Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 50

Photograph

NY College of Pharmacy, Class Portrait

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1890, NY College of Pharmacy.
Photograph

Making Friends

Date: 1950
Description: A small raccoon sniffs the head of an unsure-looking baby sitting in a car seat outdoors on a sidewalk against the side of a building.
Photograph

Brickson Booth at ESBMA Fall Festival

Date: 09 11 1929
Description: Obert H. Brickson, Jeweler, booth at East Side Business Men's Association (ESBMA) Fall Festival. The booth is featuring Sangamo, Hamilton watches and clock...
Photograph

Men Making Telephone Switchboard Cables

Date: 08 14 1946
Description: Eleven male workers and one supervisor making telephone switchboard cables in the basement of the Wisconsin Telephone Company building.
Photograph

Hattie Pautz and Her Dolls

Date: 04 1901
Description: Hattie Pautz, sitting and posing with her dolls in front of the side of a building. On the ground next to her is one of the dolls in a doll-sized lawn swin...
Photograph

Farm Women Class

Date: 
Description: Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr...
Photograph

Men Relaxing in Folding Chairs

Date: 1918
Description: Two men sit side by side on folding chairs with their arms around each other's shoulders. Another man sits in a chair on the left. A sign on the wall behin...
Photograph

Camp MacArthur

Date: 
Description: An interior view of soldiers gathered in the Y.M.C.A. game room at Camp MacArthur, on which construction began in 1917.
Photograph

The Club House

Date: 
Description: A view of an interior at The Club House, furnished with upholstered and wooden chairs, tables, and rugs. Lanterns and streamers hang the ceiling.
Photograph

International Ladies Garment Workers Unity House

Date: 
Description: Men and women in a semi-circle holding hands and posing for the camera inside the International Ladies Garment Workers Unity House. The house was rented in...
Photograph

Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Hella Johnson sitting in front of the Nakoma Country Club clubhouse. She serves as president of the Woman's Organization of the Nakoma Country ...
Photograph

Interior of Sad Shack

Date: 09 29 1943
Description: The interior of the "Sad Shack" at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Two men are standing and two men are sitting in chairs. Personal items such as por...
Photograph

Fourth of July at Park Falls

Date: 07 04 1994
Description: The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photogr...
Photograph

Aussie Press Hut

Date: 1942
Description: War correspondents pose for a group portrait in the Aussie Press Hut in Port Moresby, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). Names, (front, left to rig...
Photograph

East Main Street Looking West

Date: 1913
Description: View down Main Street, with a railroad crossing at the far end of the street. On the left is a shoe repair store, lumber business, and a lunch room with a ...
Photograph

Drafting Room Decorated for Dances

Date: 1918
Description: The drafting room of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, cleared and decorated for dances.
Photograph

Group Portrait of People Posing Between Buildings

Date: 
Description: Large group of women and young girls, and one man, posing between outdoors between two buildings. In the foreground is a barrel and chairs.
Photograph

Interior of a Masonic Lodge

Date: 
Description: Interior of a Masonic Lodge meeting hall for Black River Falls No. 74.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of the central business district. A creamery on the left. A house on the right with a woman in a rocking chair and two children in front. Some men s...
Photograph

The Birchcliff Hotel

Date: 
Description: Exterior view across lawn of the main building of the Birchcliff Hotel. A porch is in the front, and a screened-in porch is on the right side. Chairs are o...

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: