Title: Sackett Studio Photographs
Inclusive Dates: circa 1900s-1910s

Creator:

• Sackett Studio (Hurley, Wis.)

Call Number: PH 3808

Quantity: 161 negatives plus reference prints

Repository:

Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives, and Museum Collections

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: See the catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Photographs made by the Sackett Studio of Hurley, Wisconsin, operated by Lee E. and Emma Sackett. The studio photographed businesses, industries, residences, and people in and around Iron County, Wisconsin, including the towns of Hurley, Iron Belt, Mercer, Pence, and Upson. The collection documents logging, milling, and mining operations in northern Wisconsin and western Michigan including the Scott and Howe Mill and the Ironwood Lumber Company. Also included are images of a wedding, communion, and school groups; local sports teams; bands; and members of the Sackett family.

Note:

There is a restriction on access to this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph03808

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Emma A. (Cathill) Sackett, daughter of T.M. and Martha M. Cathill, was born in Albany, New York. She married George E. Sackett on December 25, 1875 in Wisconsin. Her son, Lee Sackett, was born in 1885. Lee Sackett not only worked as a photographer but also as an electrician in Kansas City, and as a baggage man on the Northwestern Railroad "scoot" between Hurley and Wakefield. The Sacketts had studios in Hurley, Iron County, Wisconsin and Duluth, Minnesota.

Access Restrictions

Access is to reference prints only. Consult Visual Materials Archivist regarding access to negatives (WHi(S12)).

Acquisition Information

Presented by Gilbert D. Endrizzi, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. Accession Number: M88-181

PH 3808	Buildings
Box   1 Folder   1	Houses, exterior
Box   1 Folder   2	Houses, interior
Box   1 Folder   3	Meat markets and stores
Box   1 Folder   4	Schools, 1906
Box   1 Folder   5	Taverns
	Lumber
Box   1 Folder   6-7	Boarding Houses and Camps
Box   1 Folder   8	Camps, interior
Box   1 Folder   9	Mess Hall
Box   1 Folder   10-11	Operations
	Mining
Box   1 Folder   12	Operations
Box   1 Folder   13	Railroads
	Portraits
Box   1 Folder   14	Bands, 1910-1912
Box   1 Folder   15-16	Outdoor group portraits, 1908
	Towns
Box   1 Folder   17	Germania, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   18	Hurley, Wisconsin, 1906-1910
Box   1 Folder   19	Iron Belt, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   20	Ironwood, Michigan
Box   1 Folder   21	Montreal, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   22	Pence, Wisconsin, circa 1907
Box   1 Folder   23	Upson, Wisconsin
Box   1 Folder   24	Unidentified