Fall 2017 • Vol. 2, Issue 14 Exhibit honors area military veterans Area armed installations that have in turn service FRQWULEXWHGVLJQLÀFDQWO\WR members the growth of the local econ- have con- omy. tributed to every major On display through the end U.S. military of the year, the exhibit show- effort from cases uniforms, weaponry the Civil War DQGHTXLSPHQWIURPWKH&LYLO to the on- War, Spanish-American War, The Sioux City Public Museum’s current exhibit, Honoring Our Armed going con- World War I, World War II, Ko- Services: 1861-2017 is on display through December 31, 2017. ÁLFWVLQ,UDT rean War, War, Des- he military contributions Afghanistan and Syria. From ert Storm and the post-9/11 of Siouxland residents the earliest days of settle- wars. Also highlighted are Tpast and present are ment, Siouxlanders have en- (continued on page 2) featured in the Sioux City tered military service at their Public Museum’s current nation’s call. Sioux City and Inside: exhibit, Honoring Our Armed the surrounding region have FY 2017 annual report Services: 1861-2017. also hosted numerous military Traveling exhibit highlights iconic wonderland or more than 150 This excitement is brought years, Coney Island, to life in Coney Island: Fa strip of sand at the Visions of an American mouth of New York Harbor, Dreamland on display at the has occupied a singular Sioux City Public Museum place in the American through January 7, 2018. imagination. From the The new traveling exhibit beginning as a watering shows visitors how Coney hole for the wealthy, Island’s magnetic world of

through its transformation attractions has become a Admission ticket to George Tilyou’s Stee- into an amusement and touchstone for American plechase Park, Coney Island, NY, c. 1897; entertainment mecca for mass culture and popular Private collection. the masses, to its struggle for recreation. was organized by Wadsworth renewal in recent decades, Atheneum Museum of Art, an extraordinary array of Made possible by NEH on Hartford, CT, in partnership artists have viewed Coney the Road, a special initiative with Mid-America Arts Island as a microcosm of the of the National Endowment Alliance, Kansas City, MO. American experience. for the Humanities, the exhibit (cont’d on inside back cover)

The Sioux City Public Museum collects, preserves, and interprets cultural and social history with an emphasis on Sioux City and the region.

3(1,1* Armed Services (continued from page 1) important military installations in the Sioux City area during the past 160 years. A slide- show features historic photo- graphs of area military in- stallations, service members, and veteran’s organizations.

In conjunction with the exhib- it, the JROTC displayed other military uniforms from the Museum’s collection at area “The two exhibits were very each war represented in the public schools. Curator of complementary to each exhibit with their correspond- History Matt Anderson gave other, showcasing the brav- ing dates and artifacts locat- an exhibit tour on Sunday, ery of our local residents,” ed throughout the exhibit. October 15. said Steve Hansen, Museum Director. The next program is “Over During Fire Prevention Month, Here – The World War I Home- ÀUHÀJKWLQJLPDJHVRI6LRX[ A family-oriented scavenger front in Sioux City” presented &LW\)LUH5HVFXHE\SUROLÀF hunt was held over Veteran’s by Steve Warnstadt of West- local photographer George Day weekend, November 10- ern Tech Community Lindblade were displayed in 12. The challenging learning College, on Sunday, Novem- the exhibit, Fully Involved. DFWLYLW\UHTXLUHGPDWFKLQJ ber 19 at 2 p.m.

Volunteer Spotlight Sue Waples

ith more than 290 VLJQLÀFDQW/LQGHQZDQWHG hours of service Sue to receive credit in the Win the past year, promotional materials. Sue Waples is one of the dedicated volunteers for Sue was born and raised in the Museum Research Pisgah, Iowa, a small town Center. Since she began about 50 miles south of Sioux volunteering in 2014, she City. She and her husband, has spent much of her time Doug, later moved to Sioux scanning scrapbooks and City after he was honorably newspapers for use by future discharged from the Army researchers. Waples had the opportunity to raise their family. Along to explore her Irish heritage with her two sons, she has “Working in the Archives when she assisted former a daughter-in-law and two has been an incredibly Museum Curator of History grandsons. She has lived in interesting experience,” said Grace Linden with compiling Sioux City for 45 years. Sue. “Sioux City’s history is photographs for a History fascinating and I like to think at High Noon program “The staff are so knowledge- that I’m helping to preserve last November. Her role in able and friendly,” said Sue. it for future generations, creating “The Irish in Sioux “They make working here including my grandsons.” City” presentation was so fun.” Sioux City Museum & Historical Association ANNUAL REPORT

Fiscal Year 2016 – 2017 • July 1, 2016 – June 30, 2017 Sioux City Public Museum Left: Matt Anderson, Curator of History, showed military uniforms and artifacts to the Health Academy and JROTC students in February 2017.

Right: In June 2017, students in the NASA summer camp learned about precautions of viewing the sun and the eclipse later in the summer.

Lower right: Museum Director Steve Hansen welcomed a delegation from the USS Sioux City planning committee and accepted their donation of memorabilia in March 2017. The Sioux City Public Museum “Backstage had a very successful year Pass” and “The developing new programs Hidden Works and continuing to reach of Jay N. ‘Ding’ traditional audiences. In the Darling” and summer, Museum Education even a brewery staff, interns and volunteers tour with “A His- provided many public pro- tory of Brewing grams. Collaborations contin- in Sioux City.” ued with Beyond the Bell and See the follow- Girls Inc., for educational op- ing page for portunities for these groups. photos of more exhibit events. Outreach programs contin- ued to thrive, with staff mem- Attendance/Service Statistics bers conducting programs at

Sioux City Public Museum – 40,427 elementary schools, commu- nity groups, county fairs and Number of educational programs senior centers. Hundreds of Children – 67 School – 88 Adult – 32 Outreach – 35 people learned about local Guided adult tours/programs – 6 history through these success- Total number of educational programs – 228 ful outreach activities. Sgt. Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center – 21,618 Special events were offered Outreach, Research, and – 4,690 in conjunction with several exhibits, with receptions for TOTAL – 66,735 The Sioux City Public Museum collects, preserves, and interprets cultural and social history with an emphasis on Sioux City and the region. Director’s Report by Steve Hansen reparing the annual re- annual events. Many of you dedicated volunteers and port/newsletter provides have mentioned how many a very extensive collection PDWLPHIRUUHÁHFWLRQDQG buses we regularly have out- all add up to a combination is a reality gauge on how the side the building, which is in- that allows us to deliver so Museum sites have served dicative of our strong school much to our guests. the community throughout tour program and increasing- the year. As you make your ly adult tour groups from the This is my 15th “Museum An- way through this edition, I tri-state area and beyond. nual Report” and I believe would be happy to receive that each year we continue your feedback regarding our Our success is to improve and contribute past performance and what your success... JUHDWO\WRWKHTXDOLW\RIOLIH we can offer moving forward in Sioux City. I also recog- to better serve our guests. Our success is your success nize that we can continue as none of this would be to grow and raise the bar This past year brought a won- possible without the support of service even higher. I am derful range of exhibits, ex- we receive from our com- convinced this will happen cellent educational offerings munity and our City Council. especially with your support and numerous special events This support coupled with and that together we will and programs along with our an incredibly talented staff, continue to make history. FY17 Temporary Museum Exhibitions June 17 - August 7, 2016 October 28 - November 5, 2016 March 31 - May 7, 2017 Backstage Pass: Baron Wolman Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Tolerance Week Exhibits: and the Early Years of Rolling Dead Altars Diaries of Humanity/Vernon Tott Stone 1967-1970/Uncle John Photograph Collection Records Murals November 12, 2016 - January 8, 2017 A Photo Album of Ireland May 19 - August 13, 2017 July 8 - August 14, 2016 The Hidden Works of Wandering Spirit: African Wax Prints December 9, 2016 - March 19, 2017 Jay N. “Ding” Darling A History of Brewing in Sioux City September 9 - November 27, 2016 June 17 - August 6, 2017 New to You: March 18 - May 13, 2017 Vibrant Bounty: Chinese Folk Art Recent Artifact Donations Sioux City History Projects from the Shaanxi Region Special exhibit-related programs Below: “A Photo Album of Ireland” curator Trish Lambe of Dublin gave presenta- tions to high school students as well as a gallery talk at a reception in December 2016. “A Photo Album of Ireland” is a program of ExhibitsUSA, a national division of Mid-America Arts Alliance and The National Endowment for the Arts.

Holocaust survivor Inge Auerbacher talked with the media in front of the “Diaries of Humanities” exhibit as part of Tolerance Week in Sioux City. More than 80 people attended the exhibit opening at the Museum, which included a presentation by Auerbacher, and gallery tour by Matt Anderson, Curator of History. ANNUAL REPORT • 2 Artifact Donations The Sioux City Public Museum • Kaboom: The True Story of the Pow- received 255 separate donations der House Blast from 201 donors in FY16. The esti- • Maria, an autobiography of Maria E. mated 10,589 individual objects, 5XQGTXLVW Sioux City Fire • McKeown’s Price Guide to Antique & photographs and manuscript col- Department Classic Cameras “Retired” Badge lections represent a 10% increase • Meat: Selection, Preparation, and RIIRUPHUÀUHPDQ Marvin L. Sager RYHUWKHSUHYLRXVÀVFDO\HDU 100 Ways to Serve cookbook from Artwork/Music Armour & Co. from the mid- 1940s. • “Army Taps” audio tape • 2IÀFLDO0RUQLQJVLGH&HQWHQQLDO%RRN • All-America Concert Band 27th • Progress on Iowa’s Highways 1955- Estate, Plaza Bowl, Rudolph’s Shoe Annual Christmas Concert CD 1956 booklet Mart, Sadoff’s, Schmoeller & Mueller • Autoharp and clarinet • Sioux City Journal 1905 souvenir Piano Co., Seaboard Triumph Foods, • Charcoal drawing of Carol Jandt booklet Security National Bank, Sioux City • Drawing of Sioux City High School/ • Sioux City Memories II: The 1940, Brewing Co., Sioux City Brick & Tile, Central High School 1950s and 1960s Sioux City Journal, Sioux City Statio- • Painting of Fourth Street from Cities • Sioux City Municipal Auditorium Dedi- nery Co., Sioux City Stock Yards Co., of the Northern Plains series cation Program Skyline Bar, St. Luke’s Hospital, The • Paintings by James Howard • St. Louis’ Big League Ballparks First Edition, Thompson Electric, Toller • Phonograph records of “Sioux City • Telephones, Antique to Modern: A Drug Co., Toy National Bank, W. H. Sue” sung by Merle Travis, “Happy Collector’s Guide Beck & Co. Jewelers, Wings Aviation, Birthday,” Christmas music, and • The Bluejackets’ Manual, 1943 Inc., and Younkers Swedish folk songs • The Gospel Mission: Divine Guidance • Albers Whirlwind Windcharger, 1934 • Portrait of Native American by • The Story of Iowa: The Progress of an • Belle of Sioux City Casino poker chips Edward S. Curtis, 1908 American State, Vol I & II • Beverage jug from Rio Products Co. • Sheet music • The Story of the 168th Infantry, Vol I • Bookcase sold by T. S. Martin & Co. • Still life painting by Winifred Story & II • Bottles from F. W. Lane, Hathaway • Water color painting of a winter • The Yards: A Way of Life and A Way Beverages and Sioux City Brewing scene by Gulbrand Sether of Life II: Stories From the Yards Co. • Water color painting of sheep by J. • Third annual Siouxland Cookbook • Catalogs: Gunderson’s Jewelry, Matthews • Three Pep Skits by T. J. Hatton Pelletier Dept. Store, T. S. Martin Co., • Through the Looking-Glass in Words and West Side Harness Co. Books/Booklets of One Syllable • Checks from Morningside Savings • A Self-Guided Walking Tour of the • 862IÀFLDO3LFWXUHVRIWKH:RUOG:DU Bank Milwaukee Railraod Shops booklet • William Shakespeare’s Henry VI, Part I • First National Bank re-opening paper- • A Postal History of Sioux City • Your Neighbor Lady cookbook from work • Adolph Hitler pictorial book, 1936 WNAX • Flyers from Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, • Adventures in Travel booklet Rice Bros., and Sioux City Dressed • ’s First Lady: Helene Hatha- Business Artifacts Beef way, Robinson Britton, and the St. • Advertising from A. J. Bradstreet • Gateway computer/software Louis Cardinals Dairy, AAA, Aladdin’s Castle, Albert • Hats made by the Orpheum Hat • Blame it on Music, by T. J. Hatton Lindholm Co., Baklund Insurance, Shop • Centurama Centennial program Inc., Bilt-Rite Furniture Co., Boulevard • Jack F. Boulden Construction enve- • Children’s books from 1883-1944 Food Store, Buckwalter Realty, Busy lopes • Corn Palaces and Butter Queens: A Bee Shoe Repair, Chas. O. Robinson • Johnson Biscuit Co. candy box History of Crop and Dairy Sculpture &R&KHVWHUÀHOG6WHDN+RXVH • .&$879SURGXFWLRQHTXLSPHQWDQG • Comic books from the 1950s Chet Joslin Agency, Davidson Bros. photographs • Country Churches on the Prairie Department Store, Dividend Bonded • Letters from American Pop Corn Co., • Distinctive Recipes for the Housewife Gas, El Fredo Pizza, Family Pet Hos- Corn Belt Commission Co., and Farm- and Hostess cookbook from Chester- pital, Fethkes’ Cleaners, First Federal er’s Union Livestock Commission Co. man Co. Loan & Savings Bank, First National • /LYHVWRFN(TXLSPHQW&RKRJRLOHU • Encyclopedia of Collectibles set Bank, Firstar Bank, Gateway, Gehan • Michael Seed Store invoice • Farmer in Sweden - Grocer in Sioux Livestock Marketing Agency, H & H • Milk carton from Roberts Dairy City: The Story of Nels Welin and His Shoe Co., H. L. Hathaway Co., Hanna • Milk crates from Wells Dairy Family Realty, Hannel Cellars Winery, Hayes • Notepads from Johnson-Hempstead • Finley and Rath’s Map of Sioux City, Motor Co., Ho-Chunk, Hollywood and Sioux City Livestock Commission 1988 Casino, Hotel Mayfair, IZZON Photo- • Quick Grip paper clip canister • Harvard Classic Books, 1909-1911 booth, Jolin Lighting, Karlton’s Cloth- • Receipt from Terminal Grain • History of Chesterman Co. LHUV.QRHSÁHU&KHYUROHW.6&-DQG Corp. • History of the Swedes Who Settled in KTRI Radio, Laurence’s Food Store, • Sioux City Stock Yards documents, Clay County, South Dakota and Their Livestock National Bank, Max Rosen- history booklet and livestock tag Biographies stock & Co., McCracken Company, • Vials used by Robb-Ross • History of the Weare Chapel at St. Mercy Medical, Metz Baking, Modern • Zenith portable radio Thomas Episcopal Church booklet Engineering Co., Nagel & Delfs Real (continued on next page) 3 • ANNUAL REPORT Artifact Donations Cultural/Organizations/Religious • Leeds Junior High School music letter • State Judge Donald E. O’Brien’s • Abu-Bekr fez decoration • Morningside College key chain and judge robes, stamp, and portrait • Advertising from American Red yearbooks • Two WWII uniforms of Hollis Stabler Cross, Kiwanis, Mid-Step Services, Op- • 3ODTXHKRQRULQJ7RP3HWHUVRQIRU- • U. S. Army Signal Corps mine detec- portunities Unlimited, and Siouxland merly located at Bryant Elementary tor District Health Dept. School • U. S. Census 2010 pad • “Awesome Biker Nights” event poster • Riverside High School letter sweater • U.S. Flag from Senator Harkin • American Legion Monahan Post • Scrapbook from the Grant School • Marine Corps uniform Band uniform of Whitey Larsen PTA and Smith School PTA of Paul Hirschbach • Bible from First Congregational • Sioux City Central High School • USS Sioux City materials Church buttons, reunion scrapbooks, and • Wilbur Aalfs Library poster • Boy Scout hat and handbooks from yearbooks • WWII Army uniform of Arthur F. Han- the Boy and Girl Scouts • Sioux City East High School athletic sen • Brass ticket for the Orpheum Theatre letter, Class of 1947 43rd Reunion • WWII Honorable Discharge folder Grand Re-Opening program, and yearbooks • WWII naval hat of Fred Davenport, Jr. • Bulletin from Redeemer Lutheran • Sioux City East Junior Latin notebook • WWII Navy uniform of Sam Seldon Church • Sioux City High School souvenir • Central Baptist Church printing plates spoon, 1905 Household/Personal Artifacts/Tools • Dance ticket from the Tomba Ball- • Sioux City North Junior • Anheuser-Busch Budweiser crate room 1953 uniforms, photographs, postcard and • Ashtray and cigar boxes • Document collections from Ameri- PTA minutes 1973-1980 • Baby dolls and clothes, dollhouse, can Association of University Women, and Barbie dolls Fortnightly Study Club, Portfolio Book • Cabinet plane and clevice Club, Rotary Club, Sioux City Inter- • &DPHUDVDQGFDPHUDÁDVKHV state Metropolitan Planning Council • Carpetbag and wooden travel trunk (SIMPCO), and Siouxland Samplers • Cellular phones Quilt Guild • Christmas lights and decorations • Dorothy Peacaut Nature Center’s • Clothes iron “Nature Calls” event invitation • Collection of German steins • I. O. O. F. membership medals • Conservo Steam canner • LifeServe Blood Center T-shirt • Dictating machine and radios • Northwestern Iowa Veterans Associ- • Embroidery hoop ation pin $PRQJWKHVLJQLÀFDQWGRQDWLRQVZDVD • Eyeglasses • 3ODTXHIURP7ULQLW\/XWKHUDQ&KXUFK settee made by renowned furniture-maker • Gambling pull-tab cards/punch • Programs from the Sioux City Art George Hunzinger. Donated by the Cohen boards Center, Sioux City Community The- family for the Peirce Mansion, the settee • Glass bottles atre, Sioux City Symphony Orchestra, underwent extensive restoration. • Glitter vials Siouxland Barbershop Quartet, and • Horse saddle/tack of Whit Dawkins St. James Methodist Church • University of Iowa and University of • Inkstand • River-Cade programs South Dakota yearbooks • Iron transfers • Scandinavian Sommerfest coffee • Western Iowa Tech notepads • Meat grinder and nut sheller mug • Whittier Elementary School key fobs • Miniature cast iron stove • Sioux City Art Center paperweight and magnets • Moustache care kit • Sioux City Black Homecoming docu- • 3DWFKZRUNTXLOW ments and T-shirts Government/Military/Political • Powder horn • Sioux City Bowling Club ashtray • Belt buckle from the Sioux City Cen- • “Pride of Sioux City” board game • Sioux City Mardi Gras 1956 bumper tennial celebration • Railroad spike and clip sticker • Bob Kerrey campaign button • Rope shoes from the Philippines • Sioux City Municipal Band instruments • Campaign posters for Gov. Bobby • Safety razor blades and podium Jindal, President Richard Nixon, and • Settee by George Hunzinger • Sioux City Sue movie poster Sen. Bernie Sanders • Sioux papoose cradle board • St. John Lutheran Church annual • City of Sioux City promotional items • Slide projectors/viewers report 2016 • )LUHÀJKWHUV·FKLOGUHQ·VFODVVDZDUG • Stereoviewers • Swedish Midsummer Festival pennant ribbon • Stone axe head • T-shirt from GiGi’s Playhouse • hat and jacket of Wayne • Table linens and napkins • Tickets for the Capitol Theater, Hard Ducommun • Thermos Rock Hotel & Casino concerts, Tyson • Political event press passes • Wedding gowns, 1947 and 1949 Events Center concerts, and Prome- • Sioux City All-America City button • Weed puller nade Cinema Theater • Sioux City Centennial wooden coins • WWI toy soldiers • Tri-City BBQ Fest Oven mitt • Sioux City Corn Palace bookmark, medallions and ribbons Misc. Archival Material Education • Sioux City Fire Dept. badge/boots • Beatles trading cards • Flyers from Briar Cliff University • Sioux City Transit token • Bekins Van & Storage warehouse • /HHGV(OHPHQWDU\6FKRROÀOHIROGHU • Stamp of the seal of Sioux City blueprints ANNUAL REPORT • 4 Artifact Donations • Floorplan of the Girl Scouts camp Photos • Swift Co. plant explosion 1949 cabin • 185th Air National Guard • Tallest man in the world 1925-1935 • Iowa Film Collection - Marty Knep- • Abu Bekr Shrine Chanters Jack Earle in Sioux City per • Aerial photos of downtown Sioux City • Tri-View • KMEG-TV taped news stories • American Legion Monahan Post • Tugboat Delia Ann • Manuscripts of History of Leeds 1889- • %LJ6LRX[5LYHUÁRRGRI • 8QLRQ3DFLÀF5DLOURDG%ULGJH 1934 and Sioux City public transit • Bobby Black’s Billiard Parlor • United Flight 232 history • Bridgeport Industrial Park • United States Naval Training Center • Native American genealogical re- • Bruguier’s Cabin • Urban Renewal photos search • Builder Arthur Sanford • Veterans Memorial Bridge • Packet of paperwork for nomination • CNW and CM&St.Paul Railroad • War Eagle Monument of the Kimball Site as a National His- freight houses • Wincharger-Zenith toric Landmark • Combination Bridge • Personal papers: Boe family, Fred • Cook St. Circus Postcards Davenport, Jr., Richard Desing, Ger- • Council Oak tree • WUXGH+HQGHUVRQ7KRPDV:.LQTXLVW • 'LJLWDOSKRWRÀOHVRI6LRX[ • Briar Cliff College Gerald Lenz, Roy Niemeier Family, City taken by Dr. William Bates • Central High School Carl Robert Olson, Marvin Sager, • Downtown buildings: City Hall, Elks • Federal Building William M. Stevens, John Uhl, and Club, Evans Block, F. W. Woolworth’s, • Grandview Park Bandshell Howard West H. L. Hathaway Ford dealership, J. • Methodist Hospital • Press report of the Terra Chemical C. Penney, Martin Hotel, Northwest- • St. Joseph Mercy Hospital plant explosion ern Bank, Plymouth Block, Sioux City • • Radio-Television technical bulletins in Municipal Auditori- A photograph of the 1949 Soos baseball bound volumes from the 1950s um, and Sioux City team with an insert of KCOM announcer • Scrapbook documenting the Swift Optical Co. Bob Storey, donated by Roger Stewart. Explosion of 1949 • Electric streetcars of • Scrapbook of hand drawn ancient the Sioux City Transit and classical ornamentation by Company Grace Perl Smith • Family photos from • Sgt. Floyd Riverboat pamhlets Bornschein, Brown/ • Teargas and Tommyguns: Dillinger Joy, Couch, Dobyns, Robs the 1st National Bank docu- Dow, Geisen, Nason, mentary DVD Orcutt, Pederson, • 7\SHZULWLQJ3URÀFLHQF\&HUWLÀFDWHV and Soule families • Floyd Monument Newspapers/periodicals • )OR\G5LYHUÁRRGRI • A Century at the Yards, 1987 1953 • Ancestry Magazine • German Lutheran • East High School Tomahawk Hospital Sports • East Junior Booster • Grandview Park • Baseball glove • IPS News newsletter • IBP Strike • signed by the 1947 Sioux • Historic children’s magazines/read- • I-Go Moving and Storage Co. City Soos and the 2016 Sioux City ers: 1880s editions of McGuffey’s • Iowa National Guard 1916 Explorers Eclectic Reader, American Observer, • IPS Big Sioux smokestack demolition • Film reels of 1980s Heelan High Junior Life, My Weekly Reader, and • Leif Erickson pool School football games The Golden Magazine • Great Northern and Sioux City Termi- • I.S.C. World Fastpitch Tournament • Historic publications: Niles’ Weekly nal Railway Co. locomotives mug Register, Rexall Family Almanac, The • Orpheum Theater • Ladies Golf Tournament trophy Home Quarterly, The Motorman and • Peavey Grand Opera House • Louisville Slugger baseball bat Conductor, The Sun, The Washington • Pickstown Dam (Ft. Randall) • Magnets from , Post, and War Times • Prospect Hill Monument Musketeers, and Explorers • Morningside College Collegian Re- • Samaritan Hospital • NAIA Basketball tournament VIP pass porter • Schools: Everett, Lowell • Poster of NBA player Kirk Hinrich • Local Newspapers: Morningside Elementary, and Trinity High • Scorebook of Sioux City amateur Shopper, Moville Record, Sioux City • Sioux City All-School Chorus 1954 baseball teams Globe, Sioux City Journal, Sioux City • Sioux City Consistory • Season schedules for the Sioux City Times, and Siouxland Life • Sioux City Corn Palaces Musketeers and Sioux City Explorers • People Magazine covering 9/11/01 • Sioux City High School class of 1924 • Sioux City Corn Bowl hat • The Bolshevik Bugle (Sioux City Press • Sioux City Soos 1949 baseball team • Sioux City Relays baseball caps Club) • Sioux City stockyards • Sooland Softball Hall of Fame • Iowa State Historical Society’s The • Snagboat James B. McPherson awards, baseballs, and programs Palimpsest • Sooland Softball Hall of Fame • Starter pistol and track shoes • Woodbury County Genealogical • St. Luke’s Hospital • Track uniforms, awards and papers of Society’s Wahkah newsletter • Swedish Mission Church Olympian George Howard Lambert 5 • ANNUAL REPORT Volunteers The Museum sites had an all-time Noel Dcruz, Mary Dermit, *Don Duzik*, *Patrick McKeever, Phyllis McMillan, record high number of volunteer *Terry Duzik*, **Janet Flanagan, *Kathy Marianne Meister, *Marc Mozak, Rick hours! Volunteers, interns and Fliginger, **Priscilla Forsyth, Ginger Mullin, *David Nelson, Don Nelson, Kim board members recorded 7,513 France, **Gregory Giles, Jerald Goeh- Nelson, Marta Nelson, **Ben Nessel- ring, James L. Goff, *Russ Gondek, huf, Jeff Olson, Danny