Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 72

Photograph

Packinghouse Workers Strike Kitchen

Date: 03 22 1948
Description: Strike kitchen of Local 50, United Packinghouse Workers of America (Plankinton Packing Company). Left to right: Al Herold (chef), Ernie Bernie, Jimmy Glov...
Photograph

School Children Eating

Date: 1919
Description: Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t...
Photograph

Milwaukee Road Service Club Party

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club family party at E.R.A. Hall, with seven male officers in line being served food by three women, with a small boy looking on.
Photograph

Badger Liquor Shop

Date: 11 29 1937
Description: Five men (Saul Sinaiko and his son Donald Sinaiko and three others), standing in front of a liquor bottle display at the Badger Liquor Shop, 402 State Stre...
Photograph

Turpin, Hiers and Pollard at Bjelde's Pie Shop

Date: 09 24 1932
Description: Snub Pollard, Walter Hiers, and Ben Turpin, about to throw pies at Bjelde's Pie Shop, located at 302 North Francis Street.
Photograph

Sausage Machine

Date: 06 24 1931
Description: Sausages coming off of the sausage machine at the Madison Packing Company, 307 West Johnson Street. Standing around the machine are eight workers and Oswal...
Photograph

Mel-O-Cream Doughnut Shop Interior

Date: 02 06 1931
Description: Five bakers standing in the kitchen of Mel-O-Cream Doughnut Shop, 548 W. Washington Avenue, with large bags of Golden Loaf flour.
Photograph

Storefront Portrait

Date: 1898
Description: Two well-dressed women in aprons and two smartly dressed men pose in front of the open entrance of J. Buntman's fruit and confectionery store at 1005 North...
Photograph

Wendell Willkie Speaking with Ed Mergen

Date: 03 25 1944
Description: Wendell Willkie speaking with Ed Mergen, "Wisconsin State Journal" veteran typesetter in charge of page layout, in the composing room during Willkie's 194...
Book or Pamphlet

International Harvester Refrigerator Brochure

Date: 1949
Description: Cover of a brochure for International Harvester refrigerators with an image of a man and woman admiring a refrigerator stocked with food and drink.
Photograph

Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club on Train

Date: 1896
Description: Members of the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club posing at the rear of a train during the Spring Tour of 1896. Railroad employees and o...
Photograph

First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
Photograph

Construction Workers at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1899
Description: Workers during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
Photograph

Charence L. Greiber with World War II Veteran

Date: 04 12 1945
Description: Clarence L. Greiber, Director of the Wisconsin State Board of Vocational and Adult Education, with Lester Morrisey, a discharged World War II veteran, show...
Photograph

Man and Woman with 11FC Freezer

Date: 1949
Description: A woman in an apron, dress, and heels, standing on one side of an open International Harvester freezer with a food package in her hand. On the other side, ...
Photograph

Cafeteria at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1902
Description: Long tables and chairs in a dining hall, probably at the McCormick Works. The tables are covered in table cloths and several cooks stand in the background....
Photograph

Lutefisk Connoisseurs

Date: 11 04 1950
Description: Two lutefisk connoisseurs, Henry Ullsvik (left) and O. T. Ullsvik, standing next to a cold water tub filled with fish at the Ullsvik Grocery Store, 2350 Ea...
Photograph

Blacksmith and Wagon Shop

Date: 
Description: View across street towards six men posing, with four of the men wearing aprons and work clothes, and two men in suits holding guns. Beside them on the left...
Photograph

Making Cheese Curds

Date: 1937
Description: View of two men wearing work clothes, wearing overalls and hats, working at a machine, mostly likely making cheese curds. Another man wearing a suit and ti...
Document

Schlitz Park Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Schlitz Park Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with halftone views of the park gateway and a two-story open-air pavilion with an overlook,...

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: