18.704-05:00Back of the Barn Harvestore, Chilton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oc70p2poce0/VQSwBele_2I/AAAAAAAAGbI/gAmnjyphLfc/s1600/ShimonLindemann_schneiderath57chilton12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Oc70p2poce0/VQSwBele_2I/AAAAAAAAGbI/gAmnjyphLfc/s1600/ShimonLindemann_schneiderath57chilton12032014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Back of the Barn Harvestore, </b></i>Schneider Road at Highway 57, Chilton, Wisconsin, 12.30.2014<br />
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A lone Harvestore completes this sprawling dairy set-up.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Chilton, WI 53014, USA44.0288803 -88.16287849999997743.9832093 -88.243559499999975 44.074551299999996 -88.082197499999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-43672617380886008782015-03-12T19:18:00.000-05:002015-03-12T19:18:14.421-05:00Urban Harvestore, Sherwood, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OX8Lu0lLO30/VP8WaglVy2I/AAAAAAAAGao/qulsqUhagBk/s1600/ShimonLindemann_55sherwood12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OX8Lu0lLO30/VP8WaglVy2I/AAAAAAAAGao/qulsqUhagBk/s1600/ShimonLindemann_55sherwood12032014.jpg" height="370" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Urban Harestore, </b></i>Highway 55, Sherwood, Wisconsin, 12.03.2014<br />
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Photographed from the sidewalk in downtown Sherwood, Wisconsin.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Sherwood, WI, USA44.1735996 -88.259827644.1280456 -88.340508599999993 44.219153600000006 -88.1791466tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-75566401429502107642015-03-08T19:34:00.005-05:002015-03-09T10:31:00.852-05:00Descending Harvestores, Calumet County, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P0_9oSvlGd0/VPt2Nkj6srI/AAAAAAAAGaY/_YbHPYQDQj8/s1600/ShimonLindemann_Harvestores_CalumetCo12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-P0_9oSvlGd0/VPt2Nkj6srI/AAAAAAAAGaY/_YbHPYQDQj8/s1600/ShimonLindemann_Harvestores_CalumetCo12032014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Descending Harvestores, </b></i>Calumet County, Wisconsin, 12.03.2014<br />
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Silos of varying heights against a cloudless sky accent a tidy farm yard. Everything has a place, all machinery is safely inside a shed, the buildings are perfectly maintained. The rural American Dream.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Calumet County, WI, USA44.1586082 -88.24611829999997843.793517200000004 -88.891565299999982 44.5236992 -87.600671299999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-60817939526906077322015-03-04T17:55:00.000-06:002015-03-04T17:55:53.248-06:00Nestled Harvestore, Forest Junction, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L3ddf_8pbMo/VPZnCRQo6MI/AAAAAAAAGaA/UPtFTacDloQ/s1600/ShimonLindemann_MilitaryRd12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-L3ddf_8pbMo/VPZnCRQo6MI/AAAAAAAAGaA/UPtFTacDloQ/s1600/ShimonLindemann_MilitaryRd12032014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Nestled Harvestore, </b></i>Military Road, near Forest Junction, Wisconsin, 12.03.2014<br />
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Part of a cluster of feed dispensing structures, this Harvestore is sandwiched between a concrete block and a concrete stave silo.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Forest Junction, WI 54110, USA44.21249 -88.14426889999998618.690455500000002 -129.45286289999999 69.7345245 -46.835674899999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-88961966604010491352015-02-28T17:14:00.000-06:002015-02-28T17:19:34.791-06:00Lone Harvestore, Brillion, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xI-bEdJy7MI/VPH-arwOosI/AAAAAAAAGYw/VuZtMXo_iqE/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HughRdDrillion12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xI-bEdJy7MI/VPH-arwOosI/AAAAAAAAGYw/VuZtMXo_iqE/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HughRdDrillion12032014.jpg" height="370" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Lone Harvestore,</b></i> Hugh Road, Brillion, Wisconsin, 12.03.2014<br />
