Cross-posted from The Hanneman Archive Over the past several years, I’ve done restoration and cleaningof many grave monuments across Wisconsin. Since the special chemicals used to clean the monuments can take a month or more to take full effect, I don’t often see the final, final product. So I was very impressed with a photograph … More Good Evidence of the Value of Cleaning Cemetery Headstones
Sometimes, family heirlooms almost drop in your lap. This is from our sister site, Hanneman Archive: I heard the answering machine pick up a call in my office. Normally they are hangups or some robo-call, but I sensed this was different. I strained to hear what the woman was saying. It was clear it was … More When Heirlooms Drop in Your Lap
A wonderful way to remember a departed loved one is through use of a tribute video. These can be done to show at a visitation, or anytime to share with family and friends. We used a fairly simple program called iMovie on an Apple iMac to create the video at the link below. The video … More Remembrance in Video
From The Hanneman Archive The September 1960 Chicago plane crash that killed all six members of the Richard Rickman familywas caused by a faulty engine valve and an intense oil fire, according to a federal investigation report obtained through the National Archives. Richard E. Rickman, 34,was flying his wife and four children from Wisconsin Rapids to … More Tragic Rickman Air Crash Caused by Fire, Faulty Part
I have to chuckle at the image above, showing a U.S. Navy man during World War II. Inside the car behind him, his younger sister is doing the 1940s version of the photobomb. The look on her face is priceless: “Gotcha!” Ah, the small details that can be found in vintage photos! We used a … More Vintage Photos Make Great Postcards
Cemeteries should be timeless venues where descendants can visit the resting places of their ancestors. Lichens, black mold and airborne pollutants wage a silent assault on the grave monuments that pay tribute to the dead. But with a good, careful cleaning, these stone remembrances can be saved from eventual destruction. Today’s cemetery headstones are better … More Save Historic Gravestones with a Good Cleaning
Call them doughnuts, crop circles, Cheerios or any other term you like. One thing was clear: I could not post and share this vintage photo from the late 1920s with hundreds of circular marks infecting every corner of the image. I looked at this photo many times over the years and sighed at the thought of … More Removing ‘Crop Circles’ from a Vintage Photo
It is a concept expressed many times throughout history: rewards require dedication and hard work. Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States, put it this way: “You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessing.” It is but one variant of a time-honored theme: no guts, no glory; no cross, no crown. Our image … More Treasured Wisdom from Andrew Jackson
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In 1946, my grandfather wrote a charming article for the Wisconsin State Journal about the English wife of a U.S. soldier who came to Mauston, Wis., to find a fully furnished home waiting for her. It seems the story of Charles Grinolds and his new bride, Margaret, got noticed…
It has long been called the “wonder drug.” No brand name has been so closely tied to the drug aspirin as Bayer, as demonstrated by this series of 1926 newspaper advertisements. Aspirin was promoted as a reliever of pain and fever, helping patients who suffer from colds, toothaches, sore throats, arthritis and many other maladies. … More Ads in History: 1926 Bayer Aspirin
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