Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 24

Photograph

The Wedding at Cana, a Scene From "Intolerance"

Date: 1916
Description: A crowded scene still from "Intolerance": Christ at the wedding at Cana with Howard Gaye as Christ, and with Bessie Love and George Walsh as the bride and ...
Photograph

The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
Photograph

Matinee Dance

Date: 10 13 1933
Description: Couples dance to a small band at a matinee dance in the Madison East High School gymnasium.
Photograph

Square Dance at Highlander

Date: 
Description: Early thirties square dancing at Highlander Folk School, led by Ralph Tefferteller. Henry Thomas is the caller featured in the center of the yard.
Photograph

Rudolph Valentino with Voisin Car

Date: 1923
Description: Rudolph Valentino and his wife Natacha Rambova pose with their Voisin automobile.
Photograph

Dinner Dance

Date: 09 25 1929
Description: Couples on the dance floor at The Chanticleer nightclub.
Photograph

The Novaks at the White House

Date: 12 16 2004
Description: Robert and Geraldine Novak with President and Mrs. George W. Bush at a holiday reception at the White House.
Photograph

Military Couples on Stairwell

Date: 1942
Description: Two soldiers link arms with two women wearing dresses at the Port Clinton Service Center. The men were former International Harvester employees, and likely...
Photograph

WMVS-TV Mobile Unit Filming Roy Rogers and Dale Evans

Date: 1961
Description: The operators of the mobile unit of WMVS-TV, a community station out of Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools, film an interview with Roy Rogers and Dale ...
Photograph

Frederick Hollman and Mrs. Hollman

Date: 1829
Description: Wash drawing of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Hollman, who were early settlers in Platteville, Wisconsin.
Photograph

Lynn Fontanne, Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt

Date: 04 19 1970
Description: Lynn Fontanne, Sir Noel Coward, and Alfred Lunt seated at a table in the Pyrenees Restaurant after the Tony Awards presentations at which Lunt and Fontanne...
Photograph

Lunt and Fontanne in the Garden

Date: 1942
Description: View down rows of vegetable garden at Ten Chimneys of Lynn Fontanne standing on the right and Alfred Lunt standing and waving his hat from a patch of corn....
Photograph

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Picnic

Date: 1942
Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne having a picnic while leaning against a stack of cut grain in a field at Ten Chimneys.
Photograph

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne in the Garden

Date: 1935
Description: Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne hold a basket of vegetables picked from their garden at Ten Chimneys.
Photograph

Alfred and Lynn in the Summer Kitchen

Date: 1933
Description: Alfred Lunt stands at the edge of a table holding a beverage, near Lynn Fontanne who is sitting, in the kitchen of the cottage at their Ten Chimneys estate...
Photograph

Scene from "Alibi"

Date: 
Description: Eleanor Griffith is looking into the eyes of Chester Morris, while Harry Stubbs and Mae Busch are looking on. They are standing outside a prison gate in a ...
Photograph

Scene from "Alibi"

Date: 
Description: Long shot of Eleanor Griffith, Chester Morris, Harry Stubbs and Mae Busch standing on the steps in front of a prison gate in a scene from the 1929 film "Al...
Photograph

Gia Scala and Don Burnett

Date: 
Description: Publicity photograph of actress Gia Scala and her husband actor Don Burnett. Burnett is next to and behind Scala, and the sides of their heads touch.
Photograph

Scene from "Three Weeks"

Date: 
Description: Paul Verdayne (Conrad Nagel) embraces the Queen (Aileen Pringle) from behind in a scene from the 1924 film "Three Weeks". He kisses her forehead as she lea...
Photograph

Warner Baxter and Billie Dove in The Air Mail

Date: 
Description: Warner Baxter and Billie Dove stand in front of an airplane in a scene from the 1925 film The Air Mail. They are in a half-embrace and both have an arm up...

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: