Birdseye view of Stanley, Wisconsin, 1912 – Historic Photo Reproduction
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic image of Birdseye view of Stanley, Wisconsin, 1912. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
Library of Congress record: Birdseye view of Stanley, Wis.
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Birdseye view of Stanley, Wisconsin, 1912
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Stanley, a small city in Chippewa County in west-central Wisconsin, was in 1912 a railroad and farm-trade town that had grown up as the big pine forests of the Chippewa Valley were cut down. Its economy rested on the surrounding farms, which were shifting toward dairying, and on the rail lines that carried milk, cheese, grain, and livestock out and brought coal and merchandise in. Wisconsin was then in the middle of the Progressive movement that Robert M. La Follette had led from the governor's office, and in 1912 La Follette was seeking the Republican presidential nomination, so local talk of reform, farm cooperatives, and railroad regulation would have been common. A birdseye photograph of the town from that year would have shown residents the streets, church spires, and commercial blocks they knew well.
| Created / published | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Creator | hansen photo co. |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 915 px · prints to 18 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Birdseye view of Stanley, Wis. |
| Reference | WI 1912 Birdseye view of Stanley |
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