1956 May Day Celebration
Brian Nitzschke is a photographer for Le Mars Fire Rescue…
He’s also a volunteer at the Plymouth County Historical Museum, and he recently became involved in unpacking an archive the museum obtained from the Le Mars Sentinel.
Nitzchke began posting pictures from the museum archive on a Facebook page, “I Grew Up in Le Mars, Iowa”. The posts are generating a lot of interest.
There’s plenty of material with which to work.
Others are sharing pictures on the site, too.
He gets lots of reactions from people who discover photos of family members.
Nitzchke is also developing a history of Le Mars Fire Rescue, using old photos and newspaper accounts.
The I Grew Up in Le Mars page contains general history of Le Mars, Nitzchke has also shared fire stories from the museum archive with the Le Mars Fire Rescue web page.
This develops some synergy between the two archives.
Working on both archives is a satisfying venture for Nitzchke..
Nitzchke says digitizing the Museum archive will take several more months, and he’ll post more photos during the process.
The Plymouth County Museum archive can be found on Facebook: I Grew Up in Le Mars, and the Le Mars Fire Rescue archive can be found at lmfrphotos@smugmug.com
