Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 73

Photograph

Grand Avenue

Date: 1917
Description: Looking down Grand Avenue to the east. The road is lined with automobiles, and cable car tracks are on the snow-covered street. A sign for Gimbel's is on t...
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View down platform towards a railroad depot, with automobiles and several horse-drawn vehicles. A group of people are standing on the platform.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
Photograph

Car Racing

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a race car on the track moving past a stationary vehicle in the foreground. Behind a second fence is a large crowd of people observing the...
Photograph

Asian Dignitaries

Date: 
Description: Asian men on the street, entering a car.
Photograph

Car Buried in Fresh Snow

Date: 1940
Description: Winter scene with a car buried in fresh snow while parked outside a building.
Photograph

Pathfinder Car on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder traveling down a dirt road in the country.
Photograph

Group Posing with Motorcycles and Cars

Date: 
Description: Eleven motorcyclists wearing sashes are standing in between two news service cars in front of the Milwaukee Journal building. Another row of men are...
Photograph

West Milwaukee Railroad Yard

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Photograph

Kroening Engineering factory

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building.
Photograph

Automobile Crossing Flooded Road

Date: 
Description: An automobile is attempting to cross a flooded street as onlookers are watching.
Photograph

Pathfinder Car near Bridge

Date: 
Description: The Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder car driving from a road onto a bridge.
Photograph

Man Driving Automobile on Rocky Road

Date: 
Description: A man is driving an automobile through a neighborhood on a dirt and rock road.
Photograph

Man Posing with Canoe on Automobile

Date: 
Description: A man poses in front of a canoe tied onto his car. A second man looks on from the background.
Photograph

Asian Dignitaries

Date: 
Description: Asian dignitaries, including two women, amidst a crowd, perhaps at a railroad station.
Photograph

Kroening Engineering Factory

Date: 
Description: Exterior view from a roof of the Kroening Engineering factory. Cars are parked along the street outside the building.
Photograph

Man in Snow Near Automobile

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with a man dressed in a winter coat and hat standing in the snow in front of a car.
Photograph

Pedestrians near the Wisconsin National Bank

Date: 
Description: Several pedestrians walking near the Wisconsin National Bank building.
Photograph

Cameramen at Train Station

Date: 1915
Description: Group of cameramen waiting at train station, with American flags and banners set up in the background.
Photograph

Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee

Date: 09 01 1912
Description: Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Deutscher Club. The club later became the Wisconsin Club.

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:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org