Penaloza, Jake hours doing a variety of tasks from *Terry Gottburg, *Jody Graham, Mary Peterson, Barb Philips, Tom Plaza, greeting, cataloguing, guiding, Helen Graves, Chris Gude, *Greg Bonnie Quade, Ty Quade, Ronda Reitz, processing and more. Guelcher, Joan Hanson, Mary Heck, Rita Rose, Randy Rumelhart, Carolyn Volunteers: Helen Anderson, Jim Bev Hinds, Jim Jung, Amber Kast, Schmith, *Joan Schurtz, Aubrey Sea, Anderson, Wyman (Andy) Anderson, William Kendra, Donald M. Kingery, Anne Shaner, Donna Shaver, Nancy Jeanine Ashmore, Keith Ashmore, Ruth Kingery, Anna Knapp, Liz Koele, Shulenberger, David Sitzmann, Lex- Dane Bamrick, Glenn Barnett, Rachelle Herb Kuehne, Rosie Kuehne, Brandy ie Sprague, Marge Swanson, Karen Barnum, Mike Berger, **Michele Boykin, Langley, **Wendy Lego, Hob Lessman, Tagatz, Julia Triezenberg, Lucinda Haley Brees, Patt Brenden, *Harold Grace Linden, Tucker Lutter, Camille Tryon, *Eric Turner, Trevor Volk, Nathan Canny, John Carter, *Rosie Chicoine, Lydon, Gene Lydon, *Connie Macfar- Votek, Sue Waples, Jackie Warnstadt, Carmen Cobb, Elaine Cogdill, **Katie lane, Doug Macfarlane, Jennifer Mack- Megan Warren, Shirley Watson, Allan Colling, Ron Colling, Jill I. Collins, Ron ey, Mary Macomber, Carmen Major, Wells, Bonnie West, and Carmen White. Craft, Paul Crandell, Mark Custer, 6DQG\0DQVÀHOG(PPD0FHOUR\ *Association Board **Board of Trustees Artifact Donors Jim Abshire Merci Ann Earth Don & Ruth Kingery Alice A. Reeg Roberta Adelman Michael L Erickson 7KRPDV: 6KLUOH\.LQTXLVW Marti and Mary Reilly Haley Aguirre Marlin Evers Marty Knepper Brian Rice Mertie Allen George & Berniece Finzen Kathie Kobernus Ron Robinson John T. Alvey Kathleen E. Fischer Bob Kolbe Nancy Rorholm American Assoc. of University Women Fortnightly Study Club Anna Kounas Richard Rosenkrans Jim & Jan Ashmore James Frady Joyce Krone Rotary Club of Sioux City Charlotte Aspberry Jim and Ginger France James E. Lalley 0DULD(5XQGTXLVW Frank Baker Pandeleon Frangedakis Ray Lalumendre Bob Scott Richard Baron Jack L. Garthright LaVerne LaMere Carol Scott Jerry & Vicky Behrens Betsy Gaskill Jennifer L. Lander Darold Sea Mary Beller Shay Gebauer Kip & Sue Larsen Brenda Seiler Michael Berens Dale Goebel Vicky Lenz Elaine M. Seubert Gail L. Berger Donna J. Link Goehring Grace E. Linden Sandra Shaffer Michael Berger David Gordon Dean Lindstrom Sioux City Municipal Band Bishop Heelan Catholic High School Terry Gottburg Karen J. Ploghoft Love Sioux City Public Library Peter Boe Di Gray Gene & Camille Lydon Siouxland Chamber of Commerce Kelly Bonowski Mary Green-Warnstadt Peter & Carla Macfarlane Siouxland Samplers Quilt Guild Dennis & Lynne Boulden Brenda Groon Julie Martin Steven R. Smith Robert Brodersen Carmen Groth Mary J. Treglia Community House Tom Snader Cheraine & Daniel Bromander Sanford Gruhn Norma Mathews Bertha Snyder Sheryl Brosamle Jerome M. Hansen Deanna Mayo Sooland Softball Hall of Fame Brian Joy Brown Randy Hansen Louise McGrail Carol Sorenson Randy Brunken Steve Hansen Lynn (Larsen) McLennan Diane Sorenson Diana Bulls Hanson Family Pat Moller Wehnona Stabler Robert Bumann Joan Hanson Diane Molstad Byron C. Stanley Harold Canny Bob Hathaway Joy Momsen Estate Clint Stencil Pat Carlson Janell Heimgartner Debbie Montange Roger Stewart Castle on the Hill Association Sherry Heinbecker Robert Mullen Mildred Stolen Central Baptist Church George F. Held Jeritt Munch George Story Lyle Chicoine Richard Hettinger Thomas R. Munson Chuck Swaggerty-Morgan City of Sioux City Diane Hirschbach Anthony Musto Marge Swanson City Engineering Dept. Beth Homeister Jeff Nash Norman Swift Joni Clemens Mike Houlihan David Nelson Melissa Tallman Elaine Cogdill Willis G. Howard Donald & Marta Nelson Lillian Tan David H. Cohen Kristi Husted Donna Nicolls Jim Thomas Jamie Conley Bette Jandt Family Teresa A. O’Brien Joan M. Thomas Thomas & Lonita Corothers Estate Kathleen Jenness Matthew O’Kane Eric Turner Paul Crandell Irving F. Jensen III Rich Olson John Uhl Dalesburg Scandinavian Assoc. Irving F. Jensen Jr. Fred Petersen Karen Van Auker Julie Davies-Roost C. B. Johnson Marti Peterson Dorothy VanderWeil Robert Davis Carole Turner Johnson Walt & Annie Peterson VASA Norrskenet Lodge #331 Wallace Dawkins Colin Johnson Thomas M. Plaza Jon Vodochodsky Marliss DeJong -DQ&RIÀH-RKQVRQ Plymouth Co. Historical Museum Stacey Vornbrock Ann Desing Thomas R. Johnston Charles Ed Porter Angie Votek Dorothy Meredith Dobson Rolf Karlsson Portfolio Book Club Wells Family Dave Dreessen KCAU-TV Dick Pruehs Al Wells Jeri Ducommun Roger Kelly Nancy Ream Danny R. Whitlock Virginia Duncan Beckie Kersting Ron Ream David Will Don Duzik LeeAnn Kincaid Sherry Reckas /RXLVH:LQJÀHOG(VWDWH ANNUAL REPORT • 6 Museum & Historical Association Members Jack & Barbara Aalfs Greg & Yumiko Guelcher Camille & Gene Lydon Dr. Patrick & Catherine Saulsbury Kenneth Ackerman Marilyn Hackett Beverly (Watson) Lyle Michelle Schmidt American Pop Corn Company Rev. David Halaas Connie & Doug Macfarlane Carolyn D. Schmith Todd & Stacie Anderson H. T. (Ted) Hampe Les & Carmen Major Margaret Scholten Craig & Nancy Anderson Steve Hansen & Patricia Martin Clay & Helen Schuck Bryan & Wini Arneson Glenda DenHerder Deanna Mayo Ronald Schuetz Arlene Baldes James W. Haritage Paul McClellan Darold Sea Diane M. Barnett Douglas Harrold $ODQ 7HUUL0F*DIÀQ Robert & Molly Seff A. Frank & Sandra Baron Daniel & Sally Hartley Paul & Mary Ellen McGuirk Larry & Pauline Sensenig Matt Basye & Rima Hartman Robert McIntosh Elaine M. Seubert Theresa Weaver-Basye 'U6XVDQ+DWÀHOG Jane Bekins Meginnis Lowell & Karen Shaw Ken Beekley Richard Hayes Dr. Donald & Nadine Meis William & Cora Howard Sibley Earl L. & Helen Belt Dr. Phil E. Held, DDS Don & Kathy Meisner Bill & Mary Sievers Dwight Birkley Mrs. Evelyn Helt Ron & Marilyn Millage, Sr David Sitzmann Dr. William & Dianne Blankenship Marvis Hendrickson Bernice Moritz Linda Hazer Snyder Patricia A. Bortscheller Dale B. Hill Russell Movall David Somsky Tim Bottaro Ann Hill Dorothy Myers Francis & Clarice Speck Richard L Boyle Virginia Lucille Hinders Dave & Julie Nelson Gert Stevens Randy W. Bradley & Beverly J. Hinds Larry H. & Gabrielle Nysveen Tom & Mary Stock La Vone M. Sopher Pamla K. Hoadley Jim & Kathy O’Brien Ray & Marlene Sturdevant Lee Brennan Iowa-Nebraska State Bank Dr. Sharon Ocker Larry & Sharon Susie Elaine Brown Terry & Helen Isaacks LeRoy A. Olsen Shelly Sweeney Myrna A. Burg Ona Iverson Palmer Candy Company Karen Tagatz Bernardine Burke Betty W. Jahn Kathryn Kay Patterson Gaylen & Cathy TenHulzen Marie T. Byrne Aleta Jary Thomas R. Patterson Eleanor S. Tilton Ryan & Dr. Amy Callaghan Lea Ann Jefferson David & Joan Paulsrud Edward & Lucinda Tryon Harold Canny Irving & Tigger Jensen E. John Pendleton Eric & Denise Turner Carolyn Carpenter Mark & Kay Jensen James D. Pendleton Larry Twait Sarah Case Chris Jensen & Beth Harms Mrs. Roberta S. Pendleton Barbara Uehling Rosie Chicoine Harland & Jeannette Johnson Ginny Peterson Greg & Jill Van Buskirk Anne Cleghorn Dr. Paul & Patrice Johnson Marti Peterson Dr. Richard Wagner Bob & Jean Clem Gene & Leslie Johnson Scott & Janet Plathe Joan Waitt Robert Coacher Ronald Alfred Johnson Thomas & Glenda Plaza Steve & Mary Waller Carmen Cobb Larry & Margee Joines Brenda Porter Mike & Mary Walsh Ron & Katie Colling Jim Jung Daniel Pottebaum Jim & Lois Walsh Sally Conner Paul & Suzi Kaiman Greg Pranke & Julie Miller-Pranke Steve & Jackie Warnstadt K. Anne Cowley Sandra L. Kangal Keith Radig Jeri Watkins Sherry Craig Mina Karcher Khalid & Terrie Rasheed Anita Wendt Steve & Bonnie Crary Alvin & Donna Kay Dr. John & Barbara Redwine Rev. Harold E. Werley & Rich & Sara Crawford Willie & John Kelly Jean Rhinehart Ruth M. French Carole Cropley Mona Kelly Connie Rosenberger Bonnie West Mickey Darrough Don & Ruth Kingery Phyllis Rosendahl Mark Wetmore Joan M. Davenport Hillard E. & Ann Knutson Ted & Susie Rudberg Margaret J. White Gracia A. Davenport Kathie Kobernus 'U5H[ 0DULD5XQGTXLVW Carmen White Maryanne Deibert Charlotte Kock Karen Rupiper David & Vicki Will Richard, Susan & Mary Delfs Sonya Kostan Raymond T. Rye, II Barbara (Lipshutz) Wynn Janice Deuhr Rosie Kuehne Bob & Sandy Sabel Mrs. Mose Yanney Homer DeWitt Col. James E. Lalley, Ret. Maita Sadoff Bonnie K. Zetterman Warren Dunkle Margaret Lamkin Sanford Museum Dr. William & Joee Ziebell Don & Terry Duzik Richard & Marilyn Engle Other FY17 Donors Carol Runnels Faerber Special Project Additional funding Dr. Paul & Penny Fee Endowment Donations Dr. William & Dianne Blankenship Bob Scott FEH Associates Inc. provided by the Craig J. Clark Janet & Mike Flanagan In-Kind Donation Dennis & Linda Gann City of Sioux City Kathy Fliginger Palmer Candy Company in memory of Ray Krigsten Jim & Ginger France Colin & Pokey Jensen Jeff & Shay Gebauer Museum Artisans Guild Herb & Rosie Kuehne Rosie Kuehne Mike & Katie Gecewich Mahoney-Hill Charitable Fund Trust Jennifer Mackey/Jlynn Images Dorothy Gedwillo Paul McClellan Galen & Carlene Gehrts Morningside Kiwanis Peirce Mansion Donors James E. & Katheryn Giasafakis 6RRODQG$QWLTXH&DUV,QF Dr. Paul & Penny Fee Greg & Rande Giles Thomas Seamster/ John & Karen Gleeson Grants TT&G Family Fund Jerald & Donna (Link) Goehring Iowa Department of Cultural Jeff & Shirley Taylor James L. Goff Affairs - CLP Grant James & Kathleen Verschoor Russ & Gretchen Gondek $OOOLVWLQJVUHÁHFWQHZJLIWV Bonnie K. Zetterman Carolyn Goodwin received July 1, 2016 – Terry & Lisa Gottburg Memorial donations are directed June 30, 2017. Thomas & Jody Graham to the Sioux City Public Museum Education/Exhibits Endowment Great West Casualty Company M.A. Martin Everist Foundation We apologize for any omissions Fund held within the Siouxland Alice Gross Grant or errors. Community Foundation. 7 • ANNUAL REPORT Sgt. Floyd River Museum & Welcome Center The River Museum & Welcome Center provided 361 days of service in FY17. The 21,618 visitors were from every U.S. state and Europe, Australia, Canada, Germany, and China. The attendance ÀJXUHVLQFOXGHGVFKRRO tours and 24 bus tours.

