Graduation Photo Challenge We've all seen the senior photo challenge lately on social media.....in support of the graduating seniors of 2020 that are missing out on their last semester in school and ultimately missing their graduation ceremony, apparently if we post our senior photo this shows support and solidarity and will make them feel all better. Doubtful it's really helping but hopefully still providing some good laughs to see some of the amazingly awful (and some surprisingly really good) senior photos of graduates-past. I haven't had the courage to post mine. It was 1989 and a decade of perming my hair had finally taken its toll.....moving it from curls to straight out frizz. Here is a graduation photo that I find a bit more interesting than big, frizzy hair. Antonia Sutter Graduation Photo from Sacred Hearts 2-year Commercial Course, 1923. Note the pose with the typewriter. A century ago, Sacred Hearts School in Sun Prairie offered a...
Mautz's Tavern - A Historical Commentary.......... The Mautz Tavern and home has such an interesting past with so many artifacts still inside that I felt compelled to document as much of this part of my family history associated with the bar and residence as I can.This blog is my way of attempting to tell its story and processing all of the treasures of the past still in the home and the stories that go along with them.