Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-18 of 18

Photograph

Schwarz Druggists, Inc.

Date: 01 14 1944
Description: Exterior view of Schwarz Druggists, Inc.
Photograph

John Street Bridge

Date: 1960
Description: View looking down at people working on John Street Bridge during the razing. There is a crane on the bridge.
Photograph

Kehl's Dancing Academy

Date: 
Description: Kehl's Dancing Academy, later used as the Labor Temple. A roofed entrance is over the sidewalk.
Photograph

John Muir Marker

Date: 1958
Description: Historical marker at the site of John Muir's boyhood home, located in the John Muir Memorial Park near Montello. A woman stands next to the marker, and the...
Photograph

Muskego Church

Date: 1921
Description: View from cemetery towards the front of the Muskego Church. People are standing near the entrance.
Photograph

St. Raphael's Cathedral

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view of Saint Raphael's Cathedral.
Photograph

J.J. Stoner House

Date: 1965
Description: View of the J.J. Stoner house, located at 321 South Hamilton Street.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Dept. of Natural Resources

Date: 1969
Description: Wisconsin State Department of Natural Resources Building, 4610 University Avenue.
Print

Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
Photograph

Tank Xing

Date: 1980
Description: Tank crossing sign at Camp McCoy.
Photograph

Esther Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and f...
Photograph

Corduroy Road

Date: 1932
Description: Several old timbers are exposed on Mud Branch Road. A one-mile stretch of the road was originally constructed as a corduroy road because of "quick sand" in...
Photograph

Alma, Edward and Conrad Petersen

Date: 05 1925
Description: Alma Schmidt Petersen poses with her sons, Conrad, in baby buggy, and Edward, on tricycle, in front of their home at 1322 North Astor Street, in Chicago's ...
Photograph

The Tower at Black Point

Date: 10 1953
Description: A car sits on the drive at Black Point near the distinctive tower at the northwest corner of the house. The trees have lost their leaves.
Photograph

Bill and Carl

Date: 1911
Description: Bill Marr and Carl standing together at the end of the Dawson Trail trip. Bill is holding a paddle, and a canoe is behind them on the left.
Photograph

After a Trip Down River

Date: 06 04 1909
Description: A group of Holts and Macartneys is posing for a photograph after completing a trip down the river. Standing next to the wagon, W.A. Holt is holding an oar....
Photograph

Von Platen Lumber Store

Date: 10 1918
Description: Three men are standing together on the front steps of the Von Platen Lumber building. W.A. Holt is on the right. Presumably one of these men is business ow...
Photograph

Edward Alsworth Ross on Canoe Trip

Date: 1920
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross posing on a river bank. He is wearing a hat and backpack, and is holding a bedroll and has a pipe in hi...

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: