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Writers from Appleton, Wisconsin (16 P) This page was last edited on 15 February 2025, at 14:56 (UTC). Text ... Category: People from Appleton, Wisconsin, by occupation.
Appleton's Waverly Masonic Lodge sold the building to the OCHS in 1985. The museum's collections focus on the history of the Fox River Valley , containing artifacts from the 1840s onward. The History Museum at the Castle also has a large collection of original Harry Houdini personal documents and performance paraphernalia, including a selection ...
Hardeen was born as "Ferenc Dezső Weisz" (or "Ferencz Dezső Weisz") in Budapest, and went by the name "Theodore Weiss" when he and his family were living in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was known as "Deshi" and later "Dash" by his parents. In 1893, Hardeen performed with Houdini at Coney Island as "The Brothers Houdini".
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Stick-style synagogue built by the local Jewish community in 1883, one of the earliest in Wisconsin. [6] [78] A young Edna Ferber worshiped there, and Harry Houdini's father was rabbi of the congregation just before moving to this building, but was dismissed because he preached only in German. Now houses Wahl Organbuilders.
Appleton is the principal city of the Appleton–Oshkosh–Neenah CSA, a Combined Statistical Area which includes the Appleton (Calumet and Outagamie counties) and Oshkosh–Neenah (Winnebago County) metropolitan areas, [citation needed] which had a combined population of 392,660 at the 2010 census [34] and an estimated population of 409,881 as ...
Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace: Budapest, Hungary. Step back into Budapest’s Golden Era when you visit this Art Nouveau hotel. With wrought-iron peacock gates, a mosaic-adorned lobby, and ...
Mid 19th-century hotel for immigrants, serves as a history museum, ice cream parlor and visitor center [24] [25] History Museum at the Castle: Appleton: Outagamie: Central Sands Prairie: Local history: Includes collections of magician Harry Houdini, author Edna Ferber, operated by the Outagamie County Historical Society Hixon House: La Crosse ...