People often talk about getting 15 minutes of fame. For the late Carl F. Hanneman, it was closer to 15 seconds in a new Wisconsin Public Television documentary on Juneau County, Wisconsin. The hourlong documentary, produced as part of Wisconsin Public Television’s Wisconsin Hometown Stories series, includes a section on the death of Governor-elect Orland … Continue reading Carl F. Hanneman’s Contribution to Public Television’s Wisconsin Hometown Stories→
We’ve noted elsewhere on this blog the photography skills of Carl F. Hanneman, but lately we’ve discovered that he and his brother Wilbert G. Hanneman had talents with freehand illustration. Working on the yearbook at Lincoln High School in Grand Rapids, Wis., the brothers served almost as dueling artists. Judging by the line drawings each … Continue reading Dueling Illustrator Brothers: Carl F. and Wilbert G. Hanneman→
Since his creative talents included photography, hand illustration and writing, it only makes sense that Carl F. Hanneman (1901-1982) also showed skill and promise as a painter. We’ve covered in many places on this site Carl’s ventures in photojournalism, freehand illustration and professional writing. At least two of his framed paintings have also survived, and … Continue reading Two Framed Works a Tribute to Carl Hanneman, Painter→
I just love this image. Back in 2007 I was photographing a variety of things from Mom and Dad’s house, at my mother’s request. I came across this birthday card from October 1979. It was from my grandfather, Carl F. Hanneman, to my Mom, on her 47th birthday. What I found touching was that Grandpa … Continue reading Happy 47th Birthday from Grandpa Carl Hanneman→
Television reporter Tom Hanneman thought he was going to die on May 19, 1979 when a combatant in a violent feud between factions of the Red Lake band of the Chippewa Indians held a gun to his head and threatened to pull the trigger. Hanneman and cameraman Keith Brown of WCCO-TV Channel 4 in Minneapolis … Continue reading Tom Hanneman Taken Hostage: ‘He Threatened to Blow Our Heads Off’→
The story of the Hanneman house in Mauston and its ties to the historic Mauston Brewery was retold in a 2019 issue of Breweriana magazine. The article was written by Mauston historian Richard D. Rossin Jr., a friend of these pages. In the brewery history magazine, Rossin tells the story of the Mauston Brewery, which operated … Continue reading Hanneman House, Tunnel Story Appear in Breweriana Magazine→
Carl F. Hanneman’s college pharmacy notebooks and study guides from 1924 and 1925 have been donated to the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Marquette University in Milwaukee. The material was turned over to the university and accession papers signed May 26, 2017. It was a long road for the college pharmacy materials, kept by the … Continue reading Carl Hanneman Pharmacy Papers Donated to Marquette University→
The essence of wintergreen that wafted out the windows onto Division Street in Mauston, Wisconsin. Bottling and selling hand-crafted mosquito repellent at taverns and resorts across northern Wisconsin. Filling pills behind the pharmacy counter as a child. In this installment of audio memories, Dave Hanneman (1933-2007) remembers the work of his pharmacist father, Carl F. … Continue reading Audio Memories: Carl Hanneman’s Pharmacy Work in 1930s and 1940s→
Carl F. Hanneman has that thrilled schoolboy look on his face in this vintage photograph from about 1925. And why not? It appears he is posing next to his new purchase: a Ford Model T, which came in any color a customer wanted “as long as it’s black.” Although there is no snow on … Continue reading Eye on the Past: Carl’s New Model T→
For most of his adult life, Carl F. Hanneman said he studied pharmacy at Marquette University in Milwaukee, securing the academic knowledge required to pass the state of Wisconsin pharmacy board exam. Even his obituary in the May 30, 1982 issue of the Wisconsin State Journal stated, “He was a graduate pharmacist of Marquette University.” … Continue reading Marquette Mystery: Where Did Carl Hanneman Study Pharmacy?→
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