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Depot, Deer Park, Wisconsin

• [ca. 1908] (creation)

1 photograph : print, sepia toned ; sheet 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

Real-photo postcard with image of the train station in Deer Park, St. Croix County, Wisconsin. A steam locomotive is on the tracks. Date based on postmark (Aug 1908) and message (8/17/08); mailed from Deer Park Wisconsin; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Handwritten in ball point ink on recto: "Grandma Evenson lived here." Message: Addressed to Evenson's, Underwood, Minn. "Arrived here yesterday a.m., found the folks all well. [---] is expected back here to-morrow, think I will wait til he appears, so you need not expect me home before F[riday?]. have decided to go with [---] to the Berry-woods to [-----], weather is favorable. [Lov]e to all, Bob."

Corners somewhat dog-eared; several creases on lower half of the image

This item is made available by the University Archives & Area Research Center, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, for personal, educational, and research purposes in accordance with the Fair Use provisions of Copyright Act of 1976. Other uses may require permission from the copyright owner.

Cataloged by kdo, 12/03/2018

Purchased July 24, 2018, from Ostlie Archives, Decorah IA.

[United States] : [Publisher not identified], [ca. 1908]

• Deer Park (Wis.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- 1900-1910 Railroad stations -- Wisconsin -- Deer Park -- 1900-1910 Railroad tracks -- Wisconsin -- Deer Park -- 1900-1910 Steam locomotives -- 1900-1910

• Deer Park (Wis.) St. Croix County (Wis.) Depots