Page 16 - Postcards from the Past—Then & Now Pictures of Eau Claire, Wisconsin -- Sample Pages

POSTCARDS FROM THE PAST — Eau Claire63Photo by David TankPublished by A. C. Bosselman & Co., New YorkSeveral high schools burned down before this was built on the corner of Fourth (then named Seminary St.) and Lake in 1890. It closed in 1926 when a new high school on Grand and Main was dedicated and was torn down in 1957. Written across the front of a similar postcard showing this high school are the words, “Nice place, ain’t it, Papa.”