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Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
Photograph

View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
Photograph

Buildings in Cross Plains

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill looking down at Cross Plains.
Drawing

Black Earth Valley

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Black Earth Valley. Gentle lightly tree-covered hills frame the center grassy valley. Two farmhouses are sitting at the base of hills on ...
Photograph

Cornfield

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: View of a cornfield and wooded ridge at sunrise.
Photograph

Hay Bales in a Field

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: View of a field with bales of hay ready to be harvested.
Photograph

Flooded Farm Field

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise.
Photograph

Tree Line Separating Fields

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: A row of willows resides between two crop fields. There is a hill in the background.
Photograph

Farm Against a Hillside

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: A farm, with metal-roofed buildings, in a hillside valley.
Photograph

Hillside Farmyard

Date: 04 30 1961
Description: View down hill of a farmyard. A pasture with several trees is visible, in addition to two farm buildings.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 
Description: View from hill over church and cemetery towards fields and town in a valley.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill of rural landscape.
Photograph

Scene on Highway 11

Date: 1929
Description: View down a commercial street, with an automobile coming down the street. There is a soda/ice cream shop which offers tobacco, cigars, and candy. The City ...
Photograph

Long View Across Valley

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Elevated view from Highway P on a hill looking down across valley pastureland, between Black Earth and Marxville.
Photograph

Small Girl Near Railroad Tracks

Date: 1920
Description: Unidentified small girl holding a parasol, posed beside railroad tracks.
Postcard

Car and Passengers in front of Witt Studio

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of a man, woman and young girl posing in their Buick convertible in front of the Matthew Witt Photographic Studio. Another woman stan...
Photograph

View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from grassy hill of uptown Cross Plains. The Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) is on the right, and farmhouses and other buildings are among fields...
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1928
Description: View down valley towards the back of the Lutheran Church and cemetery. Houses and barns are in the valley below, and more hills are in the far background. ...
Photograph

Washout Through Cornfield

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: Big washout through cornfield after heavy rain. In the background is a field with crops leading up to a low hill crowned with trees.

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