Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

4-H Youth Plowing Field with Farmall 340 Tractor

Date: 04 1959
Description: Color photograph of 4-H youth operating a Farmall 340 tractor with mounted plow.
Photograph

"Tractorette" Class

Date: 1943
Description: Lillian A. Heinrichs, Lucille Eltiste, and Esther Goubert receive instruction from H.E. des Granges during "Tractorette" class while Wesley Kollehorst, fie...
Photograph

Harry M. Cosway

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Harry M. Cosway, tractor operator for Porter & Bonney, driving a tractor through a crop of potatoes.
Photograph

Phillippa Monachino Driving Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Elevated view of Phillippa Monachino, a participant in "Tractorette" class, driving a tractor through a field of potatoes.
Photograph

Beulah Ogden on Farmall Tractor

Date: 1942
Description: Mrs. Beulah Ogden, a participant in the "Tractorette" class organized by the Blanchard Motor Company, rides a Farmall tractor through an 88-acre farm owned...
Photograph

Girl with Lunchpail

Date: 1918
Description: A girl wearing a hat, winter coat and gloves walking through a field while carrying a lunch pail.
Photograph

Teacher and Classmates Ready to Pick Seed Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Walkenhorst School holding fabric bags while posing in a field with their instructor on their way to select seed corn.
Photograph

Two Students in Iowa Cornfield

Date: 07 22 1915
Description: Two students standing in a cornfield. The boy on the right is holding what appears to be a hoe while completing work as part of a high school agriculture c...
Photograph

Cook County School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of children and adults, some holding American flags and Cook County banners, standing in a field to watch events at the Cook County School Festival...
Photograph

Flag Drill at Illinois School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of girls performing a flag drill during a School Festival as a crowd of adults and children look on. Three boys are standing on the left playing mu...
Photograph

Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Group of children in a large school garden working on their crops.
Photograph

Girls' Relay Race

Date: 1913
Description: Students and teachers gathered in a field for the girls' relay race at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
Photograph

Boys Ready for Day in the Field

Date: 1911
Description: Group of boys outdoors with gardener E.E. Harris. Original caption reads: "Boys of the Onalaska Agricultural School, with rakes and forks, saws and other i...
Photograph

Group of Youth on Way to School

Date: 06 11 1920
Description: Four young boys walking on a dirt road in rural Cook County on their way to school. All are dressed similarly. Two older girls are also seen walking closel...
Photograph

High School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A...
Photograph

Crowd after Winning State Championship

Date: 1978
Description: "Lomira High School's girls receive a rousing reception on their return from Madison."
Photograph

Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
Photograph

Norman Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Norman Peterson, age 11, holds the reins of a team of horses hitched to a harrow. He is a student at the Mud Branch School, District No. 2. On the reverse ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 514-521

Date: 
Description: Put aside anything so futile

All that fermented time
spent and blackened, much obscured,
is now restored with cheese and wine
Photograph

High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...

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: