Photograph
Newsletter Photo Souvenir
| Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a sepia-toned picture of a girl (Jessica Trumble) dressed as a cowgirl and holding the reins for Tony the Pony. The image is surrounded by news articles that refer to Dells tourism and attractions. The back page can be seen in image ID: 145248 and 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 Trumble Photography (formerly Dells Photo Service), owned and operated by John Trumble. He made the open prairie backdrop for this taxidermied pony and other stuffed animals like bucking horses and a buffalo for portrait customers visiting his "pitcher gallery" at Fort Dells. This souvenir with the photographer's daughter's picture is a sample. |
| Image ID: | 145254 |
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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. Mark Miller, a Madison-based artist, painted the background. For the opposite side of the mailer, see Image ID: 145249. For other backgrounds in the pitcher gallery see Image IDs: 145248, 145253 and 145255. Kelli (oldest daughter of Trumble) wrote the fake articles for the newsletter borrowing the title from a local paper. Trumble Photography moved to 514 Broadway, Wisconsin Dells by October 1976. |
| Horses |
| Taxidermy |
| Advertising |
| Clothing and dress |
| Business |
| Youth |
| Postal service |
| Tourism |
| Photography |
| Photographers |
| Hats |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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