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| Description: | View across water toward The Cherry on the shoreline among trees. Caption reads: "'The Cherry' at Everett's Resort, Eagle River, Wis." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Birch Cottage surrounded by trees. There is a cushioned porch swing and other outdoor furniture on the rustic porch which wraps around... |
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| Description: | View from lake of Camp Idyle Wyld. A two-story wet boathouse, a windmill, and several cabins are visible along the shoreline. Caption reads: "View of Camp ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Five men and one woman, possibly employees of the Kirkpatrick Cheese Factory, gathered in front of the factory building. A car is parked along the curb in ... |
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| Description: | Embossed postcard of a painting of a woman in rodeo garb on horseback. The horse is rearing up while the woman fires a gun into the ground. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Easter postcard with a female rabbit sitting on an Easter egg and a male rabbit standing behind her. Another male rabbit is taking their picture with a cam... |
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| Description: | A photographic postcard of studio props (#84 PAPIER MACME ROCKS) in front of a painted backdrop. There are 8 different rocks in different sizes. The prices... |
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| Description: | A photographic postcard for a painted backdrop, #86. It has a wooded background, a column and a balustrade. Below is the text "PROFILE BALUSTRADE #8." |
| Date: | 1889 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C... |
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| Description: | Cartoon postcard of a quack doctor. He wears a top hat and carries an umbrella under his arm. In his right hand he holds a bag bearing the name Dr. Killem.... |
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| Description: | Well-dressed group of three women and one man walking along a dirt road lined with fences and telephone poles. Caption reads: "A Stroll through Donges Bay.... |
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| Description: | Hodag standing on a log. Caption reads: "The Hodag. Rhinelander, Wis." |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a Swiss farmer returning home with his animals. Many of the animals, and five of the shepherds, are labeled with a name. The path loops b... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard showing a farm crew with horses, a tractor, and other agricultural implements threshing grain crops in a field. Women in dresses pose... |
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| Description: | View of a field dotted with shocks of grain. From the Scenes along the Country Road series. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View of shocks of wheat in a field. A few men stand near one of the bunches in the background. From the Scenes along the Country Road series. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Postcard view of a couple seated on a floral float consisting of a car covered with roses atop a dome of foliage also covered with roses. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Depicts an overweight man wearing a bowler hat drinking beer directly from a barrel. In the background beer steins are littering the ground. The caption at... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Postcard of the Milwaukee lakefront. In the foreground is an image of Neptune standing in Lake Michigan holding a trident in one hand and a beer stein in t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Postcard of the Stork Brewery facilities. The image includes the brewery buildings along a hillside and railroad tracks in the foreground. There is a sign ... |
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