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Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1900
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1900.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of Sauk City

Date: 1900
Description: A Sanborn fire insurance map of Sauk City created in 1900.
Postcard

Fern Dells

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Fern Dells, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin)." Rock formations, trees, boathouse, boat and dock on the sho...
Postcard

Devil's Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin.)" A rock formation with a hole in it on the shore of...
Postcard

Congress Hall

Date: 1907
Description: Handwritten on front: "'Congress Hall.' Vicinity of Mirror Lake. Delton Wis." View of a narrow passage through rock formations at Congress Hall, on the Del...
Postcard

North View of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair

Date: 11 19 1908
Description: Text on front reads: "North view of Grand Stand at Inter County Fair, Spring Green, Wis." Two women are walking on the track in the foreground. In the back...
Postcard

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: Text handwritten on right: "Wis. River Bridge, Sauk City, Wis." A view straight through the bridge girders to the opposite side. Signs can be seen on the o...
Photograph

Construction on River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a work train on railroad tracks on a railroad bridge, over a river, that is under construction. Several workmen are standing and posing on...
Photograph

Catholic Church

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved street towards a church. Two people, perhaps nuns, are walking on a sidewalk lined with metal railings. Caption reads: "Catholic Church, ...
Photograph

Construction on Railroad Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of several workmen standing on a platform near the shoreline of the Wisconsin River during construction of a railroad bridge. There is a work...
Postcard

Taxidermist Cart

Date: 1907
Description: A man in a suit and hat, and a ribbon on his lapel, poses in front of a cart with a sign that reads: "E.D. Ochsner, Taxidermist, Prairie du Sac, Wis." Bunt...
Postcard

Elevated View of Baraboo River

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Baraboo River. The main part of town is on the far left shoreline. On the right industrial buildings are near a bridge spanning the ri...
Photograph

Picnicking by the Shore

Date: 1905
Description: Picnicking group of men and women along the shore of the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Large Rocks at Devil's Lake

Date: 1900
Description: View looking up towards large rock formation with trees at Devil's Lake. A man is standing at the top of the rock formation on the right, and on the left a...
Photograph

View of Lodde's Mill

Date: 1908
Description: Lodde's mill and surroundings, west of Sauk City.
Photograph

Man Sitting on Pinnacle of Rock

Date: 1900
Description: Man sitting atop ridges of quartzite rock in the Baraboo Range.
Photograph

Methodist Evangelical and Catholic Churches

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved road towards three churches in a row. The M.E. and Catholic Churches are brick buildings with arched windows, belfry, and steeples. A sma...
Photograph

Spring Green Business District

Date: 1909
Description: View from street of a street corner in the business district, with a large brick building housing the J.A.W. Sprecher general merchandise store, with fire ...
Photograph

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: A view from shoreline below a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. There are two signs on the upper level of the bridge. One is for weight limit and th...
Photograph

Two Young Women on Tree Stump

Date: 1909
Description: Two young women wearing long dresses pose on top of a large tree stump, while holding onto each other tightly. Their jackets are laying on the ground, and ...

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