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A lone Harvestore looms along Hugh Road. Separated from the building that it was originally attached to, there is a void framed by trees where the building once stood. </div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Brillion, WI 54110, USA44.1772137 -88.06426579999998744.131658200000004 -88.144946799999985 44.2227692 -87.983584799999988tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-57811463738888102712015-02-25T12:23:00.001-06:002015-02-26T16:47:37.546-06:004 Harvestores, St. John, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>4 Harvestores in the Snow, </b></i>St. John, Wisconsin, 12.30.2014<br />
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A collection of four Harvestores erected over a span of decades show a dedication to farming, progress, place, and faithful consumption of a luxury silo brand.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Saint John, WI 54129, USA44.168625200000008 -88.203505744.157235700000008 -88.223675699999987 44.180014700000008 -88.1833357tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-66350614877874742342015-02-21T16:59:00.003-06:002015-02-21T17:02:37.131-06:00Gravity Park USA, Chilton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xot_qJkzRTg/VONyYnpB8BI/AAAAAAAAGWo/PPErB__nnMA/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HickoryHillsRdChilton12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xot_qJkzRTg/VONyYnpB8BI/AAAAAAAAGWo/PPErB__nnMA/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HickoryHillsRdChilton12032014.jpg" height="370" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Gravity Park USA, </b></i>2571 Hickory Hills Road, Chilton, Wisconsin, 12.30.2014<br />
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A farmyard converted into an "extreme race facility" accented by a Harvestore at the entrace. Opened in 2000 as Gravity park, it was converted in 2005 to <a href="http://www.gravityparkusa.com/" target="_blank">Gravity Park USA</a> with a new track, club house, and gear shop according to the web site. <a href="http://urbanscooters.com/mp/ATVs/Mongoose-Dirt-Grinder-Electric-ATV.html" target="_blank">Dirt Grinders</a> welcome!</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com02571 Hickory Hills Road, Chilton, WI 53014, USA44.0586206 -88.20428140000001344.058576099999996 -88.204360400000013 44.0586651 -88.204202400000014tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-38355740313221035022015-02-13T18:20:00.000-06:002015-02-13T18:20:28.460-06:00Dairyland's Best Harvestore, Appleton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MVjEb88VZXs/VNkVSchzRPI/AAAAAAAAGVY/sy8N8wNgwwI/s1600/ShimonLindemann_LamersHarvestore2014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MVjEb88VZXs/VNkVSchzRPI/AAAAAAAAGVY/sy8N8wNgwwI/s1600/ShimonLindemann_LamersHarvestore2014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Dairyland's Best Harvestore,</b></i> Lamers Dairy & Store, Speel School Drive, Appleton, Wisconsin, September 2014<br />
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A Harvestore repurposed as a dairy store entrance is eye catching in suburban Appleton among strip malls, Lowe's and rehab centers. <a href="http://www.lamersdairyinc.com/" target="_blank">Lamers Dairy & Store</a>, locally owned, distributes milk throughout the region in returnable glass bottles. The store design reflects the farming legacy of the milk, cheese, ice cream, and Wisconsin souvenirs it sells not far from busy Highway 441. Visitors are invited to <a href="http://www.lamersdairyinc.com/country-store/" target="_blank">watch milk being bottled</a> through an observatory window.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0N410 Speel School Road, Appleton, WI 54915, USA44.254926 -88.3539979999999918.732891499999997 -129.662592 69.7769605 -47.045403999999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-24695220893023585702015-02-07T18:33:00.001-06:002015-02-07T18:34:11.018-06:003 Harvestores, Calumet County, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzMXbpGuHCs/VND6iSNFjII/AAAAAAAAGUI/vR4tefKLMJM/s1600/ShimonLindemann_calumetco12032014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzMXbpGuHCs/VND6iSNFjII/AAAAAAAAGUI/vR4tefKLMJM/s1600/ShimonLindemann_calumetco12032014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Three Harvestores in Various Heights, </b></i>Calumet County, Wisconsin, 12.03.2014<br />
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A whole lot of silage going on with four vertical silos and an expansive horizontal silage bunker and mound.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Calumet County, WI, USA44.1586082 -88.24611829999997843.793517200000004 -88.891565299999982 44.5236992 -87.600671299999973tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-37253108383143233682015-01-30T18:32:00.000-06:002015-01-30T19:02:49.467-06:00Found: Beautiful Washington Park, Milwaukee, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ojsvmfKQZv4/VMvhNJoitpI/AAAAAAAAGTE/HXLQrroNWnw/s1600/found_washingotnparkmilwaukee.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ojsvmfKQZv4/VMvhNJoitpI/AAAAAAAAGTE/HXLQrroNWnw/s1600/found_washingotnparkmilwaukee.jpg" height="420" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>In "Beautiful Washington Park," Milwaukee.</b></i><br />
<i><b> ©</b><b> </b></i>E. C. Kropp Co. Publishing, Milwaukee No. 4201. Circa 1900.<br />
Handwritten in fountain pen on the frontside: "<i><b>The lilies in this pound are as big as a plate</b>."</i></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.martin-drive.org/washington_park_zoo.html" target="_blank">Washington Park </a>in Milwaukee, designed by American landscape architect <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Law_Olmsted" target="_blank">Frederick Law Olmsted</a>, included a band shell and a zoo. Begun in 1891, the park faced financial challenges throughout the 20th century. The zoo moved away to expand in 1958 but the <a href="http://urbanecologycenter.org/our-branches/washington-park-unique-features.html" target="_blank">Urban Ecology Center</a> located in the 135 acre park in 2007. The Center's mission is to carry out Olmsted's vision of municipal parks as respite for people form all walks of life. Olmsted believed that parks could connect city people with nature thus providing "spiritual uplift." Today, volunteers and neighbors work to restore native plants, wetlands, animals, and maintain gardens in the park.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Washington Park, Milwaukee, WI, USA43.0524499 -87.96533350000004243.0408474 -87.985503500000036 43.0640524 -87.945163500000049tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-75263609108270781632015-01-25T17:59:00.000-06:002015-01-26T13:23:22.781-06:00Quonset Huts, Appleton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Quonset Huts along Railroad Tracks,</b></i> East Randall Street, Appleton, Wisconsin, September 2014<br />
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Designed to be lightweight and easy to assemble without skilled labor, the <a href="http://www.quonsethuts.org/huts/index.htm" target="_blank">Quonset hut</a> served more than 86 official military uses during the World War II era. Sometimes built along railroad tracks in small Wisconsin towns, they could be used to store supplies needed for the war effort. In Appleton, for example, Kimberly-Clark made bomb fuses that needed to be stored and accessible. After the war, Quonset huts were repurposed as housing, churches, libraries, liquor stores, movie theaters, and more.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Appleton, WI, USA44.2619309 -88.415384744.080064400000005 -88.7381082 44.4437974 -88.092661200000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-87363149559137031112015-01-21T17:48:00.002-06:002015-01-21T17:51:01.803-06:00Harvestore Twins, Brillion, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CViEtAQ1vfU/VL_7uHvyPtI/AAAAAAAAGQc/sede886gHHg/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HarvestoreTwinsCtyK.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CViEtAQ1vfU/VL_7uHvyPtI/AAAAAAAAGQc/sede886gHHg/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HarvestoreTwinsCtyK.jpg" height="374" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Harvestore Twins,</b></i> County K, near Brillion, Wisconsin, September 2014<br />
© J. Shimon & J. Lindemann</td></tr>
