Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 411

Photograph

Gauer with Military Personell

Date: 
Description: Harold Gauer, on left wearing a bow tie, with two unidentified military officers, one of whom is in full decorated uniform, in front of an airplane.
Photograph

Darnton and Fahuestock Coffins

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: Military Chaplain Fred Bartrop performs an Episcopal burial ceremony for Byron Darnton over the coffins; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea...
Photograph

Sylvanus Thayer

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Colonel Sylvanus Thayer (June 9, 1785-Septmeber 7, 1872) in military uniform.
Photograph

John Gibbon

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length portrait of John Gibbon in military uniform.
Photograph

Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: Dicky Chapelle at US Military Aid Headquarters. She holds an unlit cigarette and a lighter. She is wearing eyeglasses and smiling at the camera.
Photograph

William Rubin and Son

Date: 1918
Description: William Rubin, Wisconsin political figure and labor leader, in civilian clothes, visiting his son Abner, in military uniform, at a military camp.
Photograph

Lewis Arms in Military Hat

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: hand-colored portrait of 15-year-old Lewis Arms wearing a neck scarf and military uniform hat.
Photograph

Young Philip Gordon

Date: 
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Philip Gordon in a military uniform.
Photograph

Taps at Darnton-Fahuestock Funeral

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: "Taps" is played at the Darnton-Fahuestock funeral; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea.
Photograph

General Douglas MacArthur

Date: 
Description: General MacArthur in uniform with corncob pipe. Unidentified military personnel are visible in the background.
Photograph

"Me and Barksdale"

Date: 10 1917
Description: Two men in military uniform posing outdoors together in front of a building.
Photograph

Spear, Mac, and PMS

Date: 10 1917
Description: Three men in military uniforms are posing together in front of a stone building.
Photograph

Darnton-Fahuestock Funeral

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: Byron Darnston coffin being borne to the grave by war correspondent pallbearers; Bomana Military Cemetery, Port Moresby, New Guinea.
Photograph

Farmall H with Military Tank

Date: 1943
Description: A man wearing a hat and smoking a pipe sits on a Farmall H tractor while a uniformed man stands on the top of a military tank. Two more men are sitting in ...
Photograph

Darnton-Fahuestock Funeral

Date: 10 21 1942
Description: Darnton-Fahuestock funeral with a rifle squad at attention and two coffins draped with American flags, Bomana Military Cemetery in Port Moresby, New Guinea...
Photograph

Military Personnel and Civilians near Lawson Air Liner

Date: 1919
Description: Several people are standing near a Lawson Air Liner. A number of people are wearing military uniforms, and others are wearing civilian clothes. Buildings a...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Richard McNall of Janesville, member of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity and king of the University of Wisconsin Military Ball, standing beside queen Mary Olber ...
Photograph

Joseph McCarthy

Date: 1943
Description: Portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy in his Marine uniform, which appeared in his unsuccessful 1944 U.S. Senate campaign literature. Making the most of military ...
Photograph

MP Headquarters

Date: 1946
Description: Headquarters of Company C of the 793rd Military Police Battalion in post-World War II Germany. Although the location is not identified, Sigurd F. Olson, wh...
Photograph

Rufus King

Date: 
Description: General Rufus King, seated in uniform.

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: