DuMond frequently appeared in public in full costume as “Josh Higgins,” parlaying his national fame portraying that character into success for his fledgling Waterloo-based radio station, KXEL. Here, DuMond-as-Higgins is seen posing with one of the stars of the National Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo in the mid-1940s. Photo courtesy of Grout Museum District, Waterloo, Iowa