Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 26

Photograph

Salt and Gravel

Date: 1963
Description: Sand and gravel pit used by the Dane County highway department as a source of supply.
Photograph

Sawmill Breaks Down

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Building an empire? The sawmill breaks down and what a crowd of onlookers to 'supervise' repairs."
Photograph

Kendall Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down a commercial street, primarily documenting W.J. Pollard's garage.
Photograph

Doc Copeland

Date: 1914
Description: Doc Copeland is sitting in a chair mending a fishing net.
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down a road towards commercial strip of town. On the right is a gas station and repair shop, on the left side are a restaurant/bakery, and a Chevrolet...
Photograph

Saving Energy with Insulation

Date: 1979
Description: During an energy tour of his district Congressman Obey visited various sites to observe projects to increase energy efficiency. Here a workman is preparing...
Photograph

Alabama Road Work

Date: 05 1902
Description: Group portrait of four men and two boys standing with horses, oxen and mules hitched up to drag scrapers, to reconstruct a dirt road. A small building, pow...
Photograph

Saving Energy

Date: 1979
Description: During a tour of his district Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey visited various sites where energy-saving projects were underway. Here a workman on a lad...
Photograph

Russians Working on Railroad

Date: 1918
Description: View down railroad tracks toward a group of Russian residents working to clear another set of railroad tracks running alongside. In the far distance are tr...
Photograph

Tar Wagon, West 181st Street

Date: 1968
Description: Close-up of tools on the back of a tar wagon on West 181st Street. Tar soaked brooms glisten in the sun and a pot of tar loosely covered with a hub cap si...
Photograph

Alabama Road Construction

Date: 05 1902
Description: Group portrait, with Ernst Goetsch standing on a dirt road next to a team of oxen hitched up to a drag scraper on the left, and a team of oxen on the right...
Photograph

Tourist Camp - Highway 12

Date: 1931
Description: A view of the Log Cabin Filling Station at a tourist camp. A garage for washing and greasing on the left. Two tall gas pumps. Lamps made of interlaced logs...
Photograph

Scene on Highway 11

Date: 1929
Description: View down a commercial street, with an automobile coming down the street. There is a soda/ice cream shop which offers tobacco, cigars, and candy. The City ...
Photograph

Main Street Looking South

Date: 1912
Description: View looking down unpaved Main Street, with wagons and carts parked near the curb on the left near a building with a sign for a "Garage." Pedestrians are a...
Photograph

Spring Green Street Scene

Date: 
Description: View from intersection towards a drugstore on the left corner. A service station with a sign that says "NASH" is next door. Further down is a house and wha...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1925
Description: View down street towards a garage with a gas pump on the left. There is a man standing by a parked car. Two women and a boy are standing near a parked car ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down unpaved street scene towards an intersection. A tree and a fire hydrant on the corner on the left. On the right is a garage with a ramp entrance ...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1921
Description: View down center of unpaved Main Street, with a service garage on the left and ice cream parlors on the right. There are lampposts along the sidewalks, and...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1922
Description: View down center of Main Street with cobblestones. There is a railroad crossing in the foreground. Service garages are on the left and right corners. Parke...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down middle of street towards central business section. On the left is a building with a belfry. Cars and businesses line both sides of the street, pe...

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: