The Home of Julius Koehler
A promotional card created to promote agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. This piece displays Julius Koehler, a man, and a woman in the flourishing garden outside Koehler's home. The caption reads, "The home of Julius Koehler, Secretary of our Board. His barns are to the left and not shown in this view. The vegetables show what can be raised on our lightest soil." |
Image ID: | 95148 |
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Creation Date: | 09 04 1895 |
Creator Name: | Perkins, H. J. |
City: | Phillips |
County: | Price |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | H.J. Perkins negatives and photographs, 1895 |
Genre: | |
Original Format Type: | prints, photomechanical |
Original Format Number: | PH 6509 |
Original Dimensions: | 8 x 5.5 inches |
For the original photograph, see Image ID: 1791 For the reverse side of this card, see Image ID: 95116 Variant: Hand-Book, page 43. Exceptional document. This image is one of many that was created for and appeared in "Northern Wisconsin: A Hand-Book for the Homeseeker" (1896), a promotional survey for the Wisconsin College of Agriculture by W.A. Henry. Henry was the Dean of the College of Agriculture at the University of Wisconsin. This image also appears on page 6 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. |
Plants |
Gardens |
Vegetables |
Publicity |
Women |
Outdoor photography |
Ephemera |
Fences |
Land use, Rural |
Beards |
Family |
Hats |
Men |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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