Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-19 of 19

Photograph

Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Three University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds are playing cards, and one woman is reading, on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent ...
Photograph

Betimes Betsy Bethinks On The Bible

Date: 1905
Description: Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair.
Photograph

Woman Reading Letter

Date: 
Description: Woman reading a letter by a table.
Photograph

Group at Boarding House

Date: 
Description: Six women and a man gathered at a parlor table at a boarding house. The man is probably Amos Elliott, and the women around the table are teachers studying ...
Photograph

Group Sitting in Parlor

Date: 
Description: Two men and two women reading in a parlor, possibly J.R. Ogden and wife, and Grace Ogden and Carl (?).
Photograph

Three People Reading

Date: 
Description: Two women and an elderly man reading in a room.
Photograph

Group of People Reading

Date: 
Description: Three men, woman, and boy posed reading in a room.
Photograph

Man Sitting in Rocking Chair

Date: 
Description: Man seated in a rocking chair reading with deer head mount reflected in mirror.
Photograph

Five Women Standing Together

Date: 
Description: Five women standing, two hold a letter.
Photograph

Library Reading Room

Date: 
Description: View of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin's Library Reading Room from the mezzanine.
Photograph

J. Robert Taylor Cleaning Furnace

Date: 10 01 1938
Description: J. Robert Taylor cleaning a furnace. He has a broom and a small brush in hand, a pipe in his mouth, and a dirty rag placed on his head. He is reading a doc...
Photograph

Teacher Reading to School Children

Date: 
Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
Photograph

Edward Schildhauer Relaxing at a Desk

Date: 1897
Description: Mr. Edward Schildhauer relaxes in a rocking chair with his feet on a desk. He is reading a newspaper.
Photograph

The Eyerley Family

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley sits with his wife and his daughter on the front stoop of their home on West Johnson Street. They are reading from a book. A small, wicker roc...
Photograph

Bailey Family Group

Date: 
Description: Four members of the Bailey family, two men and two women, stand and sit around a small table in front of a fireplace. There is a music stand below the wind...
Photograph

International Garbage Truck in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Date: 1970
Description: City street in Puerto Rico, seemingly at dusk. Shop windows are brightly lit, and a man leans against one while reading a newspaper. Other men are having t...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: 1st and 2nd Residents

Date: 1926
Description: First page of an album kept by Neighborhood House, with individual images of head resident Gay Braxton, second resident Mary Lee Griggs, and two exterior v...
Photograph

Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Walter Ladwig of Juda (left) and Oscar Wold of Hillsboro reading The "Wisconsin State Journal" between sessions at the annual University of Wisconsin's Far...
Photograph

Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...

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: