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Birth Index Record

Bohrer, Alfred L Jr

Date: 1905-08-05
County: Milwaukee
Birth Index Record

Matter, Alfred D Jr

Date: 1905-10-19
County: Milwaukee
Birth Index Record

Lemoine, Alfred John Jr

Date: 1906-10-20
County: Marathon
Marriage Index Record

Bishop Jr, Alfred

Date: 1907-04-02
County: Iowa
Photograph

Building the Tennis Court

Date: 1905
Description: A group of five men are preparing the soil for the new tennis court. The men are using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. On the right, children Alfred and ...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Sugar Beets

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A man on a large horse-drawn cart hauls a group of giant sugar beets. The two horses are stepping onto a dirt road. An inscription in the upper left corner...
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Onions

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: An elderly, bearded man hauls a giant onion using a dolly. The man is wearing a black hat and white work gloves. The background shows the side of a barn....
Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Loading Cabbage

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: A group of male laborers load a giant cabbage up a ramp and onto a train car. The side of the train says "Wisconsin and Michigan." A pile of other giant ca...
Historical Essay

Tall-Tale Postcards - Image Gallery Essay

Larger Than Life Images of Animals and Produce
Learn about the tall-tale postcard industry and the career of photographer Alfred Stanley Johnson, Jr.
Photograph

Tall-tale Postcard: Cat Fish Caught in Beaver Pond

Date: 10 30 1909
Description: Photomontage of a giant catfish being hauled on a flatbed horse-drawn cart. A group of men stand around and on the cart looking at the fish. The Williams...
Photograph

The Islander Steam Launch at the Dock on Archibald Lake

Date: 1904
Description: The Islander steam launch is docked at the pier on the north side of the Island. There are two women and some children in the picture. Jeannette, El...
Photograph

Holt Children Painting the Cupola

Date: 08 16 1909
Description: W.A. Holt is watching his children paint the cupola which was moved to the Island from the Lakewood school house. From left to right: Jeannette Holt is pai...
Photograph

Jeannette Holt Raising American Flag

Date: 1902
Description: The American flag, twisted around the wooden pole on the Island, is the focal point this picture. Lucy and W.A. Holt with their children are standing to th...
Photograph

American Flag and Islander Flag

Date: 1902
Description: An American flag and Islander flag flying on a flag pole at the island. Trees and Archibald Lake are in the background. Caption reads: "Long may it ...
Property Record

407 FRONT ST

Community: Mineral Point
County: Iowa
Historic Name: LITTLE HOUSE
Reference Number: 58775
Property Record

1227 N 7th St

Community: Sheboygan
County: Sheboygan
Historic Name: Peter and Mattie Pape Reiss House
Reference Number: 82273

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