Train Depot, Dresser Junction, Polk County, Wisconsin

1 photograph : print ; 9 x 14 cm (postcard format)

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."

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, 02/15/2019

Donated February 13, 2019, by Kathryn Otto, St. Paul MN.

Postcard Shoebox 3

[U.S.] : [Publisher not identified], [between 1904 and 1918]