Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 50

Photograph

Cross Plains Ice Cream Parlor

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of ice cream parlor with a horse-drawn wagon parked on the right with sheds behind. Barrels are stacked on the porch. Signs above the porch read: ...
Postcard

Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 05 10 1928
Description: The Lutheran Church and buildings, seen from Lutheran Church Hill.
Photograph

Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of multiple buildings in Cross Plains from Lutheran Church Hill. Many roads and fences cross the fields. Wooded hills are in the background. ...
Photograph

View from Hill of Cross Plains

Date: 1928
Description: View from hill of uptown Cross Plains with the Catholic Church (St. Francis Xavier) and farmhouses.
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1955
Description: Aerial view of Cross Plains, with countryside surrounding and hills on the horizon.
Photograph

Haney House

Date: 1952
Description: Berry Haney house.
Photograph

Haney House

Date: 1925
Description: Berry Haney house, located about a mile east of Cross Plains. The stone portion of the house was built in 1840.
Photograph

Roller Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Roller Mill with a covered loading dock. A sign on the end of the building at the roof line reads: "Roller Mill." Trees and power pole...
Photograph

Buildings in Cross Plains

Date: 1910
Description: View from hill looking down at Cross Plains.
Drawing

Black Earth Valley

Date: 1852
Description: Pencil drawing of Black Earth Valley. Gentle lightly tree-covered hills frame the center grassy valley. Two farmhouses are sitting at the base of hills on ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Cross Plains and Surrounding Countryside

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view of Cross Plains, including residences and the surrounding countryside.
Photograph

Portrait of Photographer Matthew Witt

Date: 
Description: Casual portrait of photographer Matthew Witt seated at the foot of a ridge. It's likely that the image is a self-portrait produced by Witt himself.
Photograph

Cornfield

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: View of a cornfield and wooded ridge at sunrise.
Photograph

Hay Bales in a Field

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: View of a field with bales of hay ready to be harvested.
Photograph

Tree Branches

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: View of a cultivated hillside through bare willow branches in the foreground.
Photograph

Large Rock Formation

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: A large rock outcropping in a pasture of iron-bearing rock.
Photograph

Flooded Farm Field

Date: 07 04 1960
Description: Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise.
Photograph

Tree Line Separating Fields

Date: 06 19 1960
Description: A row of willows resides between two crop fields. There is a hill in the background.
Photograph

Farm Against a Hillside

Date: 07 03 1960
Description: A farm, with metal-roofed buildings, in a hillside valley.

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: