Painting
Flersheim's Whisky Distillery and Cattle Farm
| Friedrich Flersheim immigrated from Mecklenburg to Illinois in the early 1850s, and after farming for a time built this distillery on the Black River in Wisconsin. It produced more than a thousand gallons a day, and the waste was used to fatten the nearly 700 cattle on the property. The animals looked healthy, especially the bulls, and were "bought for a good profit" by meat buyers from Chicago. Butter and cheese were produced from the cows. In the early years, Flersheim related, each winter when the first snow fell bears and wolves harassed his homestead, looking for food. He trapped many of these animals and kept the teeth and claws as trophies on his table. The distillery pictured here is substantial, and has a fine house in the center. Taken from Hölzlhuber's description of the scene, translated by Vera Kroner. |
| Image ID: | 28150 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1858 |
| Creator Name: | Hölzlhuber, Franz, 1826-1898 |
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| Collection Name: | Franz Hölzlhuber sketches and associated materials, 1856-1860, 1959 |
| Genre: | Painting |
| Original Format Type: | paintings |
| Original Format Number: | PH 3131.28 |
| Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 inches |
| This image is one of forty-two watercolor drawings from a sketchbook by Holzlhuber, documenting his trip to the U.S., especially to Wisconsin and Canada in 1856-1860. |
| Horses |
| Trees |
| Alcoholic beverages |
| Beverage industry |
| Liquor industry |
| Farms |
| Fences |
| Factories |
| Men |
| Horse-drawn vehicles |
| Wagons |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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