Aztalan stockaded village diorama, Manitowoc, WI, circa 1915
- Subject
- Native American Life
- Card type
- Real photo
About this postcard
Scale model of a stockaded Indian village at Aztalan, displayed in the Prehistory Room of the Rahr Civic Center and Public Museum in Manitowoc. A thatched-roof house sits at left, a conical structure at center, and a long thatched building at right, with small figures posed in an open sandy compound ringed by a palisade. The museum built the diorama to show how the village on the Crawfish River in Jefferson County may have looked around A.D. 1500. Aztalan is one of Wisconsin's best known archaeological sites, a Middle Mississippian village with platform mounds and a stockade, now preserved as a state park. Dioramas like this one were a common way for small museums of the period to bring prehistory to visitors who would never travel to the site itself.
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Postcard record
| Publisher | RAHR CIVIC CENTER & PUBLIC MUSEUM |
|---|---|
| Condition | Very good |
| Place mentioned | Rahr Civic Center & Public Museum, Manitowoc, WI |
| Place mentioned | Aztalan, WI |
| Notes | White border; black-and-white real photo print; scene appears to be a photograph of a constructed model or exhibit rather than a natural view. No postmark, stamp, address, or handwritten message. Divided-back card with printed publisher line "RAHR CIVIC CENTER & PUBLIC MUSEUM / Manitowoc, Wisconsin" and printed caption "PREHISTORY ROOM—Diorama group showing life in stockaded Indian village of Aztalan, Jefferson County, Wis., at about 1500 A. D."; pencil dealer/collector number "#59" at lower right. White border visible on front scan. |
Cite this card
Aztalan stockaded village diorama, Manitowoc, WI, circa 1915, postcard, c. 1915. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/aztalan-stockaded-village-diorama-manitowoc-wi-circa-1915. Accessed November 2, 2026.