Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-18 of 18

Photograph

Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
Photograph

CM&SP Railroad Engine

Date: 1931
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #6414, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia and purchased in 1931. The train is near the 26th...
Postcard

Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
Photograph

Camping at Devil's Lake

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Herman Taylor family camping at Devil's Lake. There is a moving train in the background on railroad tracks along the shoreline of the ...
Photograph

Jones Island Dwellings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of a cluster of old dwellings in the center, with broken shacks and rusted cars. In the background are railroad cars, and an industrial area ...
Photograph

Washington Bridge

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Washington Bridge, crossing over numerous railroad tracks. In the foreground is a train engine, dwellings, and a dilapidated brick str...
Photograph

Marent Trestle

Date: 
Description: View looking up at the Marent trestle, part of the Northern Pacific Railroad. A train carrying passenger cars passes over the 228 foot high trestle, and a ...
Photograph

VIew from B. & O. Station

Date: 1925
Description: View from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station, established in 1830. The city's dwellings and establishments can be seen on a hillside from the railroa...
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View of Town

Date: 
Description: Bird's-eye view from bluff. Far below is Main Street and the Mississippi River. The Bay State House facade can be seen among the buildings lining Main Stre...
Photograph

Train Depot — Looking North

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the...
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Mazomanie. The church's steeple stands out in the landscape of houses and barns.
Photograph

Birds Eye View

Date: 1921
Description: View of Norwalk looking down from a hill. Farm fields and forests surround the town.
Photograph

Depot and Train

Date: 
Description: View over railroad tracks towards a railroad depot with an arriving train. A few passengers are on the platform. On the right is a pile of fuel wood. There...
Photograph

Scenic View on Lower Dam

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at a river and reservoir. A railroad train is moving along railroad tracks on the opposite side of the river. Houses a...
Photograph

Farmers Waiting to Ship Harvest

Date: 09 1902
Description: Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks...
Photograph

Camp Douglas Looking North

Date: 
Description: Exterior view identified as Camp Douglas from the south looking north. Elevated view of a town with a railroad track and an oncoming train in the center ...
Photograph

Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view along river toward Darlington. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Darlington, Wis."

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: