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Northwoods Center 207, Northwoods Center 208, Northwoods Center 209
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Event Locator: 2025-AAKHLL
LOST AND FOUND: THE HIDDEN PHOTO ARCHIVES OF THE RHINELANDER DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, March 10
1:00 PM
Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209
Instructor: Kerry Bloedorn
For decades, the Rhinelander Daily News captured the pulse of the Northwoods through the lenses of its photographers and the words of its reporters. Over time, the paper changed ownership several times and its vast collection of photo negatives was believed to be lost or discarded altogether. Recently rediscovered, this remarkable archive holds a treasure trove of historic images spanning the 1950s through the 1990s offering a vivid window into Rhinelander’s people, places, and progress. For the first time since their rediscovery, these images will be shared publicly revealing everyday life, local landmarks, and community stories long unseen. Join Northwoods historian Kerry Bloedorn for a fascinating visual journey through these newly unearthed photographs and experience a trip through time as the community’s story unfolds through the eyes of its photographers and writers such as Kris Gilbertson and
Tom Michelle.
Kerry Bloedorn is the director of Rhinelander’s Pioneer Park Historical Complex, host of WJFW’s, Connecting the Dots and WXPR’s Northwoods, Moment in History. He also writes for New North Magazine.
Learning in Retirement
715.365.4544
LIR@nicoletcollege.edu
Event Locator: 2025-AAKHLL
LOST AND FOUND: THE HIDDEN PHOTO ARCHIVES OF THE RHINELANDER DAILY NEWS
Tuesday, March 10
1:00 PM
Nicolet College, Northwoods Center 207-209
Instructor: Kerry Bloedorn
For decades, the Rhinelander Daily News captured the pulse of the Northwoods through the lenses of its photographers and the words of its reporters. Over time, the paper changed ownership several times and its vast collection of photo negatives was believed to be lost or discarded altogether. Recently rediscovered, this remarkable archive holds a treasure trove of historic images spanning the 1950s through the 1990s offering a vivid window into Rhinelander’s people, places, and progress. For the first time since their rediscovery, these images will be shared publicly revealing everyday life, local landmarks, and community stories long unseen. Join Northwoods historian Kerry Bloedorn for a fascinating visual journey through these newly unearthed photographs and experience a trip through time as the community’s story unfolds through the eyes of its photographers and writers such as Kris Gilbertson and
Tom Michelle.
Kerry Bloedorn is the director of Rhinelander’s Pioneer Park Historical Complex, host of WJFW’s, Connecting the Dots and WXPR’s Northwoods, Moment in History. He also writes for New North Magazine.
Learning in Retirement
715.365.4544
LIR@nicoletcollege.edu