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Boyd Williams letter, 1947.
US ARC River Falls SC 359 · collection · 1947

Letter, 1947 December 20, presumably by Dr. Boyd Williams, superintendent of the Williams Sanatorium of Hudson, Wisconsin. The letter writer, who signs himself simply "Dr. Boyd," conveys his Christmas greetings to a friend. The letterhead shows a picture of the Sanatorium grounds.

US ARC PH 2011.008.048 · item · [1950s]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of the boys' cabins at Luther Point Bible Camp on Big Wood Lake in the Town of Wood River, near Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Message: Addressed to Mrs. George Corwin Sr., 215 Water Street, Eau Claire, Wisconsin "Hi Mom, Been having fun up here. We have poor food. Be gald to be home. Good by now. Tim." No indication that the card was mailed.

US ARC PH 2018.005.046 · item · [ca. 1959]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Real-photo postcard with image of three cabins, and a tiny portion of a fourth, at the Wisconsin Baptist Assembly camp on Wood Lake, near Grantsburg, Wisconsin. Date from postmark: Jul 24, 1959; mailed from Grantsburg Wis; green 1¢ Washington stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. Urho Nikula, Rte 5 Box 6-3½, West, Duluth [Minnesota]. "Have a very good ball team. I went in swimming 6:45 yesterday and in the after noon. the water is not to [sic] warm all the time. I am coming."

US ARC PH 2018.003.012 · item · [ca. 1913]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of a fairly new looking block of identical brick stores with white decorative cornice along the top of the whole block. The street in front is dirt, but there is a cement sidewalk along the entire block. An electric pole is in front of the block about half way down. Date from postmark: Dec 1913; mailed from Wisconsin and re-posted in Oregon, probably Portland; green 1¢ Washington stamp. Message: Addressed to C.M. Libby, Box 6 Homer Ave., Portland, Oregon. "Lawrence letters received and enjoyed. On your birthday did you enjoy the M J in imagination ..."

US ARC PH 2016.001.104 · item · [ca. 1908]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of the Bridal Veil Falls in Osceola, Wisconsin, now called Geiger Falls for the Geiger Brewery that used to be nearby. Text printed on verso: I. Stern, Publisher, New York. Date from postmark: 1908; probably mailed from Osceola Wisconsin; green 1¢ "Gingerbread" Franklin stamp. Message: Addressed to Mrs. Rud. Affeldt, Norwalk, Wisconsin, R.F.D. "We all join in wishing you a happy birthday, many returns of the day. I rec'd your dear letter a few days ago, many thanks. Write again please. From Beata." On the front of the postcard: "Regards from all to all, also to your Papa & Mama, from us all. Lovingly, Beata."

US ARC PH 1962.001.143 · item · [between 1905 and 1909]
Part of Photographic postcard collection

Postcard with image of a bridge and waterfall in Glen Park in River Falls, Wisconsin. Text printed on verso: Taggart's Drug Store, Importers & Publishers, River Falls, Wisconsin 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.