The Mineral Point Historical Society has several history related items for sale. Please see detailed descriptions below.
Most of the images featured on this site are from our glass plate negative collection, circa 1890 - 1910; prints are available. Contact us for details.
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Fernekes Cards
Max and Ava Fernekes are generally credited with being the first artists to come to Mineral Point to make their living solely from their art. For many years, the Women's Club sold notecards featuring four of Max's paintings. When the Women's Club disbanded, the Mineral Point Historical Society continued the tradition of printing these delightful cards.
Pkt of 4 black and white cards $5.00 plus s/h. Pkt of 4 hand-colored cards $6.00 plus s/h.
Packet of four cards, one of each image, with envelopes.
Fernekes Cards
Max and Ava Fernekes are generally credited with being the first artists to come to Mineral Point to make their living solely from their art. For many years, the Women's Club sold notecards featuring four of Max's paintings. When the Women's Club disbanded, the Mineral Point Historical Society continued the tradition of printing these delightful cards.
Pkt of 4 black and white cards $5.00 plus s/h.
8 1/2 in x 11 in; 98 pages plus indexes; black and white photos; spiral bound.
Joseph Gundry: Family Man and Entrepreneur
by Joan Emerson Young. The author, a great great granddaughter of Joseph Gundry, set out to compile everything known about Joseph Gundry, builder of Orchard Lawn. She tells his story, and, in the process, the story of the early days of Mineral Point and its transition from a rough and tumble mining town to the regional center of commerce. Well researched and nicely written.
$20 plus shipping and handling.
8 1/4 x 5 1/2; 38 black and white photographs, with captions.
The Many Faces of Mineral Point
The second volume of images from the glass plate negative collection, printed by the MPHS in 1994; photo captions are quotes from 1894 issues of the Mineral Point Tribune. Another glimpse into the past, with an emphasis on the people of the times.
$5.00 plus shipping and handling.
8 1/2 x 5 1/2; paperback; 178 pp; separate index.
The Story of Mineral Point 1827 - 1941
Compiled by the workers of the Writer's Program of the Works Project Administration in the State of Wisconsin. Illustrated by the Wisconsin Art Project. Published by the Mineral Point Historical Society in 1979. Sold with the index compiled by Alva Spargo for the Mineral Point Public Library History Room.
$10 plus shipping and handling.
Judge Dyke Print
Ready to frame print of a watercolor by current Iowa County Circuit Court Judge, William D. Dyke; a scene of Orchard Lawn as it might have been in the 1800's. Nicely printed on art quality paper. Sent rolled in a mailing tube.
$35 plus shipping and handling.
Mineral Point Historical Society • 234 Madison Street • PO Box 188 • Mineral Point, WI 53565 608.987.2884
