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65 years later: 1951 and 2016 photos

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 18, 2016 - 4:32pm

Here's Bluffton High School in the winter at the corner of Main and College. The photo on the left, in black and white, with a 1941 (?) Chevrolet coupe parked on Main, is from the 1951 BHS yearbook.

The Icon's attempt to photography the same scene is the result on the right in color. At the bottom of this story you will find individual photos from 1951 and 2016.

What's different? - Not a much.

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Directed by Earl Lehman - introducing the BHS band

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 14, 2016 - 11:56am

Here's the Bluffton High School marching and concert band from the 1950-51 high school yearbook - that's 65 school years ago.

You may find yourself, your parents or even grandparents in this photo. Click to enlarge. The photo was taken on the old gymnasium stage. And, yes, Earl Lehman was director.

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Attention students: There will be a pep rally at the close of school today

Posted by Fred Steiner on January 4, 2016 - 3:12pm

Some things never change. Only the location.

Here's a Bluffton High School pep rally during the 1955-56 school year. The only difference between this photo and a pep rally today is that today's rallies are in the new gym. 

But, like 1955-56, today friends and classmates sit together. (Maybe boys' sock styles have change over the year.)

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Here's some BHS sophomores you might recognize

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 28, 2015 - 4:40pm

Members of the Bluffton High School class of 1948 posed as sophomores in the 1946 Buccaneer - 70 yearbooks ago.

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Here's Santa's visit to Bluffton in the early 1950s

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 24, 2015 - 9:26am

Here's a photo worth 10,000 Bluffton words. Click on the photo to enlarge it.

Santa Claus (portrayed by Al McCluer) in an early 1950s Bluffton Santa Claus visit approaches a farm wagon stage on the Prebsyterian Church lawn. He arrived by fire truck. Can anyone please identify the fire truck in the photo? The Ford on Main heading north is a 1951 model.

In the background is the original Citizens National Bank, prior to two modifications. Next door is Crow's 5 and 10, The Charles Company and Urich's IGA.

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Boy did we goof! You'll love this - wrong town!

Posted by Fred Steiner on December 20, 2015 - 2:34pm

Boy, did we goof!

The photo of the A and P is NOT the Bluffton store. It's the ADA store.

Thanks to a couple hawk-eyed viewers, we've admitted our error. Take for example, this comment from Ken Cookson:

That photo of the A & P store just doesn’t look right.  The adjacent buildings don’t match what was there then or now.  Is that a parking meter in the photo to the right?

And this comment from Sam Diller:

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