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Heider Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Heider tractor, made and sold by Rock Island Plow Company. The pamphlet features a decorative border surrounding ...
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Heider Tractor and Plow Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Heider tractors. A photograph of a man using a tractor and plow is placed at the top and a label reading: "Return to ...
Book or Pamphlet

Rock Island Plow Company Brochure

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a brochure advertising Rock Island Plow Company farm machinery. The advertisement features lists of agricultural equipment produced by the co...
Book or Pamphlet

Power Behind Farm Profits Brochure

Date: 1919
Description: Back cover of a brochure produced by the Rock Island Plow Company advertising Heider tractors as "The Power behind Farm Profits." The cover lists Heider tr...
Book or Pamphlet

Nilson Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Nilson tractors. The captions surrounding an illustration of the tractor read: "Nilson Patented Lever Hitch," "The Ha...
Book or Pamphlet

"Stop This Leak" Advertisement

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the La Crosse tractor featuring an illustration of horses eating corn that is falling out of a corn crib.
Book or Pamphlet

La Crosse Happy Farmer Tractor Pamphlet

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the La Crosse Happy Farmer kerosene tractor. The cover features an illustration of a man using the tractor in a farm ...
Photograph

Sculpture of Norwegian

Date: 
Description: Relief sculpture of unknown Norwegian.
Photograph

Hotz Cottage

Date: 1918
Description: The entrance and gabled front of the main Hotz cottage at Fish Creek, seen after a snowfall. There are rustic branch details under the gables.
Photograph

Winter Scene

Date: 1918
Description: Snowy landscape with evergreens and birches below the bluff at Fish Creek.
Photograph

Girl with Dog

Date: 1921
Description: The photographer's daughter Margaret poses with a dachshund on the path in front of the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake. Two flights of steps on a steep...
Photograph

Road in Winter

Date: 1924
Description: Winter scene with a snow-covered road bordered by stone walls and pillars on Cottage Row Road. Birches and evergreens line the road.
Photograph

Stone Tower

Date: 1924
Description: The stone tower and garage at the Hotz compound. There is also a flag pole and rustic fence. A ladder was used to access the lookout atop the tower, with v...
Photograph

Beach Pine

Date: 1925
Description: View looking north on the shore of Europe bay. A picturesque old pine stands near the site of the old pier.
Photograph

Men at Europe Lake

Date: 1925
Description: Two men pose alongside the Hotz Cottage at Europe Lake. The man in the background is David Kincaid, the caretaker.
Photograph

Lake Europe Cabin

Date: 1923
Description: A narrow stone-lined lane leads to the Hotz family cottage on Europe Lake, where two men stand on the porch. The man on the right is David Kincaid, the ca...
Photograph

Crossing the Stream

Date: 1912
Description: A woman and small girl balance on a log crossing a small stream in a ravine. The trees and bushes are bare.
Photograph

Sledding

Date: 1912
Description: A child in a stocking cap sleds down a course of piled snow at the side of the Hotz family home.
Photograph

Young Man and Dog

Date: 1910
Description: A young man and a dog pose on an improvised toboggan run next to the Hotz residence. The photograph was taken from an upper story window; a porch roof is i...
Photograph

Apfelbach Summer Home

Date: 1915
Description: Birch and other trees frame the view of a distant house and barn with poplars behind, lining the road (now Highway 42) at Fish Creek.

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