Allamakee County Veterans Museum open Friday, Saturday to view 1940s Waukon film, photos from Waukon Corn Days celebrations of years past
Photos of Corn Days from years gone by to be on display at Veterans Museum ... Photos above and below were submitted by the Allamakee County Historical Society and will be part of a display of Corn Day celebrations from years past in Waukon when the Allamakee County Veterans Museum is open during this year’s Waukon Corn Days event this Friday and Saturday, August 2-3. Pictured above, triplet siblings born to Delbert and Dorothy Fiet of rural Waukon in 1941 (pictured at birth in the photo at center) grew to be a Corn Days celebration attraction in their young years, as Barbara, David and Lorrayne display a sign telling their tale while being in costumes that certainly fit the reason for the annual celebration (photo immediately above). The photo below shows a winning Corn Day Parade entry from the 1930s created and entered by students under the tutelage of Marilla Amundson at Jefferson Township No. 3 School in rural Allamakee County. The entry created by the students is a replica of the Mitchell Corn Palace that is a tourist attraction in Mitchell, SD (https://cornpalace.com/). Submitted photos.
The Allamakee County Veterans Museum will participate in Waukon Corn Days 2024 with a video program showing both Friday, August 2 and Saturday, August 3. There will also be a photo display from Corn Days celebrations from past years (such as those pictured in the surrounding photos).
The movie filmed in downtown Waukon in the 1940s by the Cote family for the Town Theatre (top photo at right) will be played both of those days. See what Waukon was like in the 1940s, and identify relatives shown in the films while enjoying a nostalgic look back at period vehicles and dress with local scenes and businesses from that era.
Videos will play continually from noon to 4 p.m. Friday, August 2 and also from 9 a.m. to 12 noon Saturday, August 3 in the meeting room of the Veterans Museum, located at 105 Allamakee Street in Waukon. The Veterans Museum will also be open for tours of the facility during those hours and past Corn Days photos will be on display. The museum is air conditioned and wheelchair accessible. There is no admission charge.
