Postcard
Carl Schurz Home
View of the Carl Schurz home shortly before it was destroyed by fire. Caption reads: "Home of Hon. Carl Schurz, Watertown, Wis." |
Image ID: | 37437 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1915 |
Creator Name: | Schempf's Postals |
City: | Watertown |
County: | Jefferson |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Place File* |
Genre: | Postcard |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PF Watertown.56 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
A quote taken from Emeline H. Conway, taken in 1927, is recorded above the image. "When I first knew the house, Arthur Hall, brother of Daniel Hall, lived in it with his daughters for many years. Some years after their father's death, the daughters went to Milwaukee to live. The T.M.E. R&L purchased the grounds and rented the house until it was destroyed. Mr. Edgar A. Pratt purchased the grounds and built his house there." Carl Schurz, one of the most celebrated German Americans, was born on March 2,1829, in Liblar, Germany near Cologne, and died on May 14,1906, in New York. He was a supporter of the early Republican party and was appointed U.S. envoy to Spain by President Lincoln. He served as Secretary of the Interior under President Rutherford B. Hayes from 1877 to 1881. He later moved to New York City, where he helped found the New York Evening Post and became nationally known as a political writer and reformer. |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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