Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 42

Photograph

Flour and Grist Mill

Date: 1896
Description: Flour and grist mill built on Green Lake Prairie and later moved to Alto. It stood about 50 feet tall and 24 feet wide.
Photograph

Grist Mill

Date: 1872
Description: Wind powered stone grist mill. Two men stand on a wood balcony near the open doorway of the windmill.
Postcard

Grist Mill

Date: 1910
Description: View of the stone building, with a town in the distance. Caption reads: "An old Landmark, Cedarburg, Wis."
Photograph

Grist Mill

Date: 1920
Description: Old grist mill.
Photograph

Davidson Feed Mill

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Davidson Feed Mill near the Amnicon River.
Photograph

Davidson Feed Mill

Date: 1935
Description: Davidson Feed Mill near the Amnicon River.
Photograph

The Old Stone Mill

Date: 
Description: The Old Stone Mill, a circular stone mill surrounded by a fence with benches nearby, in Turio Park.
Photograph

Cold Stone Mill

Date: 
Description: Waterside view of mill buildings including diverted water stream.
Photograph

The Old Mill

Date: 
Description: View toward the "Old Mill" in an open area, with trees on the right and in the background.
Photograph

The Old Mill

Date: 
Description: View toward the "Old Mill" with trees and another building in the background.
Photograph

Grist Mill

Date: 
Description: View from road with a stone wall toward a small stone building housing a grist mill, with a large water wheel on the right side. Surrounding the grist mill...
Photograph

Hunter Bros. Milling Co.

Date: 
Description: View across railroad tracks toward the Hunter Bros. Milling Co. mill. There is a railroad train on the tracks next to the mill. A man is standing in front ...
Photograph

Rice Mill

Date: 
Description: A view of "the largest rice mill in the world."
Print

Old Hollander, Beer Label

Date: 1934
Description: Label submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration. Old Hollander beer, brewed by the Oconomowoc Brewing Company. On the label the beer i...
Photograph

New Cassel Mill

Date: 03 04 1929
Description: A large wood frame mill building with one-story brick addition. There is an elevated door with a roof which was probably used for deliveries. In the far ba...
Photograph

Jeffry's Mill

Date: 01 22 1932
Description: Two men fish from a diving platform while a third fishes from the shore at Jeffry's Mill. The tall, wood frame mill building is in the background, with an ...
Photograph

Hillsboro Mill

Date: 
Description: View from dirt road of a group of people (possibly employees) standing around the loading dock of the Hillsboro Mill. There is a steep, snow-covered hill i...
Postcard

Back of Mills

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of elevated view of the back of mills lining the bridge. Coal kilns are below the hand-drawn arrow at top right. "Sawmills, gristmill...
Photograph

Cereal Mills Company

Date: 1898
Description: Slightly elevated view of the Cereal Mills Company. Men are working near a horse-drawn wagon near an entrance to a grain elevator in the lower right. Railr...
Photograph

Yahara River Mill

Date: 1850
Description: A grist mill on the Yahara River at the outlet of Lake Mendota. The mill, called Farwell's Madison Mills was built in 1850 by Governor Farwell. The origina...

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:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org