Throwback photos: Winonans of the Past
View historic photos of people in and around Winona. Photos courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society Archives and reader submissions.
Max Conrad
Max Conrad and three students from the “Winona Experiment” group just prior to take off on a trip east in August 1954. From left is Gary Anderson, Max Conrad, Ann Wing, and Marilyn (Anderson) Doebbert. The four flew to Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Washington DC, and lastly, Lockhaven, Pa., to visit the Piper Factory. The students assisted Max with flying on the trip. The Winona Experiment was created to teach young people basic flying skills and about aircraft design and construction. The aircraft is a Piper Tri-Pacer.
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Dr. Walter W. Nauth and a nurse in the operating room of the Winona General Hospital. Nauth started his practice in Winona in 1917 and was a founding member of the Winona Clinic.
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The surrey with the fringe on top in Winona Minnesota, with Jacob Michalowski at the reins. The team of horses was his and he was taking his wife Mary (Kosobucki) Michalowski and his three sisters and a visitor for a ride in the country in the early 1890's. Left to right are: Companion Nun, Anna (Michalowski) Benedict, Sr. M. Catherine, Sr. M. Modesta, Jacob Michalowski and Mary (Kosobucki) Michalowski .
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Vince Breza during World War I.
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Lawrence Bronk one of the first Polish Settlers in Winona.
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A Sunday afternoon band party complete with suitable refreshment to lubricate Polish throats. Undated.
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The champion baseball team played its schedule in Winona’s Athletic Park in the West End of town. Most of the team was made up of men from both St. Casmir and St. Stanislaus parishes. Left to right (front row) Jack Knopik, W. T. “Rose” Joswick, Henry Peterson; (second row) Ike Yahnke and Rudy Bohn; and (top row) John Wrycza, “7 Cisewski,” and Pearl Cierzan.
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Della Marie Ellinghuysen & Everett Rupprecht on their wedding day at Immanuel Lutheran Church (Silo) Lewiston, Minn. September 12, 1952.
William Harris Laird
William Harris Laird.
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Jim Lee, umpire for the Winona Chiefs. Undated.
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The ladies of St. Stanislaus Parish did their share to support American troops in World War I. Left to right (bottom row) Florence Kustelski (Mrs. A1 Bambenek), Isabelle (Mrs. Frank) Cierzan, Maggie Mlynczak Peterson, Sally Sieracki (Mrs. Ray Krier), Helen Sieracki, and Ceil Owecke; (middle row) Mrs. Slagowski, Mrs. Cieminski (Msgr. Joseph Cieminski’s mother, Mary (Mrs. John) Wieczorek, Mary (Mrs. Leonard) Bruski, chairwoman; Celia (Mrs. Joseph Goven, Mary Sieracki Kustelski (Florence’s mother), and Angela Bruski; (top row) Mary Weir (Hubert’s mother), Mrs. Kuklinski, Helen Cichanowski (Mrs. Faber), Sarah Weir, Lawrence Jaszewski, Ann (Mrs. Joseph) Palbicki, and Miss Gertrude Sieracki.
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Each year parish ladies gathered in the basement of St. Stanislaus Kostka church to produce attractive quilts to be offered as prizes in the annual November bazaar. Left to right around the quilt: Victoria Watkowski, Helen Leik, Anna Knopick, Helen Szlagowski, Helen Kowalewski, Valeria Watkowski, Pauline Maliszewski, and Mary Kramer.
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"Rattler on the front lawn. Not everyon can have such a luxury. My score is 4 in 14 summers, but 3 got away." Paul Rahn in 1950.
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Winona police in 1900.
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Priarie Louise Denman, First white child boarn on Wabasha Prairie, July 18, 1852.
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This may have been a 4-H Tour since there is a mixture of grades. Row 1: Cousin of Mary Jane Bonow, Mary Jane Bonow, Jaynie Gensmer, Glenda Dorn, Dean Plank, Cindy Enright, Rena Luehmann. Row 2: Benjamin Michaelis, Ralph Witte, Margaret Richter, Elizabeth Richter, Rita Witte, Ricky Witte, Mitchell Halbakken, Jeffrey Rupprecht, Kim Rupprecht. Row 3: Roy Michaelis, Larry Dorn, Mark Halbakken, Daniel Michaelis, Mary Ellen Ressie, Denise Ellinghuysen, Marsha Dorn. Row 4: Helen Bonow, Lucille Halbakken, Lambert Dorn, Adelaide Dorn and Lois Schaefer.
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American Legion Baseball Team, Athletic Park. Undated.
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Automobile built in Winona 1900-02 by Ira E. Berry and F. Harry Berry at the plant of the New Winona Manufacturing Company. It was propelled by a two cylinder twon horizontal gasoline engine. A speed of 30 miles and hour was obtained on level roads.
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Nora O'Dea playing bride in her Winona backyard, 1930s. McIvor photo collection.
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Peerless Chain Team Photo - City Champions 1920-1921.
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H. Wheeler Sargeant. Winona's first Mayor, 1857-8
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(1927 photo) Mrs. helen Williamson (Formerly Helen Ely) earliest living pioneer woman settler of Winona. Also first woman graduate of the Minnesota State University. With Dr. Folwell, President emeritus of the Minnesota State University.
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Bob Kierlin.
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Ambrose Glowczewski with the days hunt.
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Jacob S. Denman. Built first Frame house in Winona, 1853.
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James L. Denman, Boise, Idaho (1927 Photo). Winona's earliest living settler. Came to Winona May 4, 1852.
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The Germania Band is lined up in front of the old Philharmonic Hall for the Turners Festival parade in August of 1870. Shown in photograph are lined up in the left row, from front to back, are Conrad Wolpers, tuba; J. Henry Benz, second cornet, Christian Clausen, E-flat clarinet, Frank Votruba , B-flat clarinet and Fred w Becker, bass drum. In the middle row from front to back are George F Story, first tenor and Fred Benz, second e flat alto, In the right row is Herman Rohweder, director and baritone, Henry Clausen first alto, August Kircheck, first cornet, Henry Benz E-flat clarinet and William Becker, snare drum.
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Frances (Hering) Breza. Rowed a boat to the marshland and back. Baby (Joe) was wrapped in a blanket wedged in the front of the boat. She could hear the drums from the Indian reservation while she was fishing.
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From Left, Emil Nascak, Ray Gabrych, ? ? , Jack Haines on theWinona Chiefs. Undated.
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At the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the whole of Company E, Minnesota National Guard was composed of Winona County men. Among them, Jacob Michalowski was a first lieutenant and Leonard J. Bruski, a second lieutenant. The company was mustered into service in May of that year and mustered out the following Other members of the unit were Sgt. Joseph Czaplewski, Cpls. Ma. Buczynski and Vincent Kropidlowski, Pfc. Teofil Milkowski, Pvts. Mike Stefanski, Frank Reszka, Michael Kulas, Frank Maliszewski, John Wieczorek, Joseph Gromowski, John Boland, Paul Grulkowski, Harry Rackow, Leo Reszka, Mike Szablewski, Anton Gallas, Frank Szarmach, John Bernac, Anton Zabrocki, Joseph Grajczyk, Reinhold Eichendorf and August Czapiewski.
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Minneapolis Laker greats Jim Pollard, left, and George Mikan appearance at Winona Senior High School on Oct. 4, 1950. The local boys pictured are, from left, Lanny Doner, David Doner and Michael Loomis. For more historical photos and features, visit our exclusive special section honoring and remembering the city’s history, at winonadailynews.com/piecesofthepast.
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John and Anna (Bautch) Walek Golden Wedding Anniversary - 1921. Back Row: Julia (Walek) Maule and John Maule, Agatha (Walek) Giemza and Tom Giemza, Tom Walek and Rose (Sygulla) Walek. Middle Row: Elizabeth (Walek) Sonsalla, Frank Walek, Mary (Reck)and John Walek Jr., Mary (Walek) Wiench. Front: Simon Sonsalla, Father - John Walek, Mother Anna (Bautch) Walek, Andrew Wiench.
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Voelker home, ca. 1905. Ann Groff, Jake, Gene, Tom and Marcellus holding Florence.
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Carl Voelker family, ca. 1870: (from left) Jacob Voelker, Matthias Voelker, Carl Voelker, Margaret Voelker Dittman, Anna Voelker Goetzman and Mary Voelker Lynch.
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Wedding picture of Jacob Voelker and Josephine Groff, Sept. 10, 1889.
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Wedding picture of Jacob Voelker and his first wife Julia Groff, June 20, 1881.
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Trumpeter Wilhelm Braatz came to the U.S. with his parents at age 14. He served in the 24th OH Vol Infantry for one year in the Civil War. He re-enlisted but the government released him. He returned to Minnesota and served 13 months in the 1st MN Mounted Rangers, E Mounted Rangers - 1862, M Cavalry - 1863.
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Swimming hole on Lewiston farm, Anna McIvor.
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Stephen O'Dea. (Brother of John, Sugar Loaf owner). Left County Clare in 1850 at 17. He drove a wagon for a employer from New York to Galena, Ill. They took a steamboat to Winona and settled here. He worked and sent for six siblings and his mother to come to America. All came to Winona except two siblings who settled in New York. Stephen became a prosperous farmer near Lewiston and even sports a diamond in his tie tac.
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Doris and Mary Stedman at the Pickwick Mill pond, 1920s.
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The Alexander Stedman family in 1907. Front row: Milton Sperbeck, Myran Sperbeck, Howard Stedman. Middle Row: Jessie, Lydia, Alexander, Mrs. John Sperbeck. Back Row: Nellie Stedman Sperbeck, John?, Alice?, Clara, Herbert and Dan.
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Unknown speaker at a farm near Lewiston. Undated.
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The Sobeck family, ca. 1907, at their home in East Burns Valley. Front Row: George, Edward, Maria Grandl, Theodore and Louis. Back Row: Magdalena, Albert, Theodore, Jr., Francis and Pauline.
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1946 Saint Mary's University football team.
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Raymond Becker, served during WWII in the Navy.
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From Independence, Wisconsin.The Michael Prokop and Elizabeth (Killian) Prokop Family. Front Row: Agatha (Prokop) Kiedrowski, Mother Elizabeth (Killian) Prokop, Father Michael Prokop, Frances (Prokop) Filla. Back Row: Thomas Prokop, Julia (Prokop) Knabe, Martha (Prokop) Knusella, Mary (Prokop) Rippley, Frank Prokop.
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Play cast in Winona. Undated.
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Guy and Alice Pierce family from the Utica area in 1931. Front Row: Guy and Alice Pierce. Second Row: Joyce, Winifred, Gretchen, Marjorie. Thirrd Row: Cullen, Nathaniel, Simmons, Lyndon, Richard.
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Peter Stoos was born January 26, 1815 in Bourglinster, Luxembourg and died August, 8, 1891, in Rollingstone, Minn.
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Peter O’Dea, with former Winona fire horses he bought for a farm near Lewiston. Every time the noon whistle would blow in Lewiston, the horses would take off across the field, thinking they were going to a fire. So he soon learned to have them in the barn at noon.
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Patrick O'Rourke. Proud Irish immigrant. Early Winona Settler. Born on St. Patrick's Day, even says so on his tombstone at St. Rose of Lima in Lewiston. Friend of the O'Deas.
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Peter O'Dea and a rattle snake in Winona County. Undated.
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Worn out from years on the farm near Lewiston. Seated in front of the windmill, Stephen O’Dea, his wife, Bridget Kain O’Dea on the end, and her sister, Anna Kain, in the middle. All Irish immigrants. Early 1900s.
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Nurses at old Winona General Hospital. Undated.
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1940s beauties pose on Winona bluffs, includes Nora O'Dea.
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A McIvor boy (John? tall one) and coworker at the flour mill.
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Nora O'Dea on a turtle fountain at Central Park in Winona, about 1930.
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Max Conrad and three students from the “Winona Experiment” group just prior to take off on a trip east in Aug. 1954. From left is Gary Anderson, Max Conrad, Ann Wing, and Marilyn (Anderson) Doebbert. The four flew to Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Washington DC, and lastly, Lockhaven, Pa., to visit the Piper Factory. The students assisted Max with flying on the trip. The Winona Experiment was created to teach young people basic flying skills and about aircraft design and construction. Aircraft is a Piper Tri-Pacer. .
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Mary McIvor, principal of Washington and Madison Elementary Schools.
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Max Conrad and students in the "Winona Experiment" group. From left is Gary Anderson, Marilyn (Anderson) Doebbert, Max Conrad, and Ann Wing. The group was created to interest young people in aviation. The students learned basic flying skills and about aircraft construction and design. The four left Winona in Max's Piper Tri-Pacer in Aug. 1954 for a trip east to Chicago, New Jersey, New York, Washington DC, and Lockhaven, Pa., to visit the Piper factory. The students assisted with flying on the trip. Photo credit to Frances E. Burgess, LaCrosse Tribune.