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The sign of double prosperity, with two matching Harvestores towering above<br />
previous farm structures and still, predict the bunker silos that co-exist there now.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Kaukauna, WI, USA44.2780432 -88.27205029999998944.1870972 -88.433411799999988 44.3689892 -88.110688799999991tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-3183003105434466082015-01-15T18:22:00.000-06:002015-01-15T18:37:55.337-06:00Found: Indian Basket Maker, Northern Wisconsin<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUtMZzGA73c/VLbjzzRpcLI/AAAAAAAAGOc/ughY_QImyfs/s1600/found_IndianBasketMaker.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wUtMZzGA73c/VLbjzzRpcLI/AAAAAAAAGOc/ughY_QImyfs/s1600/found_IndianBasketMaker.jpg" height="412" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>Indian Basket Maker,</b></i> Northern Wisconsin #5. Real Photo Post Card. Kruxo EKD circa 1923.</td></tr>
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Our friend from Madison, <a href="http://nativeartscollective.com/artist/ho-chunk/tom-jones" target="_blank">Tom Jones</a>, has been researching Ho-Chunk baskets and we thought of him when we dredged up this real photo post card portrait of a basket maker from the recesses of our collection. He has contributed to important books examining photographs of native peoples mainly <a href="http://www.amazon.com/People-Big-Voice-Photographs-1879-1942/dp/0870204769/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1421367895&sr=8-1-fkmr0&keywords=Tom+Jones+photographer+Pulo" target="_blank">People of the Big Voice: Photographs of Ho Chunk Families by Charles Van Schaik</a> and <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/09/arts/design/photographs-by-horace-poolaw-at-national-museum-of-the-american-indian.html?_r=0" target="_blank">For a Love of His People: The Photography of Horace Poolaw.</a></div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Wisconsin, USA43.7844397 -88.78786780000001538.0145452 -99.115016300000008 49.5543342 -78.460719300000022tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-87668422801947661892015-01-11T14:25:00.001-06:002015-01-11T14:28:35.536-06:00Santa Face, Holland, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9CZIYsMBhIM/VLGAy3hFifI/AAAAAAAAGNI/NU8nZUx2OeI/s1600/ShimonLindemann_SantaHolland1232014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9CZIYsMBhIM/VLGAy3hFifI/AAAAAAAAGNI/NU8nZUx2OeI/s1600/ShimonLindemann_SantaHolland1232014.jpg" height="378" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Santa Face at Night, </b></i>County CE, Holland, Wisconsin, 12.3.2014<br />
© J. Shimon & J. Lindemann</td></tr>
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Holiday decorations glow in the night in small towns in rural Wisconsin.<br />
Beer signs on taverns are sometimes repurposed as Santa Claus as in this example.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Holland Town Road, Wisconsin, USA44.2408712 -87.999844.1498652 -88.161161499999992 44.3318772 -87.8384385tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-31972641597336441152015-01-06T16:30:00.003-06:002015-01-06T16:39:48.870-06:00Found: Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PNDZvzuoSQ/VI4PUuoNXDI/AAAAAAAAGE8/VW3NmZcsGd0/s1600/found_bethesdamineralspringwaukesha.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1PNDZvzuoSQ/VI4PUuoNXDI/AAAAAAAAGE8/VW3NmZcsGd0/s1600/found_bethesdamineralspringwaukesha.jpg" height="422" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wisconsin.</b></i> Circa 1910s. © E. C. Kropp Co., Milwaukee. Written in cursive in fountain pen on the backside: <i>"Dear Fran & family. This is a handy place & we all like it. I hope to feel better before I leave here. I will see the Dr. to-day. Take care of Babe. Best love, Stella."</i></td></tr>
