Photograph
Newsletter Photo Souvenir
| Front and back pages of a fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of a man (John Trumble) wearing a straw-brimmed hat and looking surprised (or scared) going over a waterfall in a barrel. The image is part of a fictional news story about "a fantastic event captured on film" and is surrounded by articles that refer to Dells tourism and attractions. The back page shows a mugshot of Black Bart as "Wanted" beneath a story about his train robbery at Fort Dells and a cheeky ad for the Wood Tick Inn. The newsletter is a two-fold mailer designed to frame the photograph, and the mailer also serves as an advertisement and order form for reprints. It was created by Dells Photo Service, owned and operated by John Trumble. He created the barrel scene as a fun background for portrait customers visiting his studio and "pitcher gallery" at Fort Dells. The scene shows the drop between the Upper and Lower Dells on the Wisconsin River at Kilbourn dam. In the background, High Rock is on the right, and Romance Cliff on the left. This souvenir with the photographer's picture is a sample. |
| Image ID: | 145248 |
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| Creator Name: | Trumble, John A. (1929-2017) |
| City: | Wisconsin Dells |
| County: | Columbia |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | John A. Trumble negatives and photographs, 1955-2004 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
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| Loaned for copying by the Trumble family. John Trumble's neighbor, Henry Kochanek, helped build the prop and Mark Miller, a Madison-based artist, painted the background. For the opposite side of the newsletter mailer, see Image ID: 145249. Kelli (oldest daughter of Trumble) wrote the fake articles for the newsletter borrowing the title from a local paper. The Dells Photo Service was located at 808 River Road, Wisconsin Dells until the autumn of 1976. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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