Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Vicinity Photograph Album, circa 1912


Summary Information
Title: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and Vicinity Photograph Album
Inclusive Dates: circa 1912

Creator:
  • Sargent, David Clement
Call Number: PH 6025

Quantity: 34 photographs (1 album)

Repository:
Archival Locations:
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

Abstract:
Photograph album belonging to David Clement Sargent, owner of the Palmer House Hotel in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. Included in the album are images of the hotel, buildings in Fond du Lac, and family activities including adults and children playing, swimming, and fishing. Also included is an image of children with carved Halloween pumpkins and a boy holding a bow and arrow. Additional images include a view of Kamp Kill-Kare at Lake Beach, Lake Winnebago, and Lakeside Park. The majority of the images in the album are captioned.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-ph06025

Administrative/Restriction Information
Acquisition Information

Presented by Alice Goen Jones, Weaverville, California, 1974. Accession Number: M74-186


Processing Information

Processed by David Benjamin, February 1996.


Contents List
PH 6025
Item   1
"Entrance to the Palmer," 1912 July 4
Item   2
"South Main Street. Looking North," 1912
Item   3
"Public Library," 1912 July 4
Item   4
"Junction of Forest Ave. And Main St. Home Coming" : building with welcome sign and banners, 1912 July 4
Item   5
"Shoreline in front of Kamp Kill-Kare looking North, Lakewood Beach, Wisconsin"
Item   6
"Kamp Kill-Kare, Lakewood Beach, Wisconsin"
Item   7
"Garage and garden at the Kamp" : vine covered gateway in front of shed
Item   8
"George and his new playmate Teddy" : boy with puppy
Item   9
"Three months later" : boy with dog
Item   10
"Just boys in the 'Good Old Summertime'" : three boys playing in water
Item   11
"Shoreline in front of Kamp Kill-Kare looking South," 1912 October 12
Item   12
"George" : boy standing in road
Item   13
"In for a swim" : two boys and a girl swimming
Item   14
"Kamp Kill-Kare in October"
Item   15
"All are happy because of Teddy" : five children with puppy
Item   16
"The last picture of Don" : woman with dog
Item   17
"All ready for Halloween" : two boys with carved pumpkins
Item   18
"Our three" : two boys and a girl pose
Item   19
"Junior and his arrow" : boy with bow and arrow
Item   20
"An open draw-bridge on the Fox River"
Item   21
"Dave beguiling the wiley trout" : man fishing from shore, 1912 April
Item   22
"Coming home" : sheep coming towards fence
Item   23
"At Lakeside Park" : lake with cabins in background
Item   24
"Lake Winnebago" : pier with boy in water
Item   25
"The new? road to Lakeside Park" : two boys playing in middle of the road
Item   26
"A deserted cabin found on a fishing trip" : log cabin with woman on porch
Item   27
"Fishermen-Where are the fish" : two men and a woman with fishing gear on hillside
Item   28
"Waiting for a bite-Mrs. Merritt" : woman fishing off dock
Item   29
"I've got one" : man and woman fishing
Item   30
"How to enjoy life with the mercury at 98 degrees" : two boys and a girl pose in the water
Item   31
"A log [chute] in Northern Wisconsin"
Item   32
"The 'Comfortable Couple'" : man and woman
Item   33
"Edith-Looking backwood [sic]" : woman coming through door looking behind her
Item   34
Buildings on a hillside