On and on we go, FINALLY publishing photographs and captions sent to us back in the newsprint-only years, when we generally had space for only a single picture each day. No such limitations now! (O, highfalutin pleasures.)
Contributor: Betty
Date of picture: 1934
Date of contribution: ca. 2010
Caption: “The Brevold kids on ‘Black Beauty’: big brother Howard Jr., deceased, Betty & Curt. Taken in 1934. Happy 80th birthday, Curt!”
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Contributor: Bill Bender of Anoka
Date of picture: Spring 2003
Date of contribution: August 23, 2012
Caption: “Nine years ago, our daughter, Jo, snapped this picture of me sitting on the dock at our cabin holding her year-old son. I didn’t realize she had taken the picture and was pleasantly surprised several weeks later when she gave it to me framed, along with a verse she had written describing her thoughts that afternoon. In the years since then, she and her husband, and now two sons, have visited our cabin many times, and all of the things she whispered have come true, plus much more. I thought your readers might enjoy the verse, which is a wonderful example of a mother’s love and wishes for her first-born child on a beautiful day at the lake nine years ago.”
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Contributor: Brian Solie of Stanley, Wisconsin
Date of picture: 1943
Date of contribution: February 10, 2016
Caption: “I received this picture from a cousin recently, and thought you might be interested in using it in the Bulletin Board section of the paper. I call it ‘Cousins out for a stroll.’
“It’s a picture of my cousin Bonnie Kolstad, age 2, and myself, age 4, taking a walk in in 1943, in Stanley, Wisconsin (Western Wisconsin), on a summer day.”
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Contributor: Grampie from Lake Elmo
Date of picture: Unknown
Date of contribution: Unknown
Caption: “My daughter is innovative and also very handy. For different occasions, she will make costumes for her children. (They have seven.) In this picture, she has made outfits to resemble the ‘March of the Toy Soldiers.’ She makes them all from scratch, even making the hats to fit each child. She also made the guns.
“P.S. I have other pictures if you’re interested.”
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Contributor: Mary Walsh of Minneapolis
Date of picture: 1918
Date of contribution: Unknown
Caption: “I’d like to share this 1918 photo of my mother, Alice Brookman (standing), and May Kelly, sitting on the running board of this ‘vehicle’ with top down, which was apparently used to haul milk from the Brookman farm in Woodbury. May — school teacher at the local District 41 one-room schoolhouse — boarded at the Brookmans’ home. These two ladies married cousins Leo Schiltgen and Joe Schiltgen. I know nothing more about this truck except what you see in the photo.”
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Contributor: Dotes (and Russell) Knoblauch
Dates of pictures: Unknown and August 1936
Date of contribution: January 25, 2010
Caption: “The better half is an 88-year-old farmer who loves old pictures. We read and enjoy the Board every day.
“The 12-year-old boy with the cart is his brother Wilmer. The cart was made by their great-uncle, who came from Germany and lived in Minnesota for two years. The pony’s name was Buster. The dog was Bob.
“The man on the grain binder is Russell’s father, Frank. The fellow on the tractor is Russell. And the guy shocking the grain bundles is Wilmer. The picture was taken in August of 1936.
“Please use them if you wish.
“Written by the other half. Excuse the poor penmanship.”
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