Stone Crusher, Platteville, 1905-1920
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- Created Date
- 1905-1920
- Description
Men working with stone crusher. A man in a suit holding hands with a small child is visible to the far right. The stone crusher was probably part of the Enterprise Mine complex at Platteville, Wisconsin. This is a lantern slide from the collection of Reverend Herman J. Loemker, pastor for the German Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. Loemker was born in Germany in 1868 and died in 1937. He is buried in Zion Cemetery, Delaware County, Iowa. The Reverend married Sophia Maria Lena Bergman on September 7, 1893 in Colesburg, Delaware County, Iowa. Rev. Loemker studied Theology at The German-English College at Galena, Illinois, and served 40 years as a pastor for 18 churches in Freeport, Illinois, Iowa and Southwest Wisconsin. He utilized his lantern slides in giving Temperance Lectures. [Sources: 1) Herman Loemker grave record (2009) Retrieved November 1, 2013, from http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32765794, 2) (1915, May 26). Telegraph-Herald, p. 12]
- Creator
Loemker, Reverend Herman J
- Partner
- Recollection Wisconsin
- Contributing Institution
- Grant County Historical Society
- Location
- Platteville
Grant County
Wisconsin - Type
- image
- Format
- Lantern slides
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- Loemker, Reverend Herman J. Stone Crusher, Platteville, 1905-1920. 1905-1920. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/GCHS/id/137. (Accessed March 29, 2024.)
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- Loemker, Reverend Herman J, (1905-1920) Stone Crusher, Platteville, 1905-1920. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/GCHS/id/137
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- Loemker, Reverend Herman J. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://content.mpl.org/cdm/ref/collection/GCHS/id/137>.