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Postcard

Group of People Posed at Farm

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard view of a family posed on a hill in front of a farm, with farmhouse, outbuildings, and a windmill. The family is gathered on a hill i...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 370-376

Date: 
Description: The earth is never still, but speaks her lovers
lying twined among the roots of grasses, lying long
stretched out from hill to hill

There wher...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 674-683

Date: 
Description: Dearest Daughter,

The year is flown.
We can't compete and we stand alone
Photograph

Convoy

Date: 1918
Description: View down snowy street towards a group of people gathered outdoors. Horses with sleighs are parked in front of some of the buildings, which are of log cons...
Photograph

Campers at a Table

Date: 1921
Description: Two men are sitting on benches at a table in front of a fishing camp log cabin in northern Wisconsin. Both men are wearing hats, and the man on the right h...
Photograph

Brady's Lodge

Date: 1927
Description: View across road towards the office, filling station and cabin at Brady's Lodge. Two men stand near the gas pumps in front of a porch of an open counter se...
Print

The New Cabin

Date: 1937
Description: Linoleum cut engraved view of men building a log cabin. One man carries a log in the background near a lake or river, while another man nails a log held in...
Photograph

The First House in Kennedy

Date: 1908
Description: Group posed in front of the first house built in Kennedy.
Photograph

Two Men with Beehives

Date: 
Description: Two men standing posing outdoors behind beehives. Square honeycomb and full frames are displayed on top of hives. In the background on the right is a build...
Photograph

People Standing with Seated Men with Accordions

Date: 
Description: Two men are posing sitting on a bench holding accordions. and six men, two women, and a girl are posing standing around the two men. In the background is a...
Photograph

Lumber Camp Group

Date: 1881
Description: Archie Young and crew at Yellow River camp.
Photograph

Loggers Next to a Log Cabin

Date: 02 1914
Description: Several loggers are standing next to a log cabin, while a few men are sitting on the roof of the cabin during a snowstorm.
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1896
Description: Front cover and menu page from the Old Settlers' Club annual banquet. On the cover is an illustration of Dr. Erastus B. Wolcott riding his horse, "Gunpowde...
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1899
Description: Front cover and menu page of the Old Settlers' Club annual banquet, with a man wielding an axe and chopping down a tree. A log cabin stands in the woods be...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Children

Date: 
Description: Outdoor group portrait of three children, two of them posing standing and one child lying down. One child is wearing what may be a catcher's mask, and the ...
Photograph

Outdoor Group Portrait of European American Family

Date: 
Description: Outdoor group portrait of a large unidentified family group posing sitting and standing. Five men are standing behind three women, a man and a young girl s...
Book or Pamphlet

J.S. Woodhouse Co. Inc. Catalog Cover

Date: 1932
Description: Front cover featuring a man on a tractor pulling an agricultural implement in a field.
Photograph

Family and Their Log Home

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of a man, girl, and a woman holding a broom, standing in front of a log house, surrounded by snow-covered ground. There is another person st...
Postcard

A Complete Deer Season, Cornucopia, Wis.

Date: 1950
Description: Photographic postcard of a man holding a rifle, squatting on ground on the right, with his trophies: Carcasses of a deer, a bear and a wolf hanging from pi...
Postcard

Tourist Park

Date: 1910
Description: View looking downhill towards a small structure made of logs and with a large screened porch, set in a wooded area. A woman is standing on the walk near th...

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