1931 Marchers

 

This is a 1931 photo of the Menasha High School band marching down Main Street, approaching the Hotel Menasha.  According to the caption on the photo, they’d won first place in a Wisconsin State Marching Contest.  It seemed like everyone in town turned out to see the victorious band, filling every doorway, crowding onto the street...even hanging out of the hotel's windows to get a good glimpse.  You really get a sense of enthusiasm and civic pride from this shot.