Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 161-180 of 279

Photograph

Man Welding Machine at Gisholt Factory

Date: 
Description: A man is welding on a large machine inside the Gisholt factory. On the right a crane is holding another section of the machine.
Photograph

Swatting on the Gisholt Sales Safari

Date: 
Description: Drawing depicting the Gisholt Sales Safari man lunging to catch an "Order" and dollar signs with a flyswatter. His hat is falling off his head. On the left...
Photograph

Robert Overman Hodgell with Sculptures

Date: 
Description: Robert Overman Hodgell, wearing a paisley shirt and eyeglasses, contemplating two wooden sculptures. The sculpture on the left is a headless, armless naked...
Photograph

Gene Coffman with "Abstract Girl"

Date: 09 1965
Description: Gene Coffman, with a paintbrush in his mouth and holding a package of Disguise Stix©, standing next to "Abstract Girl" in his garage on Sommers Avenue. Th...
Photograph

Sid Posing with His Sculptures

Date: 
Description: Sid standing in the backyard on Waubesa Street among his forest of concrete cast sculptures, like the "Multi-Tiered Pagoda," "Blue Tripod," and "Biomorphic...
Photograph

Man Posing in Sid's Kitchen

Date: 
Description: A man is posing in profile in Sid's kitchen, carrying a bucket in his left hand and holding a towel over his right shoulder. On the wall in the background ...
Photograph

Gisholt Party at Restaurant

Date: 
Description: View down long table of members of the Ice Chippers of Gisholt having dinner, They are sitting in a restaurant, where comical hand-drawn drawings created b...
Photograph

Cecil's Sandals and Boot Ranch

Date: 
Description: Grand opening of Cecil's Sandals. Judy Pellett, daughter of Cecil Burke and Isabel Burke,founders of Cecil’s Sandals, is wearing shorts and sandals and is ...
Photograph

"Beach Ball Girl"

Date: 
Description: Front view of "Beach Ball Girl." The painted model is crouching and holding an orange beach ball with "From Florida" printed on the front.
Photograph

"Flower Child"

Date: 04 1968
Description: Full-length portrait of a nude woman wearing body paint of abstract and floral designs. She is posed standing in front of a white backdrop, and has magazin...
Photograph

Tom Every and the Epicurean

Date: 
Description: Tom Every (Doc Evermor) is handing Alex Jordan a burger in front of Every's constructed grill named "The Epicurean," parked on a lawn, probably at Every's ...
Photograph

Art in Sid's Living Room

Date: 
Description: View of a corner of Sid's living room. There is a painting by Sid of a pine tree in a mountainscape hanging on the wall. Below it is a bookshelf with sever...
Photograph

Gisholt Milling Machine

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a milling machine inside the Gisholt Machine Company. A male employee on the left is working with the machine.
Photograph

Madison Drum and Bugle Corps

Date: 1969
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Drum and Bugle Corps in uniform. The group is posing on the field at Warner Park with bleachers in the background.
Photograph

Tom & Jerry Batter at Karabis Tavern

Date: 
Description: A Karabis Tavern employee wearing a paper hat and white coat fills Tom & Jerry batter containers in a kitchen or preparation area.
Photograph

Retiree at Gisholt Machine Company

Date: 
Description: Two men standing, one on each side, with a man standing and holding a cane in an office at the Gisholt factory.
Photograph

Sales Safari

Date: 
Description: Drawing depicting a man wearing a suit and a safari hat crouching on the ground next to his briefcase, following the scent of an "Order" to dollar signs. T...
Photograph

Bob Bender Party

Date: 
Description: Portrait of Bob Bender holding a drink in his hand and standing near a wall of five mounted deer heads. He appears to be standing in a basement area.
Photograph

Man in Bathtub Outdoors

Date: 
Description: Curt Martin sitting in a clawfoot bathtub outdoors and holding oars as if the he was rowing. Behind the man are plants and a broken snow fence.
Photograph

Bea Eating in Gisholt Machine Company Darkroom

Date: 
Description: Bea Walusiak Heitmeyer is sitting and eating in the darkroom of the Gisholt Machine factory. On the table in the foreground is a thermos, coffee cup, wrapp...

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: