click zoom to display a high-res image
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W013LON
WHi 68451
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and Portage Railroad - Anaglyph
1875
Winter scene with three men and a dog on railroad tracks, also a man in the far background. Two of the men are up on the snowbanks with shovels. "The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and...
After the Snowstorm
March 3, 1881
Stereograph of men standing on a cleared sidewalk in front of storefronts. Three men are standing on snowbanks along the curb. Several men are holding snow shovels. Signs on storefronts read: "Furn...
Mine and Workers
Group portrait of workers posing outside a mine, probably in Hurley, Wisconsin. Three young boys stand behind the group among stacks of logs.
Men Shoveling Around Train
February 6, 1923
Winter scene with a group of men holding shovels pausing and looking toward the camera. Behind them is a railroad train in deep snow.
Shoveling Snow
1959
Winter scene with Shirley Widmer, the photographer's wife, shoveling snow after a big snowstorm.
Train Pushing Through Snow
1923
Winter scene with a Wisconsin & Michigan train pushing through snow. Men are shoveling snow in front of it. Smoke is billowing from the front of the train.
