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Drawing

Hay Into the Barn

Date: 1945
Description: A man stands on top of a full hay wagon parked in front of the closed door of a red barn. Above the man a grappling hook full of hay can be seen through th...
Drawing

Mailbox at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Black and white sketch of a mailbox on a post in a milk can, with its flag up, next to a country road. Across the road is a tree and fence, with a field an...
Photograph

Commercial Buildings

Date: 1945
Description: View down side of railroad tracks towards commercial buildings. Two advertisements are painted on the side of the large brick building in the foreground.
Postcard

Standard Service Station and Club 10

Date: 1945
Description: Photographic postcard view from street of the Standard Service Station, with cars parked along the curb, and another car at a pump. The building to the lef...
Postcard

Scene at Eagle, Wis.

Date: 1945
Description: Crossroads with Hwy 67 straight ahead; the road on the left goes toward Rte. 59 and Oconomowoc. The right turn goes towards Mukwonago. Power lines are over...
Postcard

Street Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Diagonal view across Hwy 99 going through Eagle, Wisconsin. Probably Jericho Street, but unmarked. Cars are parked at an angle in front of storefronts lini...
Photograph

Aerial View of Atwood Avenue and Fair Oaks Avenue Intersection

Date: 1945
Description: An aerial view, looking northeast, that includes the intersection at Atwood and Fair Oaks Avenues. Elmside Circle Park is on the bottom left. The Madison-K...
Postcard

Jackson Street Bridge

Date: 1945
Description: View across water toward a concrete arch bridge over the Rock River. Caption reads: "Jackson Street Bridge, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Bird's Eye View

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of the public library and the church next door. Caption reads: "Bird's Eye View Jefferson, Wis."
Photograph

Sauk County Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Elevated view of a large farm in a valley. Caption reads: "Prosperous Sauk County Dairy farm — nestling in a fertile valley between timber-clad hills. Phot...
Postcard

Leo's Esquire Club

Date: 1945
Description: Exterior view of a supper club. A white, rectangular building with awnings over the windows, and bushes around the foundation. Caption reads: "Leo's Esquir...
Photograph

The State Capitol

Date: 1945
Description: The 4th Wisconsin State Capitol, built in 1906-1917.
Photograph

Winter Scene

Date: 1945
Description: Caption from calendar reads: "Evergreens and drifted snow form a Christmas picture on the University campus."
Photograph

Wisconsin's First Capitol

Date: 1945
Description: Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, a building rented by the Legislature for 46 days in 1836. Caption from calendar: "Wisconsin's first Capitol — Belmont — Lafa...
Postcard

Oconomowoc Canning Company

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Oconomowoc Canning Co. Sun Prairie, Wis." A group of buildings at a canning factory. A sign on the right reads: "Oconomowoc Canning C...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Main Street, Westfield, Wis." Many automobiles and a Greyhound Bus are diagonally parked on Main Street. The destination sign on the ...

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