From: "Seymour, Janet I" <DYKEMAJI@uwec.edu> Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 09:58:17 -0500 Subject: List Serve - Winneconne Historical Society news Message-ID: <EEA4CA65D05DC54E874A89D9F518681953F0B2BBB8@CHERRYCOKE.uwec.edu>
The Winneconne Historical Complex of five buildings will be opening May
24th,1:30 - 4:30 P.M. and will be open every Sunday afternoon
thereafter until Labor Day. Buildings are in a cluster at the corner
of West Main Street and 6th Street in Marble Park, Winneconne, where
there are picnic tables, a swimming pool and playground for children.
A nice place to spend a Sunday. Admission to the buildings is free.
Donations are appreciated. Special tours during the week may be
arranged by calling 920-582-7643.
The buildings consist of a Railroad Depot, a One-Room Schoolhouse, a
Little House (Victorian setting), the Kay Wilde Doll Cottage, and a
Steamboat House that has two actual steamboat cabins inside.
Beginning May 24th, a special exhibit in the Steamboat House, will
feature the original black and white photographs of Beatrice Tonnesen.
This was a collection recently uncovered with some photos never before
seen by the public. Beatrice, born in Winneconne, in 1871, became the
first recognized woman portrait photographer and the first woman
photographer to use live models for her photos used in advertising.
She and her sister, Clara, known as the Tonnesen Sisters ran a
successful business on Michigan Avenue in Chicago in the late 1800 and
early 1900's. Google BeatriceTonnesen.com to learn more.
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Marjorie Eid