Photograph
The Result of Thrift and Energy
| A promotional cards created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Conrad Flicker and his family standing in front of their property. The caption reads: "THE RESULT OF THRIFT AND ENERGY - This shows what a young man of good heart and muscle can do without assistance. It is the home of Conrad Flicker, near Phillips in Price County. The same opportunities are present today that were offered a few years ago. Young men in the cities and in the country would do well to stop and consider whether it does not pay to put their labor where it will bring the best returns." |
| Image ID: | 94114 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1895 |
| Creator Name: | Perkins, H. J. |
| City: | Phillips |
| County: | Price |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | H.J. Perkins negatives and photographs, 1895 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
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| Part of the promotional materials created by the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company Land Commissioner to publicize the sale of land in northern Wisconsin, primarily in Price, Taylor, and Ashland counties, owned by the railroad, circa 1895. One side of the card has illustrations of farming conditions, crops, forest resources, homesteads, small towns, and rural scenes in northern Wisconsin. A number of the illustrations are from photographs made by Harvey J. Perkins for "Northern Wisconsin: a hand-book for the homeseeker" and "Hand book of Price County." The reverse side of the card has text touting the abundance of resources available in northern Wisconsin, some of which was taken from "Northern Wisconsin: a hand-book for the homeseeker," edited by William A. Henry. The image does appear on page 30 of "Hand book of Price County," a promotional document published by the Board of Imagination with support from Frederick Abbot, land commissioner at the Wisconsin Central Railroad Company in Milwaukee. See the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections website. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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