Wisconsin Life Trip
October 27, 2010 10:05 AM   Subscribe

Wisconsin Life Trip, Ephraim Trimpey's Baraboo photography from the Wisconsin Historical Society .Ephraim Trimpey recorded 20th Century life in Baraboo Wisconsin. From burning German textbooks during WWI and draftees ready to leave for training to local traffic mishaps.

Interesting bits of human dioramas and boys dressed in oriental costume.
Mrs. Trimpey collected dolls. Ephraim recorded daily life in Central Wisconsin; hunting, fishing, political speeches.

An easier to use interface with highlights of the collection from Flickr.

A self portrait of the artist, Ephraim Burt Trimpey.
posted by readery (5 comments total) 7 users marked this as a favorite
 
Well dang, the tag for costumed boys in chinoiserie finery should go here.
posted by readery at 10:11 AM on October 27, 2010


Baraboobians
posted by kuatto at 10:19 AM on October 27, 2010


That's quite a difference from the Baraboo today, where you drive through on the way to the Dells and lock your doors.

You know, because of the Carney folk.
posted by thanotopsis at 10:44 AM on October 27, 2010


See also, previously, which explains the reference in the title to the uninitiated; the movie is one of me and my wife's favorites.
posted by AzraelBrown at 11:33 AM on October 27, 2010


Ahem. Not *carney*... *circus*.

Philistine.
posted by RedEmma at 1:12 PM on October 28, 2010


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