Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-5 of 5

Photograph

Boston Branch House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester Company branch building. Large show windows line the first floor along the sidewalk. A large electric sign on t...
Photograph

Children Hanging Effigy in South Boston Project

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Kids in S. Boston housing project preparing to hang an effigy of a black man." Children are lined up along a chain-link fenc...
Photograph

Students Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "S. Boston kids preparing to hang an effigy." One of the boys is standing on the top of the chain-link fence helping the boy ...
Photograph

Students Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: A group of children are hanging an effigy of an African-American man in a dead tree, creating a mock lynching. One of the boys is sitting on a limb of the ...
Photograph

Children Burning Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Kids in S. Boston housing project burn the effigy of a black man." The mock-lynching was staged by a group of students in th...

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: