Fair Booth and Historic Picture Judging
The results of and information about the historic picture judging at our booth this year at the Wisconsin Valley Fair.
The results of and information about the historic picture judging at our booth this year at the Wisconsin Valley Fair.
During his time volunteering with our image digitization program, Ray Wery scanned and preserved hundreds of historic images of Marathon County. This panoramic photo of a 1912 baseball game was one of his favorites.
On June 9th, 1914, over 12,000 people gathered in downtown Wausau for the unveiling of a new sign over the city hall. The new sign stood thirty feet tall, with hundreds of electric lights to illuminate the massive letters that spelled out the new city slogan: WORK FOR WAUSAU.