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<a href="http://www.mohawkvalleybottleclub.com/ArchiveArticles/WebArticles/BethesdaSprings.asp" target="_blank">Native Americans</a> pointed early settlers toward the healing springs throughout Wisconsin. What became <a href="http://webpages.milwpc.com/thbolt/THUNDERBOLTS%20HOMEPAGE/THE%20GREAT%20WAUKESHA%20SPRINGS%20ERA.html" target="_blank">Bethesda Mineral Spring</a> was one of them. Historian accounts explain that "people flocked to the spring, hoping to be cured by the magic waters." Cures included diabetes, constipation and other maladies were documented. But in time, Waukesha's many springs dried up. Nineteenth-century civilization--from out houses to pavement to overuse--made it impossible for the springs to replenish with rain water and then they were gone. No more water bubbling up from the ground. Increased demand for water from the growing city also required deeper and deeper wells which also drew from the water table. By the late 20th-century even the deep weels became contaminated with radium and were dangerous to citizens. <a href="http://www.jsonline.com/news/waukesha/91565334.html" target="_blank">What was once a paradise of more than 50 fresh water springs is gone and Waukesha is now asking that water be piped in from Lake Michigan</a>. </div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Waukesha, WI, USA43.0116784 -88.23148129999998442.8258874 -88.55420479999998 43.1974694 -87.908757799999989tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-25634871669593209412014-12-24T19:43:00.002-06:002015-01-11T14:29:21.176-06:00Harvestore with Santa's Sleigh, Darboy, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I9K5g0LmmLw/VJnz1tSP9rI/AAAAAAAAGIA/vS9X60NWi8w/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HarvestoreSantasSleigh1232014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I9K5g0LmmLw/VJnz1tSP9rI/AAAAAAAAGIA/vS9X60NWi8w/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HarvestoreSantasSleigh1232014.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Harvestore with Santa's Sleigh,</b></i><br />
Highway 55 near Darboy, Wisconsin, 12.3.2014<br />
© J. Shimon & J. Lindemann</td></tr>
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Holstein cows pulling Santa's Sleigh with a Harvestore silo towering nearby.</div>
<br />johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Darboy, Appleton, WI, USA44.2497883 -88.319071744.2270403 -88.3594122 44.2725363 -88.2787312tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-29486275559558262142014-12-20T19:39:00.000-06:002014-12-20T19:40:05.893-06:00Found: Columbia County Jail, Portage, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cMxGWYe5sIc/VJXXHdnoIBI/AAAAAAAAGGs/hzYjDFlqHec/s1600/found_columbiacountyjailportage.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cMxGWYe5sIc/VJXXHdnoIBI/AAAAAAAAGGs/hzYjDFlqHec/s1600/found_columbiacountyjailportage.jpg" height="422" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>Columbia County Jail, Portage, Wisconsin.</b></i><br />
© E.C. Kropp Publishers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Circa 1906.<br />
Postmarked Portage, Wisconsin, December 3, 1906 2 PM. <br />
Written in fountain pen on front side:<br />
<i><b>"Merry Xmas & Happy New Year. Metta."</b></i> </td></tr>
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<br />johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Portage, WI, USA43.5391486 -89.462620243.4470886 -89.6239817 43.631208599999994 -89.3012587tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-17543689833574890612014-12-13T16:38:00.001-06:002015-01-04T16:28:05.001-06:00Deer Corn Vendor, Combined Locks, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DNZRZanmVts/VIIgfT8nmFI/AAAAAAAAGBg/S22FHKq3NxY/s1600/ShimonLindemann_DeerCornBuchananRdKimberly52014.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DNZRZanmVts/VIIgfT8nmFI/AAAAAAAAGBg/S22FHKq3NxY/s1600/ShimonLindemann_DeerCornBuchananRdKimberly52014.jpg" height="374" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Self-Service Deer Corn Vendor,</b></i><br />
Buchanan Road, Combined Locks, Wisconsin (May 2014)<br />
© J. Shimon & J. Lindemann</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Foraging for twigs, bark, grasses, and leaves is what <a href="http://www.whitetailsofwisconsin.com/" target="_blank">Wisconsin's whitetail </a>deer are designed to do. Outagamie is among the few <a href="http://dnr.wi.gov/files/PDF/pubs/wm/WM0456.pdf" target="_blank">Wisconsin counties where feeding deer is allowed</a>. The well-meaning citizen mows the grass, paves the land, and trims back the shrubs where the deer could graze while feeding them corn offered by roadside deer corn entrepreneurs. <a href="http://www.outdoorlife.com/blogs/big-buck-zone/2013/02/are-you-feeding-your-deer-death" target="_blank"><i><b>Outdoor Life</b></i></a> advises that, "Artificially fed deer wander off with a belly full of corn and slowly
