Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of Albertype Company photographs, circa 1880s-circa 1950
Filter: Subject of reading
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Four African-American women read and enjoy the outdoor patio at the YWCA. The brick patio area features a small garden with a birdbath. |
| Date: | 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Girls at camp read around the fire at Camp St. Helene with the Franciscan missionaries of Mary. A forty-eight star flag, plants, and a religious statue can... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A view of boys reading and relaxing underneath a semi-permanent canvas-roofed tent on a platform at Camp Wanasquetta. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Interior view of sitting room with a tall ceiling. The room is decorated in art deco style with a light fixture, upholstered chairs, patterned carpet, patt... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A druggist sits at a desk in Havana, Cuba making notes in a ledger. Beside and behind him are bookshelves full of books and other drug related ephemera. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A view of seven men reading and relaxing on the rooftop garden of the Central Park Officers' House. The men sit on outdoor furniture, and behind them, buil... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of the roof garden at the Central Club for Nurses, completed in 1916 by architects Parish and Schroeder. The Central Club for Nurses was built for the... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of women reading at Saint Xavier Academy, established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1847. The women sit in the grass near a statue of Mary and Jesus. Cap... |
| Date: | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b... |
| Date: | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A view of three men sitting outdoors and reading on the Senior Bench at the University of Illinois. The seat is made of stone and "1900" is engraved into i... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Interior of a library reading room. A man and two women sit at tables, reading. A door leads out of the room on the left, and windows have open transoms on... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Interior of the library at Washington Irving High School, built in 1913 and designed b C.B.J. Snyder. Students study at tables and take books from the shel... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of New York University's library reading room taken from the upper level balcony. Founded in 1831, the university's reading room features lar... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Interior of a reading room at Willard Straight Hall, opened in 1925. The hall can be found in the union of Cornell University, founded in 1865. Men sit an... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down the front hall at Perkiomen Seminary, towards a room with a group of men reading around a table. Hall furnishings include two carpets and a group... |
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: