Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 36

Photograph

Swearing-In New Citizens

Date: 11 21 1962
Description: Several people are standing in a room, raising their right hands. In the foreground a person's hand is raised. Other people are standing in the background....
Photograph

Elks Club Party

Date: 12 31 1948
Description: Men and women seated around a banquet dinner table. Several people are sitting in wheelchairs, and there are crutches leaning against the wall. A group of ...
Postcard

Dr. Locke Treating Patients

Date: 1935
Description: Dr. Mahlon William Locke treating arthritis sufferers on the street in Williamsburg, Ontario, Canada. Many people have gathered to watch or to receive trea...
Photograph

Karly Hren and Edna Knueppel

Date: 04 1997
Description: Carly Hren pushes Edna Knueppal at the Lutheran Home.
Photograph

Dane County Home Resident

Date: 
Description: A view down a hallway at the Dane County Hospital and Home, with the silhouette of a man in a wheelchair at the end.
Photograph

Hope Rehabilitation Center

Date: 03 06 2009
Description: "At Hope Rehab Center they gave us a nice room where we could meet with former Theresa residents. Clockwise they are (residents marked with an *) *Rogeen F...
Photograph

Group at Fond du Lac Lutheran Home

Date: 04 1997
Description: Kay Widmer-Hren and her daughter Carly entertain Mrs. Edna Knueppel, age 95, at the Fond du Lac Lutheran Home.
Photograph

Glynis Johns and David Tomlinson

Date: 
Description: Actress Glynis Johns preparing to film a scene from the 1948 film "Miranda." She is sitting in a wheelchair, and is having her hair arranged by an unidenti...
Photograph

Man in a Wheelchair

Date: 12 18 1956
Description: Robert Jensen typing while sitting in a wheelchair. He was paralyzed by spinal polio after serving in the United States Army in Korea.
Photograph

Bashford Methodist Church Party

Date: 12 15 1948
Description: Santa Claus distributing gifts to five youth in wheelchairs at a party at Bashford Methodist Church at 11 N. 7th Street.
Photograph

Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker

Date: 04 1998
Description: "In ceremonies at Madison, Joe Widmer was named a Wisconsin Master Cheesemaker. His mentor was his uncle, Ralph Widmer."
Photograph

Grand Army of the Republic Members

Date: 1935
Description: Outdoor group portrait of members of the Grand Army of the Republic; left to right: L.A. Wilcox, Ansel Gailsburg, Elmer Sorkness (in wheelchair), and B. Re...
Photograph

Nursing Home Patients Find Dignity in Self-Help

Date: 09 14 1965
Description: Jim McCredie, resident of Colonial Manor Nursing Home, and also manager of the small store for residents, is shown helping a customer, Josephine Spoerl.
Photograph

Nursing Home Patients Find Dignity in Self-Help

Date: 09 14 1965
Description: Ella Rodefer is shown in her wheelchair at a table with others during their twice weekly coffee hour and social at the Colonial Manor Nursing Home.
Photograph

Meinhardt Raabe as Little Oscar at Easter Seals Camp Wawbeek

Date: 
Description: Meinhardt Raabe as Little Oscar standing with a group of children, some in wheelchairs, at Easter Seals Camp Wawbeek. The Wienermobile is in the background...
Photograph

Cuba City Hospital and Clinic

Date: 02 02 1954
Description: A nurse standing next to a patient who is exercising at the Cuba City Hospital and Clinic.
Photograph

Washington Orthopedic School Girl Scouts

Date: 03 07 1952
Description: Erna Schweppe showing members of her Troop No. 6 at Washington Orthopedic school a proclamation by Governor Walter Kohler recognizing the 40th anniversary ...
Photograph

St. John's Hospital

Date: 
Description: Interior of the largest ward in St. John's Hospital, started in 1952. Nurses and doctors are standing by patients. One of the patients is sitting next to a...
Photograph

Union Members Marching

Date: 
Description: Members of Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 880 march across a plaza in protest. Some are carrying signs shaped like giant pennies. Disab...
Photograph

Wheel Chair Lift

Date: 2013
Description: Crystal (Courtney) is assisted by a lift for her wheelchair into a van at Becker Plaza. The lift operator is wearing a Green Bay Packers sweatshirt. Buildi...

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: