Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-14 of 14

Photograph

Sunday School Picnic at Mendota Steamboat Landing

Date: 1879
Description: Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f...
Photograph

Reverend Richard Kiefer Plays Bingo

Date: 08 06 1934
Description: Reverend Richard Kiefer of Sacred Heart monastery in Hales Corners, Wisconsin, joins in the bingo competition at a Catholic picnic, as women and children a...
Photograph

Corn and Brats on the Grill

Date: 06 25 1988
Description: St. Dominic's Catholic Parish members tend the grills at their annual festival.
Photograph

Children Having a Picnic in Woods

Date: 1869
Description: Mixed group, mostly children, having a picnic in the woods, perhaps connected with the dedication of the East Blue Mounds Lutheran Church.
Photograph

View of the Dining Table

Date: 1876
Description: "View of the Dining Table" from the "Dedication of Blue Mounds Church" section of Dahl's 1877 "Catalogue of Stereoscopic Views", showing a long banquet tab...
Photograph

Norwegian Sunday School Picnic

Date: 1873
Description: A Norwegian Sunday school picnic, perhaps held at Maple Bluff on Lake Mendota. The original stereograph is in the collection of the Norwegian-American Hist...
Photograph

Pinata Breaking

Date: 05 30 1971
Description: Children attempt to break a pinata at a Sunday picnic at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.
Photograph

Church Picnic

Date: 1976
Description: A group of African Americans gathered at a picnic table for an outdoor church picnic.
Photograph

Sunday School Picnic

Date: 1903
Description: Children on a decorated wagon during a Sunday school picnic of Caersalem Welsh Church.
Photograph

Friends of Hebrew University at Picnic

Date: 08 21 1967
Description: About 80 Israeli students and members of the Milwaukee chapter of American Friends of Hebrew University attended a picnic Sunday at the Beaver Lake home of...
Poster

Ben Bergor Ad

Date: 1934
Description: Advertising poster for a performance by Madison magician Ben Bergor.
Photograph

Picnic in Wills Woods

Date: 06 20 1901
Description: Friends, neighbors, and relatives of the Krueger family gather for a Baptist picnic at Carl Rabenhorst Woods.
Photograph

We Saw You . . . Guests of Bishop O'Connor

Date: 07 12 1959
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor hosts more than a thousand guests & members of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their families at a chicken ba...
Photograph

We Saw You . . . Guests of Bishop O'Connor

Date: 07 12 1959
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor hosts more than one thousand guests and members of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their families for a chick...

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: