Sunday, December 30, 2018

Evergleam aluminum Christmas trees on South 8th Street, Manitowoc, Wisconsin (part 1)


Manitowoc is home to the Evergleam aluminum Christmas tree.


Videos and photos by Retiring Guy

Manitowoc Evergleam aluminum Christmas trees: 'It’s amazing how the whole thing took off'.  (Herald Times Reporter, 12/13/2018)
“We were selling from a half million to a million trees a year for a while,” recalled Jerry Waak, former head of sales for the company that produced and sold more than 70 percent of the shiny trees in the 1960s

Evergleams on 8th.  Through January 6, 2019



History Sandwiched In:  The History of the Evergleam Aluminum Christmas Tree.  The Wisconsin Historical Museum has offered this program more than once. 



View of the building at 902 South 8th Street


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