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US ARC PH 1962.001.088 · item · [early 20th century]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the railroad depot in River Falls, Wisconsin. A steam engine with cars is sitting at the station and there are people, wagons, and horses around it, including one horse down by the water. Multiple deciduous trees are in the background, in the foreground is the river and a steep bank up to the tracks. Text printed on verso: Published by Photo Advertising Company, Minneapolis, Minn. Unused.

US ARC PH 1962.001.085 · item · [between 1905 and 1909]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of a depot scene in River Falls, Wisconsin, showing the depot, a steam locomotive, railroad tracks, people, baggage wagons, and a horse-drawn carriage taxi waiting to pick up passengers. Text printed on verso: Printed in Germany. Taggart's Drug Store, Importers and Publishers. Printed in the stamp box: image of a padlock with "C.E. Wheelock & Co., Peoria, Ill., Exclusive Importers; Domestic Postage One Cent, Foreign Postage Two Cents (used 1905-1909). Unused.

US ARC PH 1962.001.086 · item · [ca. 1909]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of a depot scene in River Falls, Wisconsin, showing the train depot, several passenger cars, passengers disembarking and milling around, railroad baggage wagons, and two horse-drawn buggies awaiting passengers. Date from postmark: Jun 30, 1909; mailed from River Falls Wisconsin; green 1¢ Franklin stamp. Text printed on verso: "Taggart's Drug Store, Importers and Publishers, River Falls, Wisconsin Made in Germany." Probably printed by C.E. Wheelock & Co., Peoria, Ill. Message: Addressed to Mrs. J.P. Lindblad, Prescott, Wisconsin, Box 61. "Dear Mama - Will drop you a few lines to night to let you know I am well and hope you all the same. I would come home to-night if I could, I am so homesick. I guess I will have to be out here about 7 weeks as examinations for the teachers are to be the 7th week. Probably we will have to go to Ellsworth to write teacher's examinations. I hope not tho. I only wish I could come home. Ruth."

US ARC PH 2019.001.041 · item · [between 1904 and 1918]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the train depot at Dresser Junction, Polk County, Wisconsin. The image shows eleven men, four women, and one boy standing at the end of the railroad depot building. Train cars are to the left of the depot and stacks of logs to the right. The postcard is dirty, making the image appear darker. Postmark: Nov 8 191[-]; mailed from Dress[er Junction] W[is]; stamp has been removed. Printed on Azo paper with all four triangles pointing up (used 1904-1918). Message: Addressed to Mr. Hardwick Johnson, Marine Mills, Minn., R#2. "Hello kid, How are you. Say did you see me Sun. evening when I went ast you at Gust Anderson Crossing? I was firing then. Have been on 3 days, will be going on again in a few days. Your Bro Ed." Someone added "Arrow might be Ed H. Johnson."

US ARC PH 1962.001.084 · item · 1908
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of the River Falls, Wisconsin, train depot, railroad tracks, and a steaming engine. Also shown are multiple people, including a man with a bicycle. Text printed on verso: B. H. Dingman, Pub., Plymouth, Wisconsin Date supplied by the photographer. Printed on Azo paper with all four triangles pointing up (used 1904-1918). Unused.

US ARC PH 2019.001.102 · item · [1950s]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with tinted image of a creek and trees at the Trail's End Resort near Danbury, Burnett County, Wisconsin. Printed on Kodak paper (used 1950- ). Unused; although the names "Mr. and Mrs. Walter Weh" are written in the address area, but nothing else is written on the verso of the card. Ancestry.com shows a Walter and Emma Weh living in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, at the time.

US ARC Burnett Series 16 · collection · 1880-1890

Road district memorandum books kept by the town clerk, containing highway overseer's reports of work performed by contract and in payment of highway taxes, and financial accounts of monies disbursed for road purposes. Accounts show date, name of worker, days worked, type of work, and value of services rendered.

US ARC Burnett Series 17 · collection · 1910

Personal property statements taken by the town assessor, showing date, property owner, school district number, assessor's name, age and valuation of livestock, number and valuation of other articles of personal property, total valuation, and taxpayer's signature.

US ARC Burnett Series 15 · collection · 1900-1949

Records of general (1879-1892) and town (1879-1894) elections, including inspectors' oaths, poll lists, election returns, and certificates of election. Volume 1: General Election Record (1879-1892); Volume 2: Town Election Record, 1879-1894. Also includes records of general and town elections from 1900-1949, including unbound poll lists, elections returns, certificates, and inspectors' oathes (1900-1928), as well as one bound volume (1929-1949).

US ARC Burnett Series 13 · collection · 1927-1931

Record including minutes of annual meetings, 1880-1897; registers of town and school district officers, 1879-1889; oaths of office, 1879-1903; town board road minutes, 1890-1897; order register, 1880-1887, 1890-1898; constables' bonds and oaths, 1881, 1884-1890, 1894-1895; chattel mortgage record, 1879-1898; school fund apportionment, 1879-1898; board financial report, 1879-1897; treasurer's bonds, 1879-1897; school district statistics, 1878-1896; and maps, 1878-1889.
Volume 1 covers 1878-1890; Volume 2, 1889-1903; and Volume 3 (chattel mortgages only), 1927-1931.

US ARC Burnett Series 14 · collection · 1872-1935

Correspondence, claims reports, poll lists, tally sheets, road petitions and notices, Inter-County Municipal Power District file, school district boundary papers and annual reports, school censuses, and crop statements and dairy statistics.

US ARC Burnett Series 18 · collection · 1875-1935

Assessment rolls kept by the town clerk showing name of property owner, land description, acreage, valuations of lands and improvements fixed by the assessor and board of review, school district number, acreage and value of land in classification according to use or condition of land, number and value of livestock and other personal property, and amounts of taxes due.