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Lorena Becker, taken around 1940.
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Lee "the Mailman" Besek. If you lived between Hamilton and Zumbro streets, you know Lee. Now you can find him at the volunteer services.
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Jacob Kulig Family from Independence, Wis., Burnside Township. Back Row: Agatha (Mrs. Ignatz Maule), Joseph Kulig, William Kulig, Simon (Sam) Kulig. Front: Mother - Mary (Skroch) Kulig, Bert Kulig, Father - Jacob Kulig. Oldest son Louis Kulig missing from picture.
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Lawrence Knusella Jr. with tractor near Arcadia, Wis.
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Knusella (Knosalla) family with beer in Arcadia, Wis. Taken 1902. Standing: John Passon, Lawrence Knusella, Jr., Sam Knusella, August Knabe. Sitting: Lawrence Knusella, Sr. John Passon and August Knabe were sons-in-law to Lawrence Knusella, Sr.
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Knusella (Knosalla) family men with wooden wheelbarrow in 1902. From left, August Knabe, Sam Knusella, Lawrence Knusella Jr., John Passon with the horn. August Knabe and John Passon were married to Lawrence and Sam's sisters.
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Lawrence Knusella Family from Arcadia, Wis. Taken about 1910. Standing: Roman Knusella, Helen Knusella (Mrs. Bert Halama), Agnes Knusella (Mrs. Frank Soppa), Joseph Knusella. Sitting: Parents - Martha (Prokop) Knusella and Lawrence Knusella Jr.
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Bridget Kain O'Dea. Wife of Stephen O'Dea, She had 13 children (including 2 sets of twins) and farmed with her husband near Lewiston. From Limerick, Ireland.
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Indian woman and baby on the street in Winona. From the album of Josephine McIvor O'Dea. Taken in the early 1930s?
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From Independence, Wis., Left side: Carl Halama and his wife, Mary (Sonsalla) Halama; Right side: Valentin Thoma and his wife, Juliana (Halama) Thoma. Sitting in middle: Rosalia (Gandyra) Halama. Rosalia was the mother to Carl Halama and Juliana Thoma. All five were immigrants in May 1870. Rosalia's husband Grzegorz Halama died in 1884.
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The Wendel and Mary Johnson-Goetzman family in the 1930s. From left, George, Kenneth, Wendel, Mary, Ethel, Everett and William Goetzman.
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Martha Glowacki-Kamrowski, middle, with two of her daughters, Sister Symphorose, left, and Gertrude Kamrowski-Goetzman.
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George Strigel, a WWI soldier disabled by nerve gas in Germany.
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Frances and Frank Took on June 10, 1922. Photo taken in Dakota, Minn.
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Carl Halama Family from Independence, Wis. Sitting: Carl Halama and Mary (Sonsalla) Halama. Standing: Bert, Jake, Stanley, John, Julia Dejno, Anastasia Pampuch, Teckla Schwalbe, Frances Sylla, Elizabeth Smieja, Bridget Gasatis, Lucy (Sister Delphine). Missing from photo was Agnes (Sister Theobold)
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Ford family children in 1890s.
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A photo of Father Joseph Cotter found in the photo album of Stephan and Bridget O'Dea..(Stephen was the brother of John O'Dea, owner of Sugar Loaf, and was my Great Grandfather. He farmed near Lewiston.
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Everett Gilbert Rupprecht, ca. 1930.
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John Eischen and wife Mary with children Michael and Caroline in 1890.
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Clifford Erickson and two of his children: Kenneth and Margie (Cotter class of 1960). Ken was killed in a plane crash in April of 1956 and it was on the front page of the Winona Daily News.
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Family of George T. Church, Stockton Valley (approx. 1900). His father, Octavius Church, moved his family from West Virginia to Stockton Valley in 1860 to avoid his son’s being drafted into the Confederate army. George T. ran the family farm after his father died and later his son Raymond, and grandson Russell took over. The Church dairy farm they established in Stockton Valley is currently owned by Dawn (Church) Webster and her husband Ian Webster. Back Row: Walter, Elmer, Raymond, Belle (with locket), Elsie (with glasses), George, Blanche. Front row: Phillip, George T. Church and his wife Lucy Belle (Bates) Church, Gertrude, and Grace.
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Lewiston Young Person's group. Peter O'Dea fourth from the left in the top row.Taken in the late 1800s/early 1900s?
