Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wisconsin, 1911 – Vintage Photo Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This historic image of Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wisconsin, 1911 brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wis.
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Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wisconsin, 1911
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Livingston, a village in Grant County in southwestern Wisconsin, sat in a mining district that had been digging lead since the 1830s, when the region drew some of the state's first American settlers. By 1911, zinc ore had become nearly as important as lead, and the Biddick Mine was one of the shafts working that ground. Many underground workers were Cornish, Irish, and German immigrants or their sons, who had brought mining skills from Europe. In 1911, Wisconsin was in the middle of Progressive reform under Governor Francis McGovern, but in a mining town like this, wages, shift work, and the price of metal shaped daily life more than state politics did.
| Created / published | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Creator | lighty photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,311 × 1,500 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Biddick Mine, Livingston, Wis. |
| Reference | WI 1911 Biddick Mine, Livingston |
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