Big Streets in a Little City - Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980

Big Streets in a Little City - Downtown Street Scenes in Kiel, 1860-1980. "...The name of this collection, Big Streets in a Little City, is an affectionate reference to the official City of Kiel slogan, 'the little city that does big things.' Located on the Sheboygan River in the southwest corner of Manitowoc County, this city of approximately 3,500 has a thriving downtown, beautiful parks, progressive schools, a strong employment base, and a growing respect for its heritage. In 2004 we celebrated our sesquicentennial with a year-long series of activities that involved residents and visitors of all ages.
Not long after that, the Kiel Public Library was the beneficiary of an amazing collection of photographs, original documents, newspaper clippings, indexed obituaries, and other archival materials. The donor, Edwin J. Majkrzak, a former library trustee and author of a comprehensive city history, had spent the better part of two decades collecting these items, and organizing them into 80 notebooks and dozens of enlarged and framed, vintage photographs."