March 8, 2000, Twin City News-Record
Selected from a 2000 "Back in Time" compilation comes this slice-of-life photo taken on a wintry looking Doty Island day in the 1940s. The woman has just crossed over into Neenah in front of the old armory. The street has changed from Washington Street to Commercial Street. If only we could see the gasoline prices at the Standard station at the five-way intersection. I researched historic gas prices and it turns out the average price of a gallon of gas was 21 cents in 1946, which equates to about $2.86 in 2018.
I remember the concrete silos that were in the back of the brewery property. There was a Gem Beer logo painted on them. They got knocked down in 1961. Still looking for photos.
ReplyDeleteThis picture reminds me of the synergism of the great Germans and Polish in Menasha. The Germans brewed the beer - the Polish drank it! Prosit and Na Zdrowie!
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