Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: GENRE of Postcard
Filter: Subject of airplanes
Filter: Subject of water
| Date: | 06 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Aerodome, invented by Samuel Langley, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, as reconstructed by Glenn Curtiss at Hammondsport. |
| Date: | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Calbraith Perry Rodgers, with a cigar characteristically clenched in his jaw, was the first man to fly across the United States. He undertook this flight i... |
| Date: | 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Composite image of "Packerland U.S.A." including prominent attractions: Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, NFL Football team; the Brown County A... |
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the Kissel Motor Car Company. The elevated view shows the factory buildings, water towers, railroad cars and track. A dirigib... |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from shoreline of Trout Lake of a group of six men posed with the pilot, possibly Jack Vilas, on an early seaplane or flying boat floating in the wate... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View over the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight. Below are houses and what may be a river or lake. Location is unknown, but is probably n... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photographic postcard of a view under the wing of a Lawson Military Tractor 2 (MT2) in flight. Below is a field and beyond are buildings and a body of wate... |
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the Kissel auto plant in between the railroad and the river. A dirigible and bi-plane have been cut and pasted onto the image. Caption rea... |
| Date: | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Aerial view of the Capitol facing Lake Mendota. The Spirit of St. Louis is superimposed on the postcard. Landmarks include the glass bank, the YWCA and Jam... |
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: