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This part of the Monona Historical Museum web site is dedicated to Monona memorabilia - old photographs and postcards, postal covers, advertising items and events like parades or circuses that have occurred throughout the years. |
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Do you have some old area postcards or Monona advertising memorabilia at home? We would love to be able to display your items in this section of the Monona Historical Museum web site. Just take a digital photo or scan of your item, describe its history and e-mail it to us. We'll put it up right away. It's like making a donation to the museum, but it never has to leave your collection! |
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| The items below were given away by Monona and Monona area businesses in appreciation of their clients and customers. Often, they were given away around the Holidays, but in some cases were used as promotional items to promote sales.
Click on any of the photos below to see a larger photo. |
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This token was issued by Benzing Supply during the 1920's. It was good for one cent in trade.
(Courtesy of Jeff Abbas) |
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This bread knife was a holiday gift given away by the Mighty Nice Bakery. Each knife was engraved with: Mighty Nice Bakery - H. H. Matthews, Prop. - Monona, Iowa - Phone 25 The Mighty Nice Bakery opened in 1926. (Courtesy of Jeff Abbas) |
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This very interesting piece was possibly a cigar ash tray or a desktop container for small items like paper clips and pen tips. It was made by attaching a cast iron turkey foot to a small conch shell which had been cut in half. The message is hand painted. It was given away by J. A. Briar's Granite band Marble works in 1901.
(Courtesy of Jeff Abbas) |
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Utility spoon given away by the IGA Store - "Fresh Meats and Vegetables" - Monona, Iowa - Phone 65. There have been many incarnations of the IGA Store throughout the years. We are unsure of the owner at the time this was given away. The spoon measures exactly one tablespoon and has a lid lifter and bottle opener in the handle.
(Courtesy of Jeff Abbas) |
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Thermometer given away by Jarmes Dairy. The dairy began operation in 1935.
(Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Very pretty, gilt-edged plate given away by Killen and Company, John Killen, manager. Killen and Company began operation on Main Street in 1888.
(Store Photo with John Killen - Store Photo - Interior Photo) (Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Plate given away by W. C. Kruse, furniture dealer and undertaker, 1911.
(Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Calendar given away by H. Leslie Leas Company, Manufacturers and Fabricators of furnace stokers, ca. 1937.
(Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Souvenir Plate from Monona - date unknown
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Construction of the Monona State Bank began in 1914 and was completed in 1915. The building is located at the corner of Center and Page Streets and today houses the dental practice of Dr. Pamela Schweitzer.
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Monona rail depot - winter 1909
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Monona Leader (left) and P. W. McLelleand General Merchandise (right) - 1894. This photo is a great shot of early Monona; you can clearly see the boardwalk in front, the blanketed horse awaiting the ride home and many other details from a time long ago. The Monona Leader was the local newspaper - we have the original newspapers on file from 1892 through the present day in the Willa Helwig History Center.
(Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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L. A. Walch Garage and Ford Automobiles and Wiegand Machine Shop -1915. Of note in this photograph is the old steam tractor parked in front of the machine shop in the lower right hand corner and the Ford logo on the end of the building. This building is now a private residence but the old Ford logo was restored to its original elegance when the building was converted to a home.
(Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Mista Shoe Store on Main Street. This building was demolished to make way for the new bank building. Photo taken around 1900.
(Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Souvenir postcard from Monona. Scenes, clockwise from upper left: depot, Lover's Lane, street scene, residential street, high school, city park, Main street - south side.
Card was mailed from Froelich, Iowa to Marion, South Dakota on 9/13/14. Message: (Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Scene depicting the office of Dr.'s Renshaw and Everall in Monona, Iowa
Postcard mailed from Monona, Iowa to Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts on 12/23/05. Short message written in the margins on the front of the card: (Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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Monona City Park scene.
Postcard sent from Monona to Froelich on 4/16/07. Message: |
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Another, later postcard featuring the Monona City Park.
Date unknown; printed by the Pocket City Postcard Company, McGregor, Iowa. If you look closely in the larger view, you can see the old cannon that sat in the park for many years. Unused card (Monona Historical Museum collection) |
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