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The John Wysocki family lived in the 600 block of East Fifth Streeet in Winona.
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A house in Winona with Ernest's parents Mr. and Mrs. Ludvig Eggert. Undated.
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William August Braatz and Luella C Hamann Wedding Photo (Best Man: Arthur Hamann (Luella's Brother), Maid of Honor: Anna Braatz, William's Sister) - Taken in Pleasant Hill Township, Winona, Minn., on April 11, 1906 - Mr. and Mrs. Braatz had 14 children on a farm in Pleasant Hill, Minn.
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Seated - Wilhelm Friedrich (William Fredrick) Braatz and Wife, Frederika (Cooper) Braatz; Second Row, from left, Mary Amelia Braatz Timm, Anna Braatz, Charles August Braatz, Louise Braatz Davis, Emma Amanda Braatz Farnholtz; Third Row, from left, Louis Carl Braatz, Bertha H. Braatz McNally, Wilhelmina "Minnie" Braatz Goltz, William August Braatz. Picture taken in 1900. Braatz family had large farm in Pleasant Hill Township. Braatz Road (recently named) is in the area of the Braatz farm.
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Alice Ford Einhorn, 1914. Sarah Alice Ford was born March 22, 1893 at Witoka and attended the Boynton School. She attended Winona Normal School and taught at the Boynton and Ridgway Schools. She married Charles Clifford Einhorn of Wiscoy in 1916. He was the son of Henry Einhorn and Amy Harvey, both of Wiscoy Township. They lived in the Wilson area and later Minneapolis. They returned to Winona in the 1940’s and lived on Dacota Street. Clifford died in 1963; Alice died in 1992. Their children were Kathryn (Anderson), Kenneth, and Robert. Alice’s father James Ford was born in Herkimer County, NY and migrated to Wiscoy Township in the 1850’s. He married Clara Landgraff, also of Wiscoy Township. James and Clara Ford had eight children who were born between 1879 and 1895. The children were Nellie C. (Van Alstine), Dora E., Gaylord, Chauncey, Clarence, Ellen Jeanette (Bridge), Sarah Alice (Einhorn) , and Donald. Clarence Ford lived in Winona. Th! e Ford ancestry in American begins with William Foord who was born in 1604 in England. He arrived on the “Fortune” which landed at New Plymouth in 1621. The name was later changed to Ford. Photo 2: Ford Family Children, 1890’s. Information adapted from Part 2, The Ford Ancestry in America, 1620-1976 compiled by James Neil Van Alstine. Neil was the son of Nellie Clara Ford Van Alstine.
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Andrew Wiench Family. Top Row: John, Tony, Clara, Phillip and Frank. Middle Row: Mary, Sophia, Elizabeth, Julia, and Agnes. Seated: Rose, Father - Andrew Wiench, Mother - Mary (Walek) Wiench, Anna. Undated.
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Union Station performing in 1994. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Members of the Winona Police Department gun squad: A.J. Bingold, Mraczek, Tony Kalma, George Fort. Undated. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Bay State Milling Pancake Days on Second Street shows Eskimo Pete, winner of the Pancake Eating Contest. For more historical photos and features, visit winonadailynews.com/piecesofthepast.
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Emil Liers, and his otters, coon and dog.
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George Durfee, veteran of Company K, 1st Minnesota Volunteers, at age 87. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Dixie Land Band -- 1980s, Ken Bloom, trombone; Dan Barr, tuba; Duane Peterson, Maurice Schuh, clarinet, Gary McDowell, trumpet, Two guys need ID. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Dabelsteen Band in 1926. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Max Conrad with an Aztec C airplane in 1966. During his early years as a pilot he barnstormed the country, stunting at county fairs in his plane, billed as “Daredevil Max Conrad, the Human Eagle.” Conrad flew a historic 34,000-mile trip around the world — over both poles — in 1969. For more historical photos and stories, visit our exclusive online section at winonadailynews.com/piecesofthepast.
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Wabasha III led his Dakota band from Wabasga's Prairie to a reservation in the north. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Orrin Smith, steamboat captain.
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Civil War Union Cpl. Irwin Shepard earned the nation's highest combat decoration for action during the seige of Knoxville, Tenn., in November 1863. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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An Indian camp near Winona. Just two years after the first claims were made by white settlers on Wa-Ba_Sha Prairie, the future site of Winona, the Dakota bands were on their way to reservations in the north. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Catherine (Fruit) Goddard Smith was born Nov. 21, 1812, in Derry, Pa., and became a leading citizen of early Winona. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Latsch Beach lifeguards in 1956, from left, Jerry Miller, Bruce Krings, Lloyd Luke, Jerry Ziebell and above Luke, Mike Hull. The John A. Latsch Public Baths was located on Latsch Island on the Mississippi River. For the picture, they wore old-time suits that could be rented at the bath house.
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Arnie's Bar and Dinette staff celebrated Winona's Steamboat Days in 1948 by men dressing as women and vice versa. Arnie's was located at 107 W. Third St. Pictured from left. Front row: Opal and Arnie Kohne. Middle row: Al Muras, Vivian Johnson, Millie Douglas, Ethel Nelton, Jack Kulas, Betty Ramer, Mavis Tebay and Bud Ehmeks. Back row: James Douglas, Eddie Kohner, Garnett Muras, Jerry Wallen, Art Little, Dick Buckley and Bill Casey. (Photo courtesy of Roger Staloch)
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Dr. Wild, D.D. Shelping pulls a parade wagon for The Mississippi, the largest floating dance pavilion with two orchestras, in 1910.
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In this undated photo, quarrymen shaped the stone hewn from Wabasha’s Cap into building stone and sidewalk slabs. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Winona Republican Herald carriers in 1930. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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James L. Ramer, Company B, 7th Minnesota Volunteers. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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A peanut vendor in 1925 in downtown Winona. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Undated photo of Winona U.S. Post Office mailmen. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Just Married! "Long live the Bride and groom, just married, none too soon. .. unidentified and undated. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Indian Delegation 1858 - Chief Wabash sitting in the center. (left to right) Standing -- Joseph R. Brown, Antoine J. Campbell, Has a War Club (?) , Andrew Robertson, Red Owl, Thomas A. Robertson, and nathaniel R. Brown; Sitting -- Mankato, Wabasha, and Henry Belland (?). (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Charles Goddard, Company K, 1st Minnesota Volunteers. Goddard was among the first to enlist in April 1861. He was 16 at the time. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Gate City Band on an outing on August 18, 1912. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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The Winona Teachers College men’s basketball team of 1929. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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Samuel Van Sant, inventor, entrepreneur, legislator and governor, in the uniform of the Grand Army of the Republic. Van Sant was elected commander-in-chief of the organization of Union veterans of the Civil War in 1910.
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Vigorous into his old age, Samuel Van Sant uses an ancestor of the rototiller to cultivate an orchard. Van Sant was the first, and only so far, Minnesota governor from Winona.
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Veterans of Company K gather at Gettysburg for the 50th anniverary of the most famous battle of the Civil War. “The First Minnesota has not been forgotten in their own state and never will be. They are welcomed into the hearts of the people as no other body of men can be,” the Winona Republican wrote Feb. 17, 1864.
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A group gathers for a picture during the Jones and Kroeger Patriotic Day Celebration on May 2, 1917, in Winona. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
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William Schellhas Brewery Employees, taken at Sugar Loaf in 1907. Back row (4) Cooney Rockwell, (5) Kurt Schellhas (7) William J. Schellhas, brewmaster. (Photo courtesy of Winona County Historical Society)
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An undated photo of a horse-drawn mobile home, with the Latsch building in the background, on East Second Street in downtown Winona.
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In this 1919 photo, the Winona Municipal Band takes a group shot in front of the Winona Public Library.
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Undated photo of a goat pulling a cart with Edmund Rogalla, left, and Harriet Bambenek-Cierzan, right, sitting and Stanley Rogalla standing in Winona. Stanley was born in 1909. (Photo courtesy of the Winona County Historical Society)
'Winona Experiment'
Max Conrad and students in the "Winona Experiment" group. From left is Gary Anderson, Marilyn (Anderson) Doebbert, Max Conrad and Ann Wing. The group was created to interest young people in aviation. The students learned basic flying skills and about aircraft construction and design.
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The guns at Fort Sumpter had barely fallen silent and Minnesota had entered the war.
The guns at Fort Sumpter had barely fallen silent and Minnesota had entered the war.
The guns at Fort Sumpter had barely fallen silent and Minnesota had entered the war.
In 1957, the highway left town and took the retail district with it.
In 1957, the highway left town and took the retail district with it.
In 1957, the highway left town and took the retail district with it.
