Date: | 1872 |
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Description: | Galena (lead sulfide) was melted at this open hearth furnace owned by Richard Straw and Company on the Roundtree Branch of the Little Platte River. The men... |
Date: | 1931 |
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Description: | Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background. |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Elevated photographic postcard view of town showing homes and businesses. A windmill is in the foreground. The school is on the far edge of town on the lef... |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Apiary of 92 colonies owned by N.E. France, a celebrated beekeeper. In the center is the frame of the 10x10-ft extracting house. |
Date: | 1940 |
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Description: | Two views of two small statues on the grounds of the Holy Ghost Church. The bases on which these statues stand are encrusted with shells, bits of glass, sm... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | A very large white oak tree standing along County Trunk Highway S dwarfs a utility pole nearby. There is a barn across a field in the far background. The t... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Aerial view of two farms, with fields and barns in a valley. This image appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Lead Region, on a photo... |
Date: | 1854 |
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Description: | Pleasant Ridge Log Church. Pleasant Ridge farmers built a United Brethren Church in 1884. |
Date: | 1953 |
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Description: | View from front towards two horses pulling a plow in a field being driven by a boy. On the right an older man is walking beside the team, and in the backgr... |
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