October 28, 1924, Menasha Record
One hundred years ago, it was an election year, too. And Menasha was concerned about its citizens being reminded to vote. What better than an annoying whistle every hour of the day for a week leading up to the election? And with women getting the right to vote just four years prior, I'm sure they were as ecstatic as the menfolk to be the recipients of such a harsh reminder as well.
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October 15, 1954, Appleton Post-Crescent
Until I saw this, I didn't remember seeing gasoline prices in newspaper ads. This tells me that prices were stable enough to have lead time to place such an ad. In today's volatile oil prices climate, I doubt that'd be even possible today as fast as prices change around town with rapidity.
October 30, 1954, Appleton Post-Crescent
Once an option in the Menasha food scene, The Fox Restaurant was located at 408 Racine Street. Today it's a residence.
October 15, 1954, Appleton Post-Crescent
I wish the quality of this photo was better but you can see enough to get the idea. And by this I'm pointing out the old school football helmets with no face masks, starting to be phased out in this decade. When I was growing up, my dad's old leather maskless football helmet was in my old toy box in our basement. I'd often put it on and being a young kid, it seemed like it was from another planet; I knew the 1960's NFL and I sure didn't understand history and what it meant. I wish I still had that old ratty thing, if only for sentimental value.
September 18, 1977, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern
While this looks like a fun time to any given kid from the 70's, today, there'd be police tape around it to keep people off. God knows we don't want a lawsuit from Junior jumping off a damaged limb.
I'm taking the next week off from the blog. See you on the 30th!
September 7, 1978, Neenah-Menasha Daily Northwestern
The late summer temperatures rise in downtown Menasha, giving us an excuse to view a photograph of a street view we don't have anymore.
