Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 401-420 of 1117

Photograph

East Washington Avenue

Date: 1955
Description: East Washington Avenue near Union Corners when first reopened after widening in 1955. Several vehicles are on the road.
Photograph

Youth Council Cleaning Street

Date: 04 09 1947
Description: Youth council spring clean-up committee cleaning the street in front of the Madison Community Center. Left to right: Rebecca Wilson, Martha Truog, George S...
Photograph

Bicycle Riding Tests

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Marquette School students being tested for riding skills in front of the school, 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spaight Street.
Photograph

Girl Signaling During Bicycle Riding Test

Date: 03 30 1947
Description: Marquette School student, a girl in a flowered skirt, being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is al...
Photograph

Aerial View of the Capitol Square Area

Date: 05 08 1947
Description: Aerial photograph of the Capitol Square area of Madison, looking to the southwest.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Students near Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street near The University Coop bookstore at Lake Street.
Photograph

Unitarian Meeting House Parsonage

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Unitarian Meeting House showing the parsonage on University Bay Drive beside the church.
Photograph

Stoddard Apartments

Date: 05 20 1947
Description: Exterior of Stoddard Apartments, 2900 block of Monroe Street.
Photograph

Governor Oscar Rennebohm Farm

Date: 05 24 1947
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm farm, on U.S. Highway 151, five miles east of the Capitol between Madison and Sun Prairie. Shows the barn and bungalow intended fo...
Photograph

State Republican Party Convention

Date: 06 21 1947
Description: Elevated view of State delegates at registration tables in front of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion, registering for the State Republica...
Photograph

Train at Railroad Crossing

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the...
Photograph

Highway Maintenance Truck

Date: 07 31 1947
Description: Highway lane painting truck painting lane lines on Highways 12-13-14, University Avenue between Madison and Middleton. This is the first highway in the sta...
Photograph

Madison City Bus

Date: 08 01 1947
Description: Pictured in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol is the Madison Bus Company's new 35 foot bus which seats 45 people. The bus will go into service the follo...
Photograph

Truax Field Barracks

Date: 08 06 1947
Description: Rows of barracks at Truax Field.
Photograph

Illinois Central Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 05 1947
Description: The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f...
Photograph

Mendota Court

Date: 09 23 1947
Description: Two cars and a delivery truck parked on Mendota Court. The truck has an advertisement for Camel cigarettes.
Photograph

Highway 30 Overpass

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Highway 30 overpass under construction over the railroad tracks just east of the Sun Prairie Road (East Washington Avenue) junction.
Photograph

Fred L. Statz Buillding

Date: 10 15 1947
Description: Exterior view of the Fred L. Statz building, 123 West Main Street, located at the corner of West Main Street and Fairchild Street.
Photograph

Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: Exterior view of Wisconsin Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive.
Photograph

Madison Free Library

Date: 11 20 1947
Description: Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll Street. The library was built with Carnegie money and opened in 1906. The name changed to Madison Public Library ...

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: