Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 29

Photograph

Aerial View of Town along Mississippi River

Date: 1875
Description: Aerial view of Alma along Mississippi River, with bluffs along the horizon.
Photograph

Frances E. Willard School

Date: 1910
Description: Frances Willard School house built in 1853.
Postcard

The Philosopher Press

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Philosopher Press.
Photograph

Oval Burial Mound in T. Lewis Group near McFarland, Wisconsin

Date: 
Description: Oval burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.
Photograph

Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

Date: 
Description: A linear burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.
Photograph

Linear Mound in T. Lewis Mound Group

Date: 
Description: A linear burial mound at the T. Lewis Mound group in what is now Indian Mounds Park.
Print

Champion Trade Card

Date: 1875
Description: Advertising card produced by Warder, Mitchell and Company, manufacturers of the Champion line of agricultural machinery. Features a color illustration of a...
Photograph

Motorcyclists on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: Motorcycles and riders standing on dirt road, with a log cabin behind a fence in the background.
Photograph

Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: Motorcyclist driving down a rural dirt road.
Photograph

Motorcycle Tour

Date: 
Description: Men, motorcycles and a car stopped on a rural dirt road. A sign on the back of the car reads "Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Press Car".
Photograph

Galtier Tomb

Date: 1925
Description: Galtier tomb, burial place of Father Lucien Galtier who was chaplain of the parish from 1847 to 1866.
Photograph

Cowboy Soldiers

Date: 1918
Description: Members of the U.S. Remount Service, all former cowboys, in training at Camp Lewis.
Photograph

State Street

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view from rooftops of what was known as Watertown Plank road, looking west from about North 35th Street. Several homes, and many open fields occup...
Postcard

Horticultural, Dairy, and Agricultural Buildings

Date: 
Description: View from across fields of Horticultural buildings on left, Hiram Smith Hall in the middle, and Agricultural Hall on the right on the University of Wiscons...
Photograph

Frank Johns Farm

Date: 1931
Description: Farm of Frank Johns of Hastings, Florida. Two men wearing hats are standing among stacks of filled burlap bags. There is a birdhouse on the right atop a lo...
Photograph

Airplanes Parked in Field

Date: 1930
Description: Three airplanes are parked in a field. Several men and a woman are standing and sitting among the airplanes. The event was likely the National Air Show in ...
Photograph

Airplanes Parked in Field

Date: 1930
Description: Several parked airplanes are parked in a field. Fences have been set up around the airplanes, and people are sitting on the ground or walking around the fi...
Photograph

Henry Vilas Park

Date: 1918
Description: Henry Vilas Park, with two bridges and Lake Wingra in the background.
Photograph

Henry Vilas Zoo

Date: 1918
Description: Two young girls looking at the birdcages at the Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo).
Photograph

Janesville's Court House Park

Date: 1919
Description: Court House Park from Court Street looking southeast. The Civil War monument can be seen near the center, behind is the old courthouse which was replaced ...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: