3D Models of Artifacts from LCHS Collections
Cadwallader Colden Washburn’s Civil War field desk. Black text on the front reads “Maj. Genl. C. C. Washburn” and the line below “U.S. Vols.” Decorative swashes around text.
Catalog Number: 1913.008.01 Catalog Record
Date: circa 1863
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson. Created using Agisoft Photoscan from 18MP images taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T5i.
This dress was worn at Eisenhower’s Inaugural Ball, by Marjorie Murphy of La Crosse.
Catalog Number: 1975.010.01 Catalog Record
Date: circa 1957
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson. Created using Agisoft Photoscan from 18MP images taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T5i.
Howard Nestingen received this rabbit as a gift from his parents in 1931. His father was a prosperous dentist in Westby, WI. The family was not much affected by the Depression. Howard always treasured the Rabbit. His daughter recalls it was kept in the attic and brought out in the spring for Easter. The rabbit seems to be modeled after Lewis Carroll’s White Rabbit in “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.”
Catalog Number: 1986.044.01 Catalog Record
Date: 1931
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin. Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Ida Heileman (1869-1955) was one of the daughters of Gottlieb and Johanna Heileman, proprietors of the G. Heileman Brewery in La Crosse, WI.
Catalog Number: 1978.012.06 Catalog Record
Date: 1928-1931
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson. Created using Agisoft Photoscan from 18MP images taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T5i.
Shawl that Johanna Bandle (Heileman) wore “at sea” on the journey from Germany. Johanna Bandle later married Gottlieb Heileman, founder of G. Heileman Brewery in La Crosse, WI. After Gottlieb’s death, Johanna became president of the brewery. She was one of the first female CEOs in Wisconsin history.
Catalog Number: 2008.010.01 Catalog Record
Date: circa 1852
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson. Created using Agisoft Photoscan from 18MP images taken with a Canon EOS Rebel T5i.
Prehistoric stone axe head.
Catalog Number: 2016.fic.003 Catalog Record
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Cast iron bactrian camel still bank made by Hubley or A. C. Williams. Coin slot located at the top of camel on the saddle. The camel is gold with a brown and red saddle.
Catalog Number: 1994.063.034 Catalog Record
Date: 1920-1929
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Rebecca Myrick’s Silk Dress.
Rebecca Myrick arrived in La Crosse in 1843 and was the first white woman in the village of La Crosse
Catalog Number: 1960.001.01 Catalog Record
Date: 1840-1859
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Mons Anderson’s lion statue. Statue of a recumbent lion with its head up and frowning mouth open. It has a full, curly mane, flaring nostrils and angry eyes. Lion lays on a base that is the same material. Appears to be cast concrete, and has recently been painted gold.
One of a pair that flanked the entrance to the Mons Anderson Building in downtown La Crosse, WI, on the corner of 2nd St. and Main St. The other lion is in a public park in Spring Grove, MN.
Catalog Number: 1970.006.01 Catalog Record
Date: c. 1870
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Carved limestone architrave, or entablature, over the third story windows from the Mons Anderson Building in downtown La Crosse, on the corner of 2nd St. and Main St. The sign is in four pieces that together form the words “Mons Anderson’s Building” and a design of 3 legs running inside a circle, known as a “triskelion”.
Date: c. 1870
Catalog Number: 1974.001.06 Catalog Record
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Women’s undergarment designed and made in La Crosse, WI. Called “The Leona,” after its inventor and manufacturer, this is a “three-in-one” which consolidates camisole, drawers, and slip into one undergarment.
Catalog Number: 1982.062.21 Catalog Record
Date: 1905-1920
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Women’s undergarment designed and made in La Crosse, WI. Called “The Leona,” after its inventor and manufacturer, this is a “three-in-one” which consolidates camisole, drawers, and slip into one undergarment.
Catalog Number: 2005.015.01 Catalog Record
Date: 1905-1920
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
This carved limestone block was set in the wall of the Bartl Brewery, originally Eagle Brewery, at the 2nd story level. Located at the northwest corner of La Crosse St. and West Ave, the building went up in 1895 and was torn down in 1971.
Catalog Number: 1970.008.02 Catalog Record
Date: c. 1895
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson
Carved limestone sign for the Wisconsin Pearl Button Company. Shows a rampant lion, the company’s symbol, behind the word “Wisconsin” carved diagonally across the entire front of the stone slab, from lower left corner to upper right.
Catalog Number: 1982.029.01 Catalog Record
Date: 1890-1920
Curated at: La Crosse County Historical Society, La Crosse, Wisconsin
Photogrammetry completed by Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. Photography and model processing by Sofia Kinzer and David A. Anderson