So here it is, the 2010 Dairy Breakfast poster. For 8 of the last 9 years we have commissioned a special piece of art to be created for our signature event. This is the first year that the artist, Julie Reilly, used historic photographs for the poster. I wanted this year's poster to have a nostalgic feel to it and also convey the family part of what a family farm is and was. The photos that were selected were not all from Glenview. The top left and bottom shots are courtesy of John Allen of Lafayette, In. I met John while I was working on the Museums At Prophetstown in early 2000. John's family has one of the most unique photographic collections in the entire country in that for five generations they have been documenting rural life and technology on the farm. Besides the countless media requests for the use of their pictures they have published three books that are some of the best primary sources on the time period. The photo in the upper right is from a friend who loaned Wagner Farm a number of pictures from the period. When we do historic research the details from old photographs are extremely helpful. This picture of a young girl visiting her farm cousins is neat for not only the great example of clothing (check out those socks) but also the car. The center picture is unique to Glenview and I would have to say a little bit rare, especially considering how I came to own it. A few years back Jeff and I were called to walk through a local house that was soon to be torn down. We were told the next day the entire place was going to the dump so anything inside we could take. I found a couple old ledger books and some pictures that I thought looked interesting. The photo on the poster is one of those pictures that I found. It is hard to see in this blog posting but the snapshot is of the roof line of a house with a formation of Navy fighter planes flying over. It looks like this formation has 18 planes in it. This picture ties closely to Glenview history because from the late 1930's to the early 1990's this was the home of Naval Air Station Glenview.
I was very pleased with how the poster turned out and it is a nice use of old photography.
