Travel Back in Time to Neenah

Neenah, whose name comes from the Ho-Chunk word for “running water,” is well placed on the banks of Lake Winnebago and the Fox River. The location of the city spurred agriculture, trade, and a booming paper industry. Images are from Neenah Public Library and in their wonderful digital collection: https://search.library.wisc.edu/digital/ANeenahLocHist.

Wisconsin Avenue and downtown Neenah in the 1870’s. The W. P. Peckham Hardware store can be seen and in the background is the Fox River and Little Lake Butte des Morts.
William Krueger Company delivery wagon, 107 West Wisconsin Avenue, Neenah.
Downtown Neenah, Wisconsin Avenue, ca. 1880-ca. 1889.
Anspach’s Department Store located on 100 E. Wisconsin Avenue was owned by Herman F. Anspach. The building was destroyed by a fire on September 19, 1910.
Anspach’s reborn. The Anspach Department Store stood on the northeast corner of Wisconsin Avenue and Commercial Street. The original building was destroyed by a fire in 1910. In the 1930s, the building became home to Woolworth’s.
The north side of West Wisconsin Avenue facing east. Businesses on the far left include the Universal Grocery Company (141 W. Wisconsin Ave.), F. W. Woolworth 5 and 10 Cent Store (139 W. Wisconsin Ave.), A and P Tea Company (137 W. Wisconsin Ave.), Witte Electric Company (133 W. Wisconsin Ave.), and Jerrold’s Clothiers (129 W. Wisconsin Ave.), ca. 1932.
Aerial view of the Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill on the Fox River in Neenah.
This photograph shows the south side of the 100 block of West Wisconsin Avenue in the 1960s. Businesses in the photograph include the Tews Shop (110 W. Wisconsin Avenue), Kiefer Men’s Wear (112 W. Wisconsin Avenue), and Jandreys (120 W. Wisconsin Avenue). ca. 1966-ca. 1969.