Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 124

Photograph

Unidentified Civil War Soldier

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter length seated portrait of an unidentified Civil War soldier.
Photograph

Manchester's, Inc., Employees Sell War Bonds

Date: 06 23 1944
Description: Preparing for War Bond Drive at Breese Stevens Field are Manchester's, Inc., employees Charmain Sabanske, Jenny McMahon, Helen Heisman, Jean Stehr, Jeanne ...
Photograph

Silas Stewart

Date: 
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Silas Stewart, Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry. Stewart enlisted in 1861 and served until the end of the war without b...
Photograph

The Iron Brigade

Date: 11 1863
Description: Civil War General John C. Starkweather, center; Lt. Colonel George B. Bingham, left; and General Rufus King, right; all of the Iron Brigade.
Photograph

Lucius Fairchild

Date: 1860
Description: Pre-Civil War portrait of Lucius Fairchild wearing a hat.
Photograph

Upper Class Nurses

Date: 
Description: Ladies of higher standing working in the medical depot preparing dressings.
Photograph

Berlin Medical Depot

Date: 
Description: Care for the wounded. Preparation of ampules in the main medical depot in Berlin.
Photograph

Civil War Portraits and Relics

Date: 
Description: View of a room filled with portraits and relics from the Civil War. A piano is placed below a window across the room, and the walls are lined with framed p...
Photograph

"The War At Home" Protesters

Date: 1979
Description: The directors of documentary film "The War at Home," Glenn Silber, at left, and Barry Alexander Brown, at right, sit in front of a display of protest image...
Photograph

Unknown Union Soldier

Date: 
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of an unknown Union soldier.
Photograph

"In The Reading Room"

Date: 
Description: In the reading room.
Photograph

Emons Webster

Date: 
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of 2nd Lieutenant Emons Webster, Company B, 8th Wisconsin Infantry, in uniform. Webster nlisted in 1861 and survived the wh...
Photograph

Bridge Guard in Serbia

Date: 
Description: Winter quarters in Serbia. Bridge guard.
Photograph

Major George Bill

Date: 
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Major George Bill, 7th Wisconsin Infantry.
Photograph

Walter Quintin Gresham

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of Walter Quintin Gresham with the rank of Brigadier General. At the start of the war he was initially denied...
Photograph

John F. Harker

Date: 
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of John F. Harker, Company K, 13th Wisconsin Infantry.
Photograph

Cassius Fairchild

Date: 1865
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel Cassius Fairchild, F & S, 16th Wisconsin Infantry.
Photograph

Amos A. Phillips

Date: 
Description: Seated carte-de-visite portrait of Private Amos A. Phillips, Company F, 16th Wisconsin Infantry.
Photograph

Black Out Curtains

Date: 1942
Description: Publicity photograph of a woman hanging blackout curtains, with the assistance of her young daughter. The photograph was taken to provide illustration for ...
Photograph

Midday Meals in Poland

Date: 
Description: Distributing midday meals to Austrian troops in Russian Poland.

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: