Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, 1914 – Antique 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 rare historic image captures Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, 1914 in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: Camp Douglas, Wis., 1914
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Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, 1914
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Camp Douglas, a small village in Juneau County in west-central Wisconsin, was a country railroad town in 1914, when its economy rested on farming, dairying, and the trade that moved through its depot. Farm families came into town to ship milk, grain, and livestock and to buy supplies, so the streets served as a meeting point for the surrounding countryside. Across the state that year, the Progressive politics associated with Governor Robert La Follette still shaped public debate, and small towns like this one followed state fairs, county news, and church and lodge gatherings closely. Photographs of such places from the period often recorded the main street and the buildings that anchored local commerce. The village's residents would have known it chiefly as a stop on the rail line and a center for the farms around it.
| Created / published | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Creator | photoart house (firm) |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--Wisconsin |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 5,400 × 1,448 px · prints to 18 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | Camp Douglas, Wis., 1914 |
| Reference | WI 1914 Camp Douglas |
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