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Madison’s strength is in its neighborhoods and none is stronger than the old East Side. The reasons why are in this book.
–Vince O’Hearn


If you want to know what the good old days were like on Madison’s East Side, read this book. It’s full of mirth, memories, and great graphics.

–David Mollenhoff

 



An East Side Album: A Community Remembers
Published by the Goodman Community Center, Madison, Wisconsin 2008, 160 pages, 400+ photos

An East Side Album was produced to celebrate and commemorate a historic moment in the history of the East Side of Madison, Wisconsin—the opening of the Goodman Community Center, formerly the Atwood Community Center, in the handsomely renovated Kupfer Iron Works building.

This unique collection of photos, stories, and recipes ties past to present on Madison’s East Side. It is a record of life in Madison’s first suburban development during the 20th century, a period of tremendous growth. As such, it reflects the boom years of Madison’s industrialism and the remarkable East Side pride it generated.

An East Side Album is the result of contributions from over 100 area residents past and present, solicited by the East Side History Club. We focused on collecting “home-made history”—the informal photographs and domestic anecdotes that reveal a side of history rarely preserved in “official” city history.

The book is available through the Goodman Community Center and select local retailers. Contact me for more information or to purchase a copy.

 


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I just finished reading your wonderful book and I enjoyed it immensely. All of the stories I read were so interesting and brought back so many memories of my own life... Many of my friends have been reading your book and when we get together we talk of the many fond memories this book has returned to us.

Thank you for giving me such pleasure.

Madeline Pelletter Laufenberg (a proud Madisonian)

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Madison Women Remember Growing Up in Wisconsin’s Capital
Oral History Interviews collected by Sarah White
Arcadia Publishing, 2006, 128 pages, 96 photos

Open these pages and celebrate Madison's 150th birthday with twelve women whose roots go deep here. Get to know their families and friends, enjoy their pastimes, as you follow them through an adventure we all share: coming of age. Find inspiration in the wisdom, grace, and pleasure these women bring to their lives.

This book is composed of women's voices, describing experiences from early childhood through leaving home. The chapters appear in chronological order. I have not inserted my own voice, choosing to show rather than tell what has struck me as wise, poignant, universal, or simply amusing. I found fascinating threads weaving through the fabric of these stories, and I hope you will too.


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Open these pages and celebrate Madison's 150th birthday with twelve women whose roots go deep here. Get to know their families and friends, enjoy their pastimes, as you follow them through an adventure we all share: coming of age. Read more »


If you are interested in a presentation about An East Side Album and Madison’s local history, or would like access to the East Side History Club’s archives for your own cultural or artistic pursuits, please send me an e-mail.

If you are interested in a presentation about the collection, or would like access to the transcripts for your own cultural or artistic pursuits, please send me an e-mail.

 

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