HISTORY WANTED!
Below is a list of photos and items the De Pere
Historical Society is in search of obtaining a scanned image or donated
copy. If you have something listed below and would like to donate or share
it, please contact White Pillars at 336-3877. If you are hesitant to donate
an original photograph, consider allowing the Historical Society to scan the
image and add it to the collection.
With your help and a little luck, the Historical Society will be able to
secure a few photographs and will share them with you during the monthly
Historic Photo Shows and future newsletters.
Memorialize
Alexander P. Schmidt Brewery
Attorney Dennison Wheelock’s Office
Baptist Church on the west side
Cook’s Opera House
De Pere Brewing Company.
De Pere Canning Company
De Pere Lumber & Fuel Co.
De Pere Terra Cotta Company
Economy Store
Family grocery & dry goods stores, prior to 1980.
First telephone switchboard in De Pere
A copy of the Dutch newspaper De Gids published by former Mayor John Smith.
Sketch of first St. Joseph's church, before it was destroyed by fire in 1889
Preserve History
Five generation photos, prior to 1950.
Flag Park
Frontier House
German Episcopal church on the east side.
Homes prior to 1950.
Lawtontown School.
Legion Hall on Michigan St.
Lyons Boiler Works
Methodist Episcopal church on the east side.
John C., Marie, Catherine (Cooper) Outhwaite
Remember
Northwestern Hotel
Old gas stations
Old St. Boniface grade school before the addition.
Oneida Knitting Mill
Original St. Joseph Church, before it burned in 1889.
Reinhart Shoes
Sorenson Shipyard
Steinfeldt Pump Factory
The Fox Steamer
Tobey’s Beach
De Pere area business ledgers prior to 1930.
Gustav Pratsch Jr., Leland Pratsch, Fred Pratsch in side their father's hardware store on Broadway.
For Future Generations
Van Beckum Shoe Store.
VandeBrand’s Bakery
VandeWalle’s Bakery
Wedding photographs, prior to 1950.
West De Pere Agricultural Works
West De Pere Depot before 1913 when it was a wooden structure.
West De Pere High School
Wilcox Laundry
Willard & Hurd Steamworks Company
Dr. J. P. Lenfesty & wife Josephine, in De Pere's first automobile
If you have a copy of any of these items that you would like to share, please send an email to info@deperehistoricalsociety.org or call White Pillars at 920-336-3877