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Postcard

Milkmaid with Cow

Date: 1911
Description: Milkmaid with pail and cow. Text reads: "Milking Time, Good Friends in Wisconsin, Scenes along the country roads."
Postcard

Prospect Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down tree-lined street in a neighborhood. Caption reads: "Prospect Street, Appleton, Wis."
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (without Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard entitled "Melon Party." Four girls wearing bows and dresses are holding an object...
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Melon Party (with Melons)

Date: 1911
Description: Photomontage of children with giant watermelons. Four girls wearing dresses and bows hold a giant slice of melon across them as they all bite into it. Two ...
Photograph

"The Cottage by the Sea"

Date: 1911
Description: View of the Drew family cottage on Lake Flora Dell. A caption of "The Cottage by the Sea" is to the left of the photograph, in addition to a decorative bor...
Photograph

Group on Log Swing

Date: 1911
Description: A group of individuals pose for a photograph while seated on and around a log lawn swing in the yard of the Drew cottage. Caption reads, "Well, well, here ...
Photograph

Men and Women on Log Swing

Date: 1911
Description: A group of individuals sit on a log lawn swing in the yard of the Drew cottage. Features a caption that reads, "Charter members of lunchgrabbers league." H...
Photograph

J.L. Jellison Residence

Date: 1911
Description: Residence of J.L. Jellison. View of home and tree-shaded yard. Caption reads: "Residence of J.L. Jellison. Holden, Mo."
Photograph

Exterior of Residence

Date: 1911
Description: Exterior view of home and yard on an unpaved road.
Photograph

Exterior of Residence

Date: 1911
Description: View of brick home and yard.
Photograph

Brad Harmon Residence

Date: 1911
Description: Residence of Brad Harmon. View of home and yard. Neighboring homes can are in the background.
Photograph

International Model M Truck

Date: 1911
Description: International Model M truck parked on a street near a curb in front of residences and a sidewalk.
Photograph

Johnson Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down Johnson street, which is a muddy, dirt road. There are rows of houses and trees on either side. In the far distance is a Catholic church.
Photograph

Burns Street

Date: 1911
Description: View down tree-lined Burns Street, which is on a hill. Houses and sidewalks are on both sides of the street, and a small group of men are in the yard of a ...
Postcard

Light House, Port Washington

Date: 1911
Description: Tinted postcard view of the lighthouse at Port Washington. A U.S. flag flies above the roof at the upper left. Caption reads: "Light House, Port Washington...
Photograph

German Lutheran Church and Parsonage Erected 1908

Date: 1911
Description: View across street of the German Lutheran Church. There is a lamppost and a sign at the foot of the stairs. A fenced-in churchyard is on the right. The par...
Photograph

Hotel May

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks and road of the front of the Hotel May. The hotel has a wrap-around porch and balcony. Men in suits are relaxing in chairs on t...
Photograph

Miller and his Studebaker

Date: 1911
Description: George Miller, a local barber, poses sitting in a Studebaker parked on a lawn. In the background are trees and a house.
Photograph

Jim Kinley, Lizzie Caries and Two Unidentified Women

Date: 1911
Description: Outdoor portrait of a European American man and four European American women standing on a wooden walkway in a yard. Identified from left to right as: Jim ...
Postcard

Residence Street

Date: 1911
Description: View across unpaved street towards a row of houses. Caption reads: "Residence St., Hancock, Wis."

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