Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 20

Photograph

Baby Carriage, Fort Tyron Park

Date: 1968
Description: A woman sits on the grass reading next to a baby carriage in Fort Tyron Park. A brush-covered hill surmounted by a square tower rises in the background.
Drawing

Andy Over the Schoolhouse

Date: 1945
Description: Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. Seven children play "Andy-Over-the-Schoolhouse," a game in which they throw a ball over...
Drawing

Ice Skating at Dunham School

Date: 1945
Description: A group of six children play on a frozen pond on the right. The Dunham School and trees appear inside a fence on the left, and the ground is covered with s...
Drawing

Boys Playing Ice Hockey

Date: 1945
Description: Three boys play ice hockey on a frozen pond. One boy has fallen and is sitting on the ice. Snow covers the ground, with some grass peeking through. A fence...
Drawing

Sledding at the Farm

Date: 1945
Description: Two boys sled down a snow covered hillside at the farm. Two leafless trees are on the right. Along the horizon is a red building on the left with a fence s...
Photograph

Lake Geneva

Date: 08 2013
Description: View down pier towards yacht named "Louise" tied up to a post. The yacht is used to take tourists around the lake.
Photograph

Ice Fishing

Date: 01 2014
Description: View from shoreline on a sunny day of snow-covered, frozen Monona Bay. People in the distance are standing or sitting near ice fishing holes and ice fishin...
Photograph

Ice Skating at Tenney Park

Date: 02 2014
Description: Two young men are playing hockey on the lagoon at Tenney Park. Snow is on the ground and the small foot bridge is in the background.
Photograph

Golf Outing

Date: 06 2014
Description: View of a golf course, with two bags of golf clubs on wheels and a golf cart parked on a path in the foreground. The course is landscaped with trees, and c...
Photograph

Waterfront Festival

Date: 06 2014
Description: View from behind of an audience of men and women standing, or sitting in folding chairs, in front of a large stage. Four men are playing guitars, bass, and...
Photograph

Sunbathers

Date: 06 2014
Description: Women and men wearing swim suits lying or sitting on the grass in James Madison Park. A man is resting against a tree in the foreground looking out over th...
Photograph

Time in Mount Horeb

Date: 07 2014
Description: An elderly man and woman are sitting at a table near the front window of a coffeehouse. Just outside the window a man and woman are sitting outdoors under ...
Photograph

On Stage

Date: 07 2014
Description: Shannon McNally is standing on a stage under a tent at the annual La Fete de Marquette Festival, playing guitar and singing roots and blues songs. She is a...
Photograph

The Ferris Wheel

Date: 07 2014
Description: View across lawn towards a woman standing behind a fence at the base of the Ferris wheel waiting for customers at the La Fete de Marquette Festival.
Photograph

Riviera on Geneva Lake

Date: 08 31 2014
Description: Elevated view of adults and children on the sandy beach of Geneva Lake. Many of the people are sitting on colorful beach towels, shaded by umbrellas. Other...
Photograph

Boat Livery at Lake Wingra

Date: 09 26 2014
Description: View across water towards canoes and kayaks stored on the sand, on docks, or on berths on the shoreline of Lake Wingra.
Photograph

End of the Ice Fishing Season

Date: 03 08 2015
Description: View from rocks shoreline of people walking or fishing on the snow- and ice-covered lake near a red ice fishing hut. Other fishing huts are in the distance...
Photograph

Greening of the Golf Course

Date: 04 18 2015
Description: View across the greens of an empty golf course. On the other side of the fairway are groups of evergreens. A row of dense, leafless trees marks the edge of...
Photograph

Bernie's Beach on Monona Bay

Date: 06 16 2015
Description: Children and adults at a small, sandy beach on the bay. Two woman are watching over the children as they play in the water or on the beach. The skyline of ...
Photograph

Mal-O-Dua

Date: 07 12 2015
Description: Four men are standing on a stage and playing instruments under a red and gray striped tent. Flowers are sitting in a vase at the front of the stage.

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: