click zoom to display a high-res image
Pompey's Pillar
Image
A view of Pompey's Pillar, a rock formation four miles northeast of Highland. Written on the reverse of the photograph: "It is 150 feet high from the base and has a diameter of about 35-40 feet. Scenery around this rock is very beautiful. With difficulty, the rock may be ascended."
1932
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1932 |
|---|
Physical Description
| Format | Image |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 7 x 9 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin rural school survey records, 1931-1933 |
|---|---|
| Call Number | PH 262.8b |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
|---|
W013YRA
WHi 101253
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Rock Formation
1932
The entrance to a cave is seen as a dark, circular area at the base of a rugged rock outcropping on the John Kopps farm. John Kopps's son Leland was a student at Strawberry School.
Bertha Swingle
1932
Bertha Swingle, wearing a print dress and hat, poses outdoors in front of a door at her home. There is a large hosta plant on the left and other shrubbery in the yard. Mrs. Swingle's son Orin was t...
Delia Benish
1932
Delia Benish, 12, poses at the back of an automobile parked at Strawberry School. A note on the reverse of the photograph reports that she "Drew landscape that won a prize at County Fair."
Strawberry School
1932
A view, from the rear, of the small, wood frame Strawberry School, District No. 4. The school has a hip roof and brick chimney. A car is parked beside the far side of the building. On the reverse o...
Bluff at Woodlawn Farm
1932
View looking up at two boys with two dogs posing atop a bluff at the Charles Gottschall farm.
Devil's Chimney - Anaglyph
View of the rock formation named Devil's Chimney. A quotation on the back of the stereograph reads, "A rock 50 feet high, 25 feet diameter at the base and 50 feet at the top."
