Antique 1910\'s Cyanotype Photo Album Ferguson Family Cedarville Wisconsin For Sale

Rare 1913-1915 Cyanotype Photo Album - Ferguson Family Homestead Archive
Cedarville, Marinette County, Wisconsin - Complete Micro-History with Vivid CaptionsITEM OVERVIEW
Offered is an extraordinary, highly complete, and historically intact amateur photo album documenting the pioneer settlement of the Ferguson Family in the unincorporated logging and farming community of Cedarville, Marinette County, Wisconsin. Spanning exactly from May 1913 to April 1915, this album provides an incredibly rare, raw, and sometimes humorous chronological look into early 20th-century Midwestern homesteading.Unlike typical anonymous family albums, every single photograph features immaculate, beautifully legible cursive handwriting detailing exact dates, family names, and candid social commentary.PHOTOGRAPHIC MEDIUM
The photos are original monochrome CYANOTYPES. Known for their striking Prussian Blue chemical coloring, these alternative-process prints were a staple of early amateur photography because they could be cheaply developed at home. The depth of color and sharpness in this archive remains wonderfully clear.HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE & LOCAL INTEREST
Cedarville, Wisconsin was a tiny settlement deeply affected by devastating forest fires in 1906, only to be platted out as a formal town right around 1916. This album captures the exact sweet-spot era in between—showing the grueling work of clear-cutting logged-over land, utilizing heavy horse-powered mechanical stump pullers, and burning towering debris fields. It serves as an important genealogical and historical record for Marinette County, WI, and nearby Iron Mountain, Michigan.FULL CHRONOLOGICAL TRANSCRIPTION (FOR SEARCH ENGINES & GENEALOGY SEARCHES)

• \"Wisconsin Scenes.\" (Cover page)
• \"First Home of the Ferguson\'s Cedarville Wisconsin May 3rd 1913\" (Log cabin frame)
• \"Moved in to the new unfinished home Nov. 12th 1913.\" (Two-story completed frame house)
• \"Corduroy bridge back of the Ferguson home.\"
• \"Lloyd Oster, Lucile, Jean and Me Ross\"
• \"Lucile & Jean with Grandfather Phillips in the Buckwheat field.\"
• \"What we do with Stumps at Cedarville Wis.\"
• \"Jean off for a ride.\" (Horse & buggy)
• \"Mac is a fine boy to take a good picture.\"
• \"Lucile and Mr Oster on steps of the High School building, Iron Mt Mich.\"
• \"Three of the cows on Runny Range, We have eight cows now.\"
• \"The Ross Home\"
• \"Jean\'s new home at Cedarville. She is looking out of the door.\"
• \"Mae Ross & Arthur Parsons, Both leading a free life. Both hate marrying men.\"
• \"Jean the prettiest boy in Cedarville\" (In work overalls)
• \"Mac pulls stumps when he isn\'t resting.\" (Stump puller machinery)
• \"Burning stump piles are all the go at Cedarville.\" (Massive smoke column)
• \"Lucile and the Work Team. Jean and the Driving Team.\"
• \"L. N. Ferguson. April 13th 1915 on Jean\'s Wedding day.\"
• \"What a loving Trio. With a Stump background. Mae, Jean & Lucile\"

CONDITION REPORT

• Medium: Original vintage cyanotype photographic prints fixed to heavy paper album stock.
• Photos: All cyanotype prints are securely attached to their backing pages. The Prussian Blue imagery remains visually vibrant with minimal fading, clear contrast, and minimal silvering or chemical distortion.
• Pages & Binding: This is a homemade album. The outer brown paper covers show age-appropriate wear, including corner chipping, minor tears, creasing, and visible water/handling stains. The internal cream-colored pages have minor edge-wear but are structurally sound.
• Binding Holes: Two punched holes at the top spine are present for original ribbon/string binding (string not included). Pages are loose but complete.
• Please review all high-resolution listing photographs carefully to evaluate the condition prior to buying.