start starving to death as its digestive system struggles to digest the
corn."</span></div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Combined Locks, WI, USA44.2658204 -88.31427300000001444.2203354 -88.394954000000013 44.3113054 -88.233592000000016tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-65530175276816626592014-12-03T16:19:00.001-06:002014-12-04T19:10:11.082-06:00Found: World's Record Black Bear, Glidden, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NsQak9SQq08/VH-LbMEs5nI/AAAAAAAAGAw/MeD13IXgPSw/s1600/found_worldsrecordblackbear.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NsQak9SQq08/VH-LbMEs5nI/AAAAAAAAGAw/MeD13IXgPSw/s1600/found_worldsrecordblackbear.jpg" height="418" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>World's Record Black Bear. </b></i>665 lbs. dressed. Shot 5 miles east of Glidden, Wis.<br />
by 2 Milwaukee hunters: Otto Hedbany and Donal Streable. Now on display in<br />
Glidden, Wis., for the public to see.<br />
Photo and Published by G R Brown Co. 2329 Kane Rd. Eu Claire, Wisconsin 54703. Circa 1963.</td></tr>
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Putting a s<a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/6306" target="_blank">tuffed bear</a> on display on main street in mid-century small town Wisconsin helped spread the word that Glidden was the best place in Wisconsin to hunt the animals. Black bear open hunting season is usually in September in this region <a href="http://www.gliddenwi.org/attractions-events/facts-about-black-bears.html" target="_blank">famous for its black bear population</a>. When this large bear was shot dead and dragged from the woods by seven men near Glidden, Wisconsin, the town began calling itself the "<a href="http://www.gliddenwi.org/attractions-events.html" target="_blank">Black Bear Capital of the World.</a>" The high school made the black bear its mascot and the Chamber of Commerce bought the stuffed bear in 1964 and kept it on permanent display ever since. Though logging and the railroad brought people to Glidden, changing times made snowmobiling, an annual toilet seat race, hiking and other <a href="http://www.gliddenwi.org/attractions-events/events.html" target="_blank">recreational activities</a> the big draw these days. A north woodsy company called <a href="http://www.winterwoods.com/" target="_blank">Winter Woods</a> markets wreaths, pine cones, birch bark, mosses, and twigs to craft stores and florists and today is among the largest employers in the town.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com1Glidden, WI 54527, USA46.1350825 -90.5766287999999846.113076500000005 -90.61696929999998 46.1570885 -90.536288299999981tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-83717142455994638652014-11-28T15:43:00.003-06:002014-11-30T17:01:07.816-06:00Hair Salon, Appleton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hXyd3Z5tuK0/VHjr6lkggRI/AAAAAAAAF_Q/jZINKjNE2yE/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HairTanningNailsCollegeAveAppleton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hXyd3Z5tuK0/VHjr6lkggRI/AAAAAAAAF_Q/jZINKjNE2yE/s1600/ShimonLindemann_HairTanningNailsCollegeAveAppleton.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><b>Hair Salon,</b></i> College Avenue, Appleton, Wisconsin (May 2014)<br />
© J. Shimon & J. Lindemann</td></tr>
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The symmetry of the architecture on the outskirts of town.<br />
