Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: GENRE of Postcard
Filter: Subject of monuments
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Color-enhanced black and white photographic postcard of the Soldier's Monument in honor of the Grand Army of the Republic during the Civil War. Caption rea... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Postcard depicting the monument of Nelson Dewey. He has a long beard and sits in a chair on a pedestal. Trees are in the background. Text at the bottom re... |
| Date: | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Rows of granite headstones and plinths arranged in front of buildings at the Montello quarry. A derrick is standing in the background on the left; there is... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A granite stone behind a low fence commemorating the Black Hawk War. Text on front of card reads: "Black Hawk War Monument Erected by Fort Atkinson D.A.R.,... |
| Date: | 1951 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on reverse reads: "Near this spot the first white contact in the Northwest was made by Jean Nicolet at Red Banks in 1634. This memorial by Sidney Bedo... |
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View looking up at the Soldiers' Monument, a single column with a statue of a soldier on the top. Caption reads: "Soldiers' Monument, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View toward the Soldiers' Monument with three statues on a pedestal, and the Court House behind it. A clock tower is to the right of the entrance behind tr... |
| Date: | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Kauwaunee County Courthouse and adjoining veterans' memorial. The monument is flanked by cannons. Caption reads: "Court Hous... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of the Washburn Monument obelisk surrounded by a fence in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption at the top reads: "La Crosse, Wis." Caption at the bottom reads:... |
| Date: | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of the Losey Memorial Arch in Oak Grove Cemetery. Caption reads: "Oak Grove Cemetery, La Crosse, Wis." |
| Date: | 1913 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Corner view of the Grant County courthouse. The Soldiers' Monument and a fountain are in the foreground. A gazebo is under the trees on the right. Caption ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Soldiers' Monument, first erected in the United States to the memory of the Union Soldiers. In the center on a lawn is a tall marble column with Old Ab... |
| Date: | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A monument to Nelson Dewey featuring a sculpture of him seated on a chair on top of a pedestal. He is holding a pen in his right hand. Caption reads: "Monu... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of the Lincoln statue in front of Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin, Madison campus. Caption reads: "Main Hall and Lincoln Statue, Madison, W... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Color postcard looking up Bascom Hill towards Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin campus. There is a statue of Lincoln at the top of the hill. Autom... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of a boulder on a stepped pedestal with a plaque dedicated to Jean Nicolet. Caption reads: "Nicolet Monument, to the Memory of the First White Man in ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from street towards a park with a cannon, a flagpole, lampposts and an arch. Two men are standing on the curved walk of the park. In the background is... |
| Date: | 06 15 1916 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "G.A.R. Encampment. June 14-16, 1916. Ripon, Wis." An arched monument honoring the Grand Army of the Republic, crowned with the Seal o... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on the reverse reads: "The Famous Little White School House, at Ripon, Wisconsin. Birthplace of the Republican Party in 1854." Surrounded by dwellings... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "Spellman Granite Works, Sauk City, Wisconsin" and "Manufacturing Plant." Two images, one above the other, an exterior and interior vi... |
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: