Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 41-60 of 2403

Photograph

Checking Corn Kernels

Date: 1969
Description: Women workers at a Wisconsin canning factory inspecting corn as it passes by them on conveyor belts.
Photograph

Women at Cara Nome Meeting

Date: 11 19 1946
Description: Twenty-four women seated in front of individual mirrors on two tables ready for instruction about Cara Nome cosmetics. Sign says: "Knowledge, Work, Persona...
Photograph

Three Women Proofreading Documents

Date: 
Description: Three women sitting at a table appear to be proofreading documents at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
Photograph

Tinsel Trees

Date: 1950
Description: A woman fashions a miniature hand-made metallic tree, while tables full of others await packing and shipment for the Christmas holidays.
Photograph

Sausage Making

Date: 1944
Description: Four women operating sausage-making equipment at the Oscar Mayer Company during World War II.
Photograph

Two Women Modeling Fur Coats

Date: 08 12 1937
Description: Two women modeling fur coats for Simpson's women's clothing store, 23 N. Pinckney Street.
Photograph

Man and Woman in Drugstore

Date: 1960
Description: A man and woman stand behind the service counter at a drugstore.
Photograph

Studio Portrait of Ho-Chunk Women

Date: 
Description: A studio portrait of two Ho-Chunk women in front of a painted backdrop. The woman on the left is posed sitting and is wearing a ribbon work shirt with sil...
Photograph

Women Working in St. Vincent's Thrift Shop

Date: 09 1974
Description: Elevated view of women sorting out donated clothes in St. Vincent's Thrift Shop.
Photograph

Employee Working on a Computer

Date: 08 28 1984
Description: Mary Beaudry, a temporary employee at International Business Machines, works on word-processing and computer equipment.
Photograph

Sewing Class with Mrs. Jones

Date: 
Description: Young girls at work in the Rochester Short Course sewing laboratory, with Nellie Kedzie Jones supervising their work. Many girls are doing handwork and som...
Photograph

Cheese Wrapping

Date: 1950
Description: Women wearing white smocks or aprons wrap slabs of cheese for distribution.
Photograph

Hairstylist

Date: 
Description: A hairstylist applying hair color to a woman's hair.
Photograph

Women Machining Cream Separator Parts at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1918
Description: Female factory workers machining parts for cream separators and International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. An original caption identifies them as "Milwauke...
Photograph

Library Circulation Desk

Date: 1948
Description: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Circulation Desk and staff.
Photograph

Weapons Training

Date: 
Description: Three women receiving weapons training during World War II. Women are receiving training on the handling of a rifle.
Photograph

Studio of Panorama Artist

Date: 1900
Description: Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at work in his studio. An unidentified woman paints at an easel. Many paintings and sketches surround them. Heine was the Superviso...
Photograph

Oscar Mayer Co. Cafeteria

Date: 10 15 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria showing men and women workers in line for food, and sitting at tables.
Photograph

Floralo Incense Company

Date: 09 18 1929
Description: Three women working at Floralo Incense Company, located at 1212 Regent Street. The are tamping and boxing incense.
Photograph

Packing Boxes with Bags of Cranberries

Date: 11 21 1997
Description: Two young men are packing boxes with bags of Ocean Spray cranberries. In the background women are bagging the cranberries.

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: