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Photograph

Collapsed Barn

Date: 1920
Description: Two men and a child look at a barn that has collapsed, possibily due to a windstorm or tornado.
Photograph

Row of Factories

Date: 1920
Description: The back lot of a row of factories. Alongside the buildings, there are piles of raw materials, lumber slabs, carts, and a parked car.
Photograph

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: View of metal bridge spanning the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1920
Description: Two buildings, and what appears to be a stable, along a snow-covered road. The larger building has a sign that says "Hotel."
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1920
Description: View from low hill of a stream flowing through fields. There are cows in the pasture on the right. In the distance is a bridge, road, and buildings.
Photograph

Metropolis Hall

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of the brick Metropolis Hall building in winter.
Photograph

General Merchandise Store and Post Office

Date: 1920
Description: Six people standing on the porch of L.J. Ryan Dry Goods and Groceries. A sign above the door says: Post Office North Andover." A team of two horses are pul...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of a North Andover public school. The building is on a snow-covered hill.
Photograph

Street Scene with Billboards

Date: 1920
Description: A man stands near the backs of billboards on the left along a street or alley. Power lines lead to the horizon, over what appear to be businesses or indust...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: A map of the Nelson-Dewey State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers, showing the topographical features of the area, as well as ...
Map or Atlas

Nelson-Dewey State Park, Grant County, Wisconsin

Date: 1920
Description: This 1920 map actually depicts present-day Wyalusing State Park at the confluence of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers in the Town of Wyalusing, Grant C...
Photograph

Lorin Gillett (1915-1985)

Date: 1920
Description: Indoor portrait of Lorin Gillett at approximately five years of age.
Photograph

Man, Woman and Maple Tree

Date: 1920
Description: Man and woman stand in a forest at the base of a large maple tree, 20 feet in circumference. They are reaching their arms towards each other to show the wi...
Photograph

Large Talus Rocks

Date: 1920
Description: View towards hillside with an outcropping of large talus rocks surrounded by trees near Castle Rock village. In the foreground is what appears to be a dirt...
Photograph

The Gillett Children

Date: 1920
Description: Studio group portrait in front of a painted backdrop of the Gillett children, left to right: Harry (b. 1910), Sherry (b. 1913), and Lorin (b. 1915).
Postcard

Front View of Grotto

Date: 1920
Description: A black and white photographic postcard view of the front of the Dickeyville Grotto. In the top left corner of the postcard is a small oval portrait of Fat...
Postcard

Patriotism in Stone, and Grotto, Dickeyville, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: Photographic postcard view of the grounds of the Dickeyville Grotto. The sculpture, which was created by Father Matthias Wernerus in 1929-30, and honors Co...

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