Centennial Memory Project
Welcome to the Centennial Memory Project, created by the Kimberly and Little Chute Public Libraries in celebration of the Centennial of the Village of Kimberly in 2010.
The photographs included on the site are a part of the Library’s history collection. We have very little information about the photos, who took them, and what is pictured in them, so our hope is that people familiar with the subjects of the photos will post comments to help fill out the stories of our past.
Join us in celebrating the Centennial of the Village of Kimberly by sharing your stories, memories, and recollections!
![1940 Champs](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/1940-Champs-300x238.jpg)
1940 Champs
Kimberly, WI, ca. 1940 Top row: Ray Hamann, “Duke” Van Himbergen, Tom Busch, Paul Smits, Francis Vander Velden, “Dewey” Dufrane, Frank Van Cuyk, Carl Lemmers,
![Alice and Neil Davidson 2](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Alice-and-Neil-Davidson-2.jpg)
Alice & Neil Davidson
Alice and Neil Davidson Kimberly, WI ca. 1960 Photo courtesy of Theresa Vanden Heuvel Neil and Alice (Conrad) Davidson Kimberly, W I ca. 1950s Photo
![Baseball](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Baseball-300x232.jpg)
Baseball
Kimberly, WI, ca. 1947 On back of photo: “First year of new remodeled baseball field south of Repap Mill which is now soccer field” Left
![Baseball 1930](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Baseball-1930-300x190.jpg)
Baseball 1930
1930 Kimberly Baseball Team Front row: J. Feldhausen, W. Ladrow, L. Dopry, Arn. Pocan, Charlie Schell Center row: Butch Thien, Ed Lynch, Geo. C. Lemmers
![Baseball Champs](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Baseball-Champs-300x207.jpg)
Baseball Champs
1911 Kimberly Baseball Champs
![Birthday Party](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Birthday-Party-300x185.jpg)
Birthday Party
Birthday party at John Groen residence at 136 N. John Street, Kimberly, WI. Children of the John Groens’, Henry Williams’, Fred Van Haelsts’, and William
![](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Boy-Scout-Camporee-1-300x208.jpg)
Boy Scout Camporee
Boy Scout Camporee Summer 1948 Kimberly, Wisconsin from Joe Frye, Kimberly, WI
![Busch](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Busch-217x300.jpg)
Busch
John and Catherine (Jansen) Busch Kimberly, WI ca. 1910
![Busch Bros Ice Truck](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Busch-Bros-Ice-Truck-300x211.jpg)
Busch Bros. Ice Truck
Matt and Henry Busch’s ice truck. Pictured is Ann Flynn, an aunt of Robert Busch. ca. late 1920s
![Busch Family](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Busch-Family-300x212.jpg)
Busch Family
Grandma & Grandpa Busch and Aunt El Van Rooy Farm Kimberly, WI ca. 1910
![Busch Homestead](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Busch-Homestead-300x187.jpg)
Busch Homestead
Busch Homestead on W. Kimberly Avenue, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1910
![Catherine Jansen Busch](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Catherine-Jansen-Busch-300x185.jpg)
Catherine Jansen Busch
Catherine Jansen Busch Old Van Rooy Farm, Kimberly, WI ca. 1910
![Coenraads Tavern](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Coenraads-Tavern-300x192.jpg)
Coenraad’s Tavern
Postcard of Coenraad’s Tavern, 121 Kimberly Ave., Kimberly, WI ca. 1942? Lambert and Christina Coenraad behind the bar. Right to left: Arnie Thyssen, Burt Fird,
![Connies Bar Fast Pitch Softball Team](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Connies-Bar-Fast-Pitch-Softball-Team-300x215.jpg)
Connie’s Bar Fast Pitch Softball Team
Connie’s Bar Fast Pitch Softball Team 1953 Kimberly, WI Top row: Niel Davidson (sponsor), Morry Quick, Jack Niesz, Les Dietzen, Jack Grafmier, Geo. Reichel, Bottom
![Conrads Bar](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Conrads-Bar-300x218.jpg)
Conrad’s Bar
“by Wilma (Conrad) Weyenberg” Ruth Johnson ? Marie Vander Zanden Anna Van Thull Alice (Conrad) Davidson Ann Van Himbergen Rose Ann Freund Photo courtesy of
![Demolition of Old Bridge](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Demolition-of-Old-Bridge-300x169.jpg)
Demolition of Old Bridge
Demolition of the old Kimberly bridge built in 1908 and replaced in 1954.
![Diamond Jubilee Pose](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Diamond-Jubilee-Pose-300x230.jpg)
Diamond Jubilee Pose
A costumed pose for the Kimberly Diamond Jubilee celebration in 1985. Seated: Chuck Rundquist, President Left to Right: Becker Lenz, ? , Loren and Lori
![Feast of Corpus Christi](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Feast-of-Corpus-Christi-300x214.jpg)
Feast of Corpus Christi
Holy Name Church ca. 1920s
![Filling Station](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Filling-Station-300x209.jpg)
Filling Station
Kimberly DX Station ca. 1937-38 Ted Maas, Harry Valentyn, Mr. Coene In background: Ray Price Kimberly DX Station ca. 1937-38
![Funeral Parlor](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Funeral-Parlor-300x191.jpg)
Funeral Parlor
Postcard of Funeral Parlor, Kimberly, WI ca. 1942? Courtesy of Theresa Vanden Heuvel
![Geenen](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Geenen-208x300.jpg)
Geenen Family
Susanna Mary & Wm. Geenen Kimberly, WI. ca. 1887
![Geenen Greenhouse](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Geenen-Greenhouse-300x211.jpg)
Geenen Greenhouse
Geenen Greenhouse, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1910
![Geenen Greenhouses](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Geenen-Greenhouses-300x212.jpg)
Geenen Greenhouses
Taking down some of the Geenen Greenhouses Kimberly, WI 1916
![Geenen Home](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Geenen-Home-300x210.jpg)
Geenen Home
First Geenen home, 1880’s, located behind brick homestead. Kimberly, WI.
![Geenen House](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Geenen-House-300x196.jpg)
Geenen House
The Geenen house Kimberly, WI 1921
![Goat Cart](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Goat-Cart-300x209.jpg)
Goat Cart
Information on the back of this photo: by the goat: George Busch by the cart: back – John Busch, Chris DeLeeuw, front – Joe DeLeeuw,
![Holy Name Church](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Holy-Name-Church-300x216.jpg)
Holy Name Church
Holy Name Church, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1900
![Holy Name Church and School](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Holy-Name-Church-and-School-300x181.jpg)
Holy Name Church and School
Holy Name Church and School, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1908
![Holy Name Parsonage Fire](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Holy-Name-Parsonage-Fire-300x239.jpg)
Holy Name Parsonage Fire
Old parsonage for Holy Name was used for fire practice by Fire Department and then later demolished. ca. 1987 Photos courtesy of Ila Mae Langenhuizen
![Holy Name School](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Holy-Name-School-300x208.jpg)
Holy Name School
Holy Name School Class Kimberly, WI 1913
![Holy Name Students](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Holy-Name-Students-300x218.jpg)
Holy Name Students
Holy Name School, 7th and 8th grade April 2, 1917 From the collection of Bertha Graen Weyenberg
![John Street](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/John-Street-300x184.jpg)
John Street
John Street, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1910
![KRA 1952 Basketball Team](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/KRA-1952-Basketball-Team-300x237.jpg)
K.R.A. 1952 Basketball Team
Kimberly, WI K.R.A. 1952 Basketball Team Top row, left to right: Dick Verbeten, Nig Van Dyke, Roy Vanden Heuvel, Jim Vandehey, Bill Goffard, Coach George
![Kemps Wisman Store](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kemps-Wisman-Store-300x178.jpg)
Kemps-Wisman Store
Main Street, Kimberly, WI ca. late 1920s
![Kimberly Baseball](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-Baseball-300x234.jpg)
Kimberly Baseball
ca. early 1950s Left to right: George Judkins, George Vander Zanden, Frank Van Boekel
![Kimberly Baseball Carl Lemmers](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-Baseball-Carl-Lemmers-215x300.jpg)
Kimberly Baseball Carl Lemmers and Butch Thien
Carl Lemmers and Butch Thien ca. 1925
![Kimberly Clark Cave-in](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-Clark-Cave-in-300x182.jpg)
Kimberly Clark Cave-in
The aftermath of the Kimberly Clark mill cave-in and explosion. ca. October 7, 1927
![Kimberly Clark Office](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-Clark-Office-300x207.jpg)
Kimberly Clark Office
Kimberly Clark’s office on north Main Street, Kimberly, WI ca. 1920s
![Kimberly Club](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-Club-300x211.jpg)
Kimberly Club
Kimberly Club basketball team ca. 1934 Left to right: Honey LeMay, Marie Van Lieshout Gossens, Genrose Cavil Verstegen Staley, Alva Leniville Wildenberg, Monica Van Ryzin
![Kimberly Hotel After Fire](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-Hotel-After-Fire-300x197.jpg)
Kimberly Hotel Fire
Kimberly Hotel after the fire. March 6, 1913.
