PLEASE NOTE: Due to overwhelming demand to see this presentation, this is now a free ticketed event. To reserve your spot, CLICK HERE!

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Join us for a unique look at Stevens Point's past on March 19 at 6:30 at the Annex, next to the Opera House! Using images from the Portage County Historical Society’s ongoing digitization of negatives from the Stevens Point Journal, the program focuses on the year 1948, when the main collection starts. This is a very interesting period for local history with many transitions underway. WWII is over, but families are still burying their dead. The Depression is seemingly over and the economy is shifting from scarcity to abundance, with refrigeration replacing ice boxes. Indoor plumbing is far from universal and rural schools are the norm. It is Central State Teachers College, not UWSP. The images are familiar, but also very distant.

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This presentation will be given by PCHS volunteer Andy Barnett, who is spearheading these digitization efforts. This program has been generously sponsored by Erik McFarland and Brianna Sweeney. The venue was provided by The Opera House, LLC.

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This event is FREE to the public, but seating is limited. Reserve your tickets online before they run out!