Photograph
Family Group in Front of Farm Buildings
| Man and woman posing sitting, each holding a child in their lap, and a young man, girl, and a boy holding a toy horn, are posing standing. The group is posing in the yard in front of a log house and farm building. According to Bonnie Evans of Cataract, Wisconsin, this is the Chas. Koehler family, and the man on the right is Gust Jones, a nephew. |
| Image ID: | 1917 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1890 |
| Creator Name: | Van Schaick, Charles |
| City: | Black River Falls |
| County: | Jackson |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Van Schaick, Charles : Charles Van Schaick photographs and negatives, circa 1880-circa 1940 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (V24)2184 |
| Original Dimensions: | Unknown |
| This image is part of a larger collection of over 6,000 negatives created by Charles J. Van Schaick. Van Schaick learned the art of photography after moving to Jackson County, Wisconsin. In 1885, he opened a studio in Black River Falls, Wisconsin. He was the town photographer for over 50 years. His work includes both studio portraits and richly varied and intimate snapshots of small-town, Wisconsin life. Appears in the book Wisconsin Death Trip, by Michael Lesy. The image appeared in the October section of the 1980 Wisconsin Historical Calendar. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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