Annual events like the %LOO'LDPRQG$QWLTXH  Due to a series of retirements, the Welcome Center experienced a complete turn-over in staff. Long-time volunteers Jerald Goehring and Bev Hinds were invaluable during the Classic Car Show and the transition. Left to right: Laurna Witt, Goehring, Andrea Thoene-Meyer, Christine Dekker, Sergeant Floyd Memorial Hinds, and Steve Hanson. Encampment/Burial Re- Technology, Engineering, Center travel counselors enactment continued Math) topics. LQÁXHQFHGRIWUDYHOHUV LQ)<´5LYHUµÀFDWLRQ to extend their stay in Iowa; activities for 1,500 sixth grade The entirely new staff com- 22% of travelers extended students were held on the pleted the intensive process their stay for half of a day, riverfront in September 2016. RIEHFRPLQJ&HUWLÀHG,RZD 32% for one day and 15% for The day featured various Travel Counselors. Survey two days. Overall, domes- organizations including the data compiled by Travel tic travelers spent a total of Sioux City Public Museum ,RZDVKRZVZK\WKHFHUWLÀ- $8.06 billion dollars in Iowa, providing programs that cation is so important to the an increase from the previ- relate to S.T.E.M. (Science, community: Iowa Welcome ous year. Peirce Mansion The Peirce Mansion Commit- in May. Presented at the progress of restoration efforts. tee was honored by the Sioux Peirce Mansion during Histor- Events included Halloween City Historic Preservation ic Preservation Week, former Trick-or-Treating, the annual Commission with the annual Curator of History Grace Lin- Holiday Open House in De- Treasure of Sioux City Award den was also honored. cember, and an open house highlighting the donation Volunteers con- of a newly restored George tinued to main- Hunzinger settee. Donated tain the home by the Cohen family of Sioux and are hosts City, the rare Victorian-era for rental events piece needed structural and such as wed- cosmetic restoration. Hun- dings, birthday zinger was a furniture maker parties, gradua- during the later half of the tion receptions 19th century. Like other furni- and company ture makers of the Victorian events. Open Age, Hunzinger’s pieces are house events very decorative. See page Sioux City Museum & Historical Association Vice President Don Duzik accepted the Treasure of Sioux City Award on behalf of were held to 4 for a photograph of the the Peirce Mansion Committee volunteers. showcase the restored settee. ANNUAL REPORT • 8 Coney Island (continued from page 1) Sioux City’s amusements Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland is arranged remembered chronologically, with each section titled after contemporary The traveling exhibition TXRWDWLRQVWKDWDOVRFRPPXQLFDWHFKDQJLQJSRSXODU investigates the rise of perceptions about Coney Island through the generations. American leisure and traces Down at Coney Isle, 1861- beginning, Coney Island drew &RQH\,VODQG·VLQÁXHQFH 1894, looks at the resort’s crowds from all social classes, on amusement parks and beginnings as “New York’s races, and ethnicities. popular culture throughout sandy backyard,” a blend the country. To add a taste of genteel and popular A Coney Island of the Mind, RIORFDOÁDLUDVOLGHVKRZZDV attractions made accessible 1940–1961, inspects how incorporated in the exhibit. by ferry, tram, and steam &RQH\,VODQGUHÁHFWHG Images from Riverside Park, railway. American life during and the Interstate Fair, River- after World War II, providing Cade, parades, festivals, and The World’s Greatest a refuge from the city streets circuses throughout the years Playground, 1895–1929, and a setting for intimacy on are featured among the examines the explosion of its crowded beaches, yet also nearly 90 local photographs. entertainment accessible offering metaphors for life to the masses in parks like and death in amusements like Steeplechase, Dreamland, the House of Horrors and the and Luna Park, themselves World in Wax Musée. the settings for fantastic encounters and new Requiem for a Dream, 1962– technologies. 2008, traces Coney’s decline amid turbulent decades that The Nickel Empire, 1930–1939, saw urban disinvestment shows how, after the stock and renewal attempts, market crash of 1929, Coney including the closing of its last Island provided a welcome twentieth-century amusement and affordable diversion, park, Astroland. Yet ultimately, where disorienting rides could Coney’s persistence and spark romance between re-emergence continue Among the local images included in the strangers in a setting where to attract new visions and slideshow is the 1889 Corn Palace Parade, “the greatest show is the renewed crowds. facing northeast toward Sixth and Pierce Street. people themselves.” From the

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