Please enjoy these photos from this year's big event.
This is just a tiny sample of the hundreds of photos
that will be included in the Holstein
Quasquicentennial commemorative picture book. Order
your book today! You may click on any photo to
see a larger version in a new window.
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| Welcome Friend
to Holstein, Iowa, for the
Quasquicentennial Celebration, June 9,
14-17. |
A model of the
Holstein Turnhalle and a mural of old
Main Street are among the features in
the Holstein mini park. |
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| Be sure to
visit the Quasqui Country Store on the
west side of Main Street between the
stop lights. |
Seated from
left are Lorna Vollmar and Dolores
Meyer, and standing from left are
Dolores Witt and Shirley Ewoldt; all
have worked tirelessly to prepare for
the celebration. |
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| Inside the
Country Store are: from left, Shirley
Ewoldt, Lorna Vollmar, Delores Witt and
Dolores Meyer. |
Quasqui
Commission members Lorna Vollmar and
Shirley Ewoldt display items available
for sale at the Country Store. |
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| These afghans
are available for sale at the country
Store in chocolate, deep green or
burgundy. |
Delores Witt
holds the cookbook she created. |
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| Ken and Scott
Niemeier place one of the beautifully
painted planters which will grace Main
Street throughout the celebration and
the summer. |
Lynette
Schlitter touches up a Main Street
planter before flowers, from Jane Hogue,
are arranged inside. |
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| Main Street
planter artist Delores Witt shows off
the
"Bath on Saturday Night" planter to
townspeople, from
left, Harry Endrulat, Johnnie Scherner
and Henry Otto. |
Each Main
Street planter is painted with a mural
depicting
a scene common to life in Holstein in
the late 1800s. Shown here is "Country
School," sponsored by Beth Ortner. |
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| The planters
are donated by a local family or
individual. "Thielmann's General Store"
is sponsored by Gladys Branco. |
Dale and
Dolores Meyer (pictured, left) and
Lorraine Moser sponsored the “Barnyard”
planter, designed by local artist
Delores Witt (right). |
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| The William
Leonard family sponsored "The Barn"
planter in memory of the Hiram Leonard
Line. |
This amazingly
detailed planter shows the inside of the
Turnhalle and is donated by the Mary
Otto family. |
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| The Children's
Day planter is donated by Delores Witt
and daughters Margaret and Patsy in
memory of Jack Witt. |
The "Band Shell
and Park" planter is donated by Ray and
Roy Wehde families in memory of Gus and
Anna Wehde. |
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| Cary
and Victoria Conover dance the night away in their 1880s
finery at the Old-Fashioned Costume Ball which kicked off
Holstein's Quasquicentennial Celebration week. |
The Mike Clausen family is shown in front of “The Country Store” display at the Quasquicentennial Ball June 9. |
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| Holstein Mayor Mary Gross is pictured with her husband, Terry, and Lana Conover, a member of the Quasquicentennial committee. |
The Don and Lorna Vollmar Family gathered together for a three-generation family portrait with son Randy and wife Kathy Vollmar, daughter Sheree and husband Steve Vohs, and granddaughters at the Holstein Quasquicentennial Ball June 9.
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| Winners of the Holstein Quasquicentennial beard contest are shown at their burly best. |
Ron and Deb Parker visit with Joyce Galvin at the Old-Fashioned Costume Ball in Holstein, June 9. The celebration of the town's 125th anniversary continues through June 17. |
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| U.S. Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, is pictured with Mark Leonard (left) and Keith Leonard at the Holstein Quasquicentennial Celebration June 9. Many of the men in Holstein put their razors away for six months, including these cousins, who are great-grandsons of 19th-century Holstein pioneers. |
Costume Contest winners were named at the Holstein Quasquicentennial Celebration Old Fashioned Costume Ball on June 9. Winners were selected by a panel of judges for the best period costume worn by a family, couple, and adult and youth individuals. The Quasquicentennial continues through June 17. The winners are: Victoria and Cary Conover and daughter Leah for Family; Mark and Sheryl Leonard for Couple; Lori Morgan for Adult Female; Joe Titcomb for Adult Male; and Kathleen Kreutz for Child Girl. Not pictured are the winners of the Child Boy category, Brady and Cayden Clausen. |
