University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
http://uwdc.library.wisc.edu/collections.html
University of Wisconsin Digital Collections is pleased
to announce a new digital collection, the Taylor
Brothers Photograph Collection, now online and
available for public use. The photographic images in
this collection were taken by the Taylor Brothers
photographic studio of Adams County, Wisconsin, circa
1910-1930. URL is
http://webcat.library.wisc.edu:3200/WI/
Growth and change in rural and small town Wisconsin in
the early 20th century are reflected in the photos of
the Taylor Brothers. Most of the photos were taken in
central Wisconsin, centering on Adams County and the
county seat of Friendship. Subjects are varied and
include towns, buildings and street scenes in Adams
County; construction and dedication of a new county
courthouse; teachers, classes, and one-room school
houses; marsh dredging; road construction; farmsteads,
animals, and agricultural activities. Portraits of
people include men, women, children and families; some
in formal poses in a studio, others taken at their
residences, farms, or businesses. The portraits
include images of Native Americans, mostly members of
the Ho-Chunk nation, some of which are individually
identified.
Scenes outside of Adams County include Wisconsin State
Guard training, circa 1913-1916, at Camp Williams and
Camp Douglas in Juneau County, Camp McCoy in Monroe
County, and a few at Camp Dodge in Polk County, Iowa.
There are also views of the construction of the
Kilbourn dam on the Wisconsin River, at what is now
the city of Wisconsin Dells, in Columbia County. Of
particular historical interest are images of the John
Dietz homestead and Cameron dam on the Thornapple
River in Sawyer County, taken after a shootout in 1910
between Dietz and a sheriff�s posse, the result of a
six-year property and water rights conflict between
Dietz and lumber companies.
Please feel free to pass on this email/information to
anyone interested in Adams
County, Wisconsin historical photographs.
Best regards,
UW Digital Content Group
<digitalcontent(a)library.wisc.edu>
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