Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Search: Harry
Search: Elsworth
Search: Cole
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Year of 1920-1929
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A painted wooden sign which reads "Hotel by T.B. Petford." |
| Date: | 08 24 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | An outdoor brick bake oven with utensils alongside. According to the photographer, these were "often used by the early taverns." |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The old toll house. The house is surrounded by a sagging wire fence, and there are two pumps in the overgrown yard. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A copy of a waist-up portrait of Raymond Holzse. Holzse was described as a "bandit of northern Wisconsin, who planned several stage holdups." |
| Date: | 10 18 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | One of two Franklin stoves used in Hawks Tavern, also known as Hawks Inn, built by Nelson P. Hawks in 1840. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Exterior view from yard of the Johnstown Center Tavern. A dance hall extends the full length of the second-story. |
| Date: | 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A deteriorating wooden structure with a stone foundation stands on an overgrown site. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A wooden, two-story saltbox style building in an advanced state of neglect. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | An early two-story frame house with a lean-to addition on the rear. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | An unidentified woman stands beside a stone spring house at a spring between Mt. Horeb and Black Earth. |
| Date: | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Description: | In recognition of the loyalty and patronage of the Winnebago Indians. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from road of a two-story brick structure identified as the Melchior Hotel. See also image 67069. |
| Date: | 10 1924 |
|---|---|
| Description: | J.R. Hastie stands beside a chain and crank operated pump at the pioneer well, "a few miles below Portage." |
| Date: | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Members and guests of the Heart of the Hills Walking Club pose on a bluff near Devil's Lake. H.E. Cole stands second from right. |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Herman Rafoth, smoking a pipe, stands behind a two-story wooden house. Rafoth was the driver of a stage held up by Raymond Holzse on May 8, 1880. A woman... |
| Date: | 08 05 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Melchior Hotel on the Mississippi River, with the "brewery at near end." There is a prominent stone portion at right center with several wings or addit... |
| Date: | 1926 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A barn with a large cupola, built in 1852, on "The Capt. W.P. Ruggles Estate." |
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A deteriorating wooden structure with two gables on the front, identified as the Red Tavern between Kilbourn and Mauston, built in 1848. |
| Date: | 04 1926 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Old stone mill, with a smaller wooden addition on the left. Water is passing through the flume. |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
