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Postcard

North Main Street

Date: 06 20 1907
Description: Postcard of North Main Street. Buildings line the right side of the street and there are several large trees along the sidewalk. Text below reads: "N. Main...
Postcard

Greetings From Brillion

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a paved road curving between hills with trees in autumn color. There are flowers in the fields on both sides of the road. Caption rea...
Photograph

Cemetery Visit

Date: 1958
Description: Local historian William F. Wolf visiting the Native American cemetery. In the background is a barn and a silo and other farm buildings.
Print

Lauson 15-25 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the Lauson 15-25 tractor featuring a color illustration of a farmer using the tractor and plow in a field, surrounded by an Art Deco-styl...
Print

Lauson Tractor Testimonies

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for the John Lauson Manufacturing Company featuring an illustration of testimonials from satisfied customers. The caption reads: "Output More...
Print

Lauson Factory

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated-view illustration of the John Lauson Manufacturing Company factory. The company made Lauson tractors and Lauson Frost King gasoline engines.
Print

Lauson Tractor with Jewel Movement Roller Bearings

Date: 1920
Description: Advertisement for the Lauson 15-25 kerosene tractor with "21 jewel movement" Hyatt & Timken roller bearings. The advertisement features an illustration of ...
Print

Gasoline and Kerosene Engines and Tractors

Date: 1925
Description: Advertisement for Lauson gasoline and kerosene engines and tractors with a slogan reading: "Built Up to a Standard - Not Down to a Price." The advertisemen...
Photograph

Homecoming, Quinney, Wisconsin

Date: 07 01 1917
Description: View of a large group of people gathered for a Homecoming celebration. A young woman in the foreground is identified as Daisy Helen Hicken.
Map or Atlas

Calumet County, WI Cemetery Locations

Date: 1977
Description: This 1977 map identifies the locations of 46 cemeteries in Calumet County, Wisconsin. Cemeteries are indexed by town. Also included are a civil town map, a...
Photograph

Raymond Alpin

Date: 1933
Description: Raymond Alpin, president of the Potter School District No. 3 PTA stands in the doorway of his garage. There is a large Firestone advertisement on the left....
Photograph

Students at Their Desks

Date: 1933
Description: Students sitting at their desks with their books open at Potter School, District No. 3. Magazines and newspapers hang on a line strung against the back wal...
Photograph

Willard Nuss

Date: 1933
Description: Willard Nuss, holding a small dog on a chain leash, poses near Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church in Potter. He was the "leader of the highest class in ...
Photograph

Elliot Wenzel

Date: 1933
Description: Elliot Wenzel, age 11, poses for his photograph as the "Leader in Play" at the Potter School, District No. 3. He holds a football and wears a leather hat s...
Photograph

Home of Willard Nuss

Date: 1933
Description: Submitted as an example of "The Homes of Pupils," this two-story Victorian house was the parsonage of Peace Reformed Church and home of Pastor Edward P. Nu...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Town of St. Catherine

Date: 1943
Description: Map shows the town of St. Catherine, Wisconsin, between Lake Street and Doty Street as it appeared on January 3, 1852. Map is situated facing north with La...
Photograph

Albert Peglow in Apiary

Date: 1923
Description: Wisconsin beekeeper Albert Peglow posed standing outdoors among beehives in apiary.
Photograph

Swarm of Bees on Fence Post

Date: 06 1921
Description: Swarm of bees on a fencepost and barbed wire. A hive sits directly underneath the swarm. Frank Buhl is the owner of this photograph.
Photograph

Swarm of Bees on Fence Post with Frank Buhl

Date: 06 1921
Description: Frank Buhl is standing next to a swarm of bees on a fence post and barbed wire. A beehive is directly beneath the swarm. Buhl, who is wearing suspenders, i...
Map or Atlas

Stockbridge Reservation

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows landownership circa 1848 in the old Stockbridge Indian reservation on Lake Winnebago in Calumet County. It is oriented with north to the lef...

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