Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department

Date: 03 25 1961
Description: One of twenty four images of women visiting the University of Wisconsin Home Economics Department.
Photograph

Manchester Lingerie Display Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester display window featuring one woman mannequin, and one woman bust mannequin, dressed in lingerie.
Photograph

Window Shopping

Date: 1950
Description: A woman and young girl review the latest fashion merchandise in a retail window display.
Photograph

Dr. Joan Freeman

Date: 1960
Description: Dr. Joan Freeman adjusting the clothing on a mannequin of a Native American. Dr. Freeman was the first woman to receive a PhD. in Anthropology from UW-Madi...
Photograph

Anticipation

Date: 1977
Description: A warmly dressed woman is walking past a display window featuring a mannequin in a one-piece swimsuit. The window has frost on it with a circular opening i...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Mrs. Herman Erfurth (Verona), Mrs. Edgar Messer (Beaver Dam), and Mrs. LaVerne Johnson (Verona). There is a mannequin, (in the background) and women are vi...
Photograph

Manchester Formal Dress Display Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester display window showing two women mannequins in formal dresses.
Postcard

Old Wade House; Front Parlor

Date: 
Description: Ektachrome postcard of the front parlor, with mannequins of women dressed in period clothing sitting in chairs. Text on reverse reads: "The Front Parlor...
Photograph

Manchester Formal Dress Display Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester display window showing two women mannequins in formal dresses.
Photograph

Manchester Formal Dress Corner Display Window

Date: 09 30 1930
Description: Manchester corner display window featuring two women mannequins dresses in formal gowns.
Photograph

Winnipeg Y-Teens Visit Madison

Date: 04 08 1958
Description: Three women standing outdoors on a sidewalk viewing a dress on a mannequin in the foreground inside a show window on Capitol Square. They are (L-R): Linda ...
Photograph

Manchester's, Inc., Window Display

Date: 08 12 1954
Description: Manchester's, Inc., display in Window B featuring clothing for "Women Who Work" with two mannequins and an office desk.
Photograph

Manchesters Bathing Suit Window Display

Date: 06 10 1946
Description: H.S. Manchesters Inc. display window (#4)featuring two mannequins in Jantzen bathing suits, and three posters showing women in Jantzen bathing suits. Sign...
Photograph

Ruth Harris and "Henry"

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Ruth Harris, acting curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society, is putting a man's coat from 1870 on a mannequin named Henry or Henrietta, if it is dresse...
Photograph

Van Dyke Collection Exhibit

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Mrs. Herbert V. Kohler stands next to a mannequin dressed in a gown made for Mrs. George Douglass Van Dyke in 1873. Mrs. Kohler is chairman of the Women's...
Photograph

J.C. Penney Co. Storefront

Date: 1940
Description: The storefront of the J.C. Penney store, 127 Third Street. There are summer clothes, hats, and shoes for men and women in the display windows. There is a h...
Photograph

Fashion Show Models with High School All-State Football Players

Date: 12 18 1948
Description: Three female models that took part in a fashion show for the Wisconsin All-State Football Squad during a dinner at Manchester's Madison Room, shown with fi...
Postcard

Old Wade House; Summer Kitchen

Date: 
Description: Ektachrome postcard of a mannequin of a women wearing period dress ironing in the summer kitchen. Dried corn is strung up near the ceiling. Text on reve...
Photograph

B.V.D. Swim Suits in Harry S. Manchester Inc. Show Window

Date: 06 12 1935
Description: Harry S. Manchester Inc. display window of B.V.D. swimsuits for children and women. One of the mannequins has an inflatable water toy.
Photograph

U.W. Farm and Home Week Exhibits

Date: 02 03 1958
Description: Farm and Home Week visitors Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Riek (Plain) are challenged to accessorize a basic black dress.

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: