Name/Title
Janesville Corn King Days 1911Entry/Object ID
1.08.258Description
Janesville Corn King Days. Material: paper. Size: 4" x 5 3/4". Description: black and white newsprint - pictured: 8 men standing on a platform during the 1911 Corn King Days celebration June 14, 1978 newspaper reproduction picture - captioned: "Celebrations of old. Since this is the week of Janesville's annual celebration, readers might be interested in a photo from the 1911 Corn King Days. It was taken at a well display which was located in a lot between Witham's Jewelry and Johansen's Lockers [100 block of west side North Main]. All of the men with suitcoats on have since died. Living is Billie Schafer, 85, shown at center with the white shirt. Others, from left, are Florence Cahill, C.H, Schafer (Bill's dad), Julius Born, Billie, William Schafer, Patrick Cahill, Herman Gahler, and Ernest Ewert. The Schafer display showed a windmill, cream separator, and other well apparatus. Billie Schafer was 18 when this photo was taken. Notice the billboard for Bull Durham Smoking Tobacco on the back wall of the adjoining building."Context
Janesville Events: Corn King DaysCataloged By
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsCreate Date
October 3, 2008Update Date
March 24, 2026