![Kimberly School](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Kimberly-School-167x300.jpg)
Kimberly School
308 North Main Street, Kimberly, WI First school, grades 1-8. Pat Betters age 23 months. ca. 1926 Photo courtesy of Pat (Dietzler) Betters
![Lamers](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Lamers-216x300.jpg)
Lamers
Jacob Lamers and Nellie Lamers, wedding picture. Jacob: b. August 14, 1872, d. May 9, 1958 Nellie: b. November 12, 1876, d. February 5, 1949
![Main Street](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Main-Street-300x192.jpg)
Main Street
Main Street, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1910
![Main Street Intersection](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Main-Street-Intersection-300x187.jpg)
Main Street Intersection
Intersection of Kimberly Avenue and Main Street looking north, Kimberly, WI. ca. 1908-10
![Matt and Hank Busch](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Matt-and-Hank-Busch-219x300.jpg)
Matt and Hank Busch
ca. 1920 ca. 1920
![Mill Construction](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Mill-Construction-300x211.jpg)
Mill Construction
Kimberly Clark Mill under construction. ca. 1904
![Mill Workers](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Mill-Workers-300x190.jpg)
Mill Workers
Postcard – written on back: “Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill at Kimberly near Little Chute” Kimberly, WI ca. ?
![Min and Matt Busch](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Min-and-Matt-Busch-190x300.jpg)
Min and Matt Busch
Min and Matt Busch ca. 1917
![Min Hanegraf Busch](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Min-Hanegraf-Busch-215x300.jpg)
Min Hanegraf Busch
Min Hanegraf Busch ca. 1917-18
![](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Moving-the-Sister-House-4-300x292.jpg)
Moving the Sister House
The old Holy Name convent was moved in March of 1959. They couldn’t go down Kimberly Avenue, because there were too many big trees to
![Parade](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Parade-300x175.jpg)
Parade
Parade, Kimberly, WI There was no information included with this photograph in our collection. Anyone know what the date might have been?
![](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Peter-Smits-Model-T-300x176.jpg)
Paul Smits, Remembering
Paul Francis (1st communion), James Vincent, and Adelle Mary Smits. ca. 1930s “Kimberly’s original Village Hall on N. Elm Street is the white building in
![Proclamation](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Proclamation-220x300.jpg)
Proclamation
A copy of the official Proclamation for the Kimberly Diamond Jubilee Celebration dated February 7, 1985. Courtesy of Chuck & Lea Rundquist
![Rivals](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Rivals-300x217.jpg)
Rivals
Kimberly Rivals baseball team ca. 1908
![School Girls in Costume](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/School-Girls-in-Costume-300x171.jpg)
School Girls in Costume
Girls dressed in attire from the countries they came from. November 24, 1942 Back Row, Left to Right: Dottie Browers, (tall girl?), Gail Barand, Nancy
![Bridge Sidney Street](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Bridge-Sidney-Street-190x300.jpg)
Sidney Street Bridge
Bridge over the Fox River on the end of Sidney Street Kimberly, WI ca. 1916-17
![Stutzman and Ertl](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Stutzman-and-Ertl-208x300.jpg)
Stutzman and Ertl
Josephine Gunchevich Cavil Stutzman and Rose Gunchevich Ertl ca. 1903
![Sunset Park](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Sunset-Park-300x208.jpg)
Sunset Park
Early roadway to Sunset Park. ca. 1925
![The Catacombs](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/The-Catacombs-300x195.jpg)
The Catacombs
The Catacombs – old bowling alley and pool hall. Camel Vander Velden, Ted Lemmers, Jack Hanegraf, Albin J. Anderson, Hank Thien (small boy), Arnold Pocan
![The Kimberly Pulp and Paper Mill](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/The-Kimberly-Pulp-and-Paper-Mill-300x194.jpg)
The Kimberly Pulp and Paper Mill
Postcard circa 1914?
![The Village Band](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/The-Village-Band-300x179.jpg)
The Village Band
The Village Band Taken at 126 S. John Street, Kimberly, WI ca. 1915 Aug., Ray, Wm. Mauthe & Otto Frank & Charles Kobs Ed Krueger
![Vacationing Families](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Vacationing-Familes-300x208.jpg)
Vacationing Families
Kimberly families who would vacation together. ca. 1918 Father Francis X. Van Nistleroy William Lammel family Joseph Sandhofer family Ted Wydeven family John Ritten family
![Van Liths at the 50 Year Celebration](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Van-Liths-at-the-50-Year-Celebration-300x300.jpg)
Van Lith’s at the 50 Year Celebration
Kimberly, WI ca. 1960 From Hans Van Lith: “This is a picture of my brother and sisters dressed up before heading to the Kimberly’s 50th
![View from the Bridge](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/View-from-the-Bridge-300x184.jpg)
View from the Bridge
Kimberly taken from the top of the bridge (as seen from Little Chute) ca. 1912
![Village Basketball Team](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Village-Basketball-Team-300x230.jpg)
Village Basketball Team
Village of Kimberly Basketball Team ca. 1952 Back row: Jack Courchane, Red Williams, Carl Vanden Boom, Jim ?, Joe Vanden Heuvel Front row: Bueh Larson,
![Wm Geenen](https://kimberlypubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/07/Wm-Geenen-211x300.jpg)
Wm. Geenen
Wm. J. Geenen ca. 1903