Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Lakes
Filter: Subject of water
Filter: Reproduction Rights of Special Conditions
Filter: Subject of transportation
| Date: | 08 10 1964 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A rubber raft serves as the launching point for diving and other water play on a hot summer day. |
| Date: | 1688 |
|---|---|
| Description: | This map includes vignettes of Amerindian life with text describing geography, culture, and exploration activity, written in French. The Great Lakes, river... |
| Date: | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Map is the most extensive endeavor to date to accurately locate and document both prehistoric place names and natural features of the Menominee language wi... |
| Date: | 1941 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A detail of a Sanborn map showing areas at Langdon and Henry Streets, including Lake Lawn Place. |
| Date: | 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Detail of a Madison Sanborn Map showing the Lake Mendota shoreline. The area shown is between the Blackhawk Country Club and Eagle Heights Woods. |
| Date: | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man drives a tractor on John Nolen Drive along Lake Mendota with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance. He is on his was to a Red Power venue held ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | The cast and crew of the film "Gallant Lady" preparing to shoot a scene on a lake. The motion picture camera and crew are on a raft on the left, and are sh... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | The director and four other men sitting and standing on a raft holding the motion picture camera while shooting the film "Gallant Lady." There are two came... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Charlie Chaplin, dressed in a German ethnic costume, standing on a pier on a lake with crew members during the filming of "The Great Dictator." |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of assorted cast and crew on a village set of the 1943 film "The North Star." Cinematographer James Wong Howe, in the lower right corner near... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mirror Lake, below the dam at Timme Mill. Trees and foliage cover the banks and overhang the water. The one lane high reverse metal truss bridge, commonly ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Tree-lined view from shoreline looking down at a lake scene of two adults and two children in a rowboat. Lily pads are floating on the surface of the lake ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from shoreline towards a boy standing on a pier overlooking a lake. In the foreground are flowering trees. |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Sailboats "coming about" on Big Cedar Lake. The crew is under the sail of the boat in the center. In the distance is a tree-lined shore. |
| Date: | 07 1969 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The sailboat "Stardust" in the 1st Fond du Lac Yacht Club race of the season on Lake Winnebago. The sailboat is owned by Charles Nevitt of Oshkosh. |
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: