The little treasures (Volume 27)

Onward we roll, grateful for unlimited space!

Contributor: Don Anderson

Date of pictures: 1951 to 1953

Date of contribution: November 16, 2016

Caption: “Our family found several pictures that my deceased father took while serving in the Korean War.

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The little treasures (Volume 26)

Believe it or not, we are still not near the end of the photographs and captions that never found space in the daily-newsprint Bulletin Board.

Onward!

Giant mushrooms

Contributor: Phyllis Bernards

Date of picture: September 21, 2010

Date of contribution: October 7, 2010

Caption: “Sept. 9th saw a mushroom picture [in Bulletin Board]. My husband and I walked around Bennett Lake not long after and happened to look in the wooded area near County Road C and Victoria, and there were two large mushrooms.

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What sort of magic can you do at noon on the day of February’s full moon? Go ask an Italian!

Here & There

Writes Grandma Pat, “formerly of rural Roberts, Wisconsin”: “Subject: Apples.

“I recently read an article about a new apple variety that was just developed at the University of Minnesota. [Bulletin Board notes: Triumph™!] That brought back an ‘apple memory’ of several years ago:

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The little treasures (Volume 25)

Yet again we dig into our heretofore unpublished photos and captions, submitted during the daily-newsprint era of Bulletin Board (1990 to 2016).

bread making

Contributor: A.M.P. of Oak Park Heights

Date of picture: 1971

Date of contribution: Unknown

Caption: “After looking at many old pictures, I came across this one from 1971. My daughter Mary Ellen couldn’t wait for a slice; she first had to sample some of  her dad’s bread. 

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The little treasures (Volume 24)

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.)

Brevold kids on horse

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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