August 25, 1963, Appleton Post-Crescent
This is a nice aerial photo to go along with the dedication of what we at St. Mary's always referred to as the "'62 Building," even though this dedication by Bishop Bona took place in 1963. I may have shared this before but the whole place was interconnected in the basement. As first through fourth graders, our classrooms were in the "'52 Building." Often, we'd take trips to the library in the "'62 Building" or to that building's new "A/V Room," where, if we were lucky, we might see a movie or something special. (I think, one time, we watched the Davy Crockett movies there for some reason.) In the warmer weather, we might go outside, but in the winter, we'd just travel through the basements to get there. Of course, this also meant traversing part of the high school basement and it was so alien to see those "big kids" milling around, changing classes and whatnot. Often we'd encounter the maintenance man, Mr. Coopman and he was always so friendly to us. (As you can see, for this little kid, it didn't take much distraction to make my day better!)
These old aerial photos are so neat! Above the convent is Druck's Third Street location, above the gym is first, the Milwaukee Road depot, then the Soo Line depot. (Behind that would be Dave's Burger Shanty! YUM) And is that little white building behind Drucks, across Racine Street, the Flying A gas station?
ReplyDeleteAlso check out the estimated enrollment---1700 wow!.... likely 400 to 500 in the high school the current enrollment pales to those numbers. Why????
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