Hair, skin tone, and nails serviced under one roof.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Appleton, WI, USA44.2619309 -88.415384744.080064400000005 -88.7381082 44.4437974 -88.092661200000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-38623732482293750462014-11-23T15:27:00.002-06:002014-11-25T18:28:24.365-06:00Found: A Little "Dear," Hayward, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MOESZ8GfqqE/VHI-nKaUB8I/AAAAAAAAF9c/6VVyAETMBI0/s1600/found_alittledearwithabarebehindhayward.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MOESZ8GfqqE/VHI-nKaUB8I/AAAAAAAAF9c/6VVyAETMBI0/s1600/found_alittledearwithabarebehindhayward.jpg" height="416" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>A Little "Dear" with a "Bare" Behind, </b></i><b>Greetings from Hayward, Wisconsin</b><br />
© Curt Teich & Co., Inc., C. T. Animal Scenes - 10 subjects. Genuine Curteich-Chicago<br />
"C.T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U.S. Pt. Off.) Circa 1930.</td></tr>
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Lumberjacks <a href="http://www.haywardlakes.com/history.php" target="_blank">harvested all the pine trees</a> in Hayward in less than 50 years. The town needed something new to drive their economy so by 1922, tourism was it. Post cards like this showing the wild life attracted travelers to the north woods. Today Hayward has the largest fiberglass sculpture in the world with its infamous muskie mascot for the <a href="http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2244" target="_blank">Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame</a>.</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Hayward, WI 54843, USA46.0130065 -91.48462080000001645.9688925 -91.565301800000015 46.0571205 -91.403939800000018tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-7967663026726299872014-11-21T11:37:00.003-06:002014-11-21T11:44:54.397-06:00Metal Silo, Appleton, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4y8oPXAUUs0/VGa1AuYljMI/AAAAAAAAF6c/8c2TjpXPEsI/s1600/ShimonLindemann_MetalSiloAppleton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4y8oPXAUUs0/VGa1AuYljMI/AAAAAAAAF6c/8c2TjpXPEsI/s1600/ShimonLindemann_MetalSiloAppleton.jpg" height="372" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Metal Silo in the Suburbs, Emons Road, Appleton, Wisconsin (May 2014) © J. Shimon & J. Lindemann</td></tr>
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The suburbs encroach...</div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Appleton, WI, USA44.2619309 -88.415384744.080064400000005 -88.7381082 44.4437974 -88.092661200000009tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2303265282633916074.post-31709043465087480852014-11-14T20:05:00.000-06:002014-11-18T18:18:15.586-06:00Found: Little White School House, Ripon, WI<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmTfkpfZ__E/VGUX0lKw9lI/AAAAAAAAF58/Gsbd10sg0nE/s1600/found_birthplaceoftherepublicanparty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="422" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qmTfkpfZ__E/VGUX0lKw9lI/AAAAAAAAF58/Gsbd10sg0nE/s640/found_birthplaceoftherepublicanparty.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Found: <i><b>The Famous Little White School House,</b></i> at Ripon, Wisconsin.<br />
Birth place of the Republican Party in 1854.<br />
Color photo by Fagan. Genuine Natural Color Fagan Publishing Co., Madison, Wis. Circa 1955.<br />
Postmarked Ripon, Wisconsin, June 26, 1959.</td></tr>
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We once showed our <i><a href="http://www.shimonlindemann.com/work/one-million-years/" target="_blank">One Million Years is Three Seconds</a> </i>project about four older Wisconsin men who'd lived through the technological changes of the 20th century at <a href="http://www.ripon.edu/art/" target="_blank">Ripon College</a>. Bob Watt, who was one of the four men, got madder than a hoot owl that we'd show our work, especially photographs of him, in Ripon...the "Birthplace of the Republican Party" in the <a href="http://littlewhiteschoolhouse.com/" target="_blank">Little White School House.</a>..<a href="http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/tp-022/?action=more_essay" target="_blank">Though some believe that the party was merely "conceived" in Ripon, among the uniting issues was a commitment to abolish slavery. </a></div>
johniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08077684126848079122noreply@blogger.com0Ripon, WI, USA43.8422049 -88.83594470000002743.7963934 -88.916625700000026 43.8880164 -88.755263700000029