Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-14 of 14

Photograph

Selecting Seed Corn in Field

Date: 10 02 1926
Description: Four men selecting seed corn ears in a cornfield.
Photograph

Lars Davidson Reque's Farm with Men and Boys

Date: 
Description: In this tableau, men and boys stand at the edge of the field in elaborate and fanciful poses. The man on the left holds a hoe and cake while the one on the...
Photograph

View From Southeast Shore of Lake Monona

Date: 1875
Description: View from Southeast shore of Lake Monona across a cornfield, perhaps on the farm of Thomas Williamson.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane

Date: 1872
Description: Wisconsin State Hospital for the Insane (Mendota Mental health Institute) is seen in the distance in this long view from across cornfields.
Photograph

E. Thorsen Farm

Date: 1874
Description: The E. Thorsen farm in Springdale.
Photograph

Corn Binder in Field

Date: 1902
Description: Left side profile view of a farmer using a horse-drawn corn binder in a field.
Photograph

Cornfield in High Wind

Date: 11 06 1960
Description: A rural scene of a cornfield blowing in the wind. Beyond trees in the background is a farm.
Photograph

Power Lines in the Countryside

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: View towards a field of corn and a farm and the power lines which run along a road. A tall industrial tower rises in the background.
Photograph

McCormick Binders at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Two men use horse-drawn McCormick grain binders in a field in front of a dairy barn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. A grain elevator or walkway ext...
Photograph

Cornfield and Farm

Date: 10 06 1960
Description: View of a farm partially hidden by trees with a cornfield in the foreground.
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 132

Date: 
Description: The parson came. He said it well:
Enough is all we want, to hold and sleep on,
not the sky.
A little harvest of the sorrows
between the sentenc...
Photograph

No. 2 Ensilage and Forage Blower

Date: 1947
Description: View across farmyard towards a man working with a No. 2 ensilage and forage blower near a barn and two silos. Bowman dairy farm.
Photograph

Man Using No. 2 Ensilage Harvester with Farmall M Tractor

Date: 1947
Description: View across harvested cornfield towards a man using a Farmall M tractor to pull a No. 2 ensilage harvester and wagon and box on the Bowman Dairy Farm. Farm...
Photograph

Oscar Mayer Farm withTractor

Date: 
Description: In the foreground on the right is a tractor belt-driving what may be an ensilage cutter. A man is standing on a horse-drawn wagon moving silage into the cu...

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: