Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Search: ephemera
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of transportation
| Date: | 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Advertising blotter for the Baraboo Auto Body Co. |
| Date: | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Description: | 1861 Racine and Mississippi Railroad Pass belonging to Jackson Kemper. |
| Date: | 1878 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pass #497 issued for free travel during the year 1878 by the Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad. |
| Date: | 1861 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Chicago and Northwestern Railway pass belonging to Reverend Jackson Kemper. |
| Date: | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pass # 258 issued to General Manager Charles Lapham by the Wisconsin Western Railroad for the year 1900. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | "The Wisconsin," a passenger car of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. This color illustration is from a dismantled scrapbook. |
| Date: | 1933 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Ticket envelope for the Santa Fe Railroad. The bold graphic design emphasizes the streamlined, futuristic design of the railroad's locomotives. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Advertising card for Wisconsin Central Railroad land for sale at $5 an acre. |
| Date: | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Description: | 1859 Chicago, St. Paul & Fond du Lac Railroad pass belonging to S.S. Merrill. Pass is signed by George Dunlap. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pages 1-2 of the Songbook for the "S.S. North American" includes an index and the lyrics for 2 songs. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Illustration labelled "Banquet Entrance (Rear of the Hotel) from brochure about the Imperial Hotel (see ID#32422, 32451-2, and 32454) |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Letterhead of the John Pritzlaff Hardware Company, with an elevated three-quarter view of the company building. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two portraits of President George H.W. Bush. One caption on the reverse reads:"President Bush presides at a meeting of his Cabinet in the White House." The... |
| Date: | 1858 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin Stage Company Pass belonging to Reverend Kemper. The pass bear engravings of a train and a stage coach. |
| Date: | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Guest ticket for the Republican National Convention held in St. Louis. The ticket shows the celebrated Eads Bridge across the Mississippi, and the log cab... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Memohead of Garver's Supply Company, supplier of feeds, flour, and building supplies, with a three-quarter view of the company building on Atwood Avenue. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Luggage tag for the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, Japan. This label includes a graph rendering of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed building, and is thought to ha... |
| Date: | 1857 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Letter on stationery featuring an engraving of an exterior view of the Milwaukee House showing horse-drawn vehicles and people standing on the sidewalk in ... |
| Date: | 11 08 1860 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Receipt for a package delivered to Brees' Express via Morris & Essex Railroad. There is an engraving of a train traveling through a rural landscape near th... |
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: