Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 21

Photograph

Schwister's Minnesota-Badger

Date: 1912
Description: John Schwister at the controls of the "Minnesota-Badger," the plane he built in St. Paul, Minnesota and Wausau, Wisconsin. The passenger beside Schwister i...
Photograph

Sheboygan Airport II

Date: 1925
Description: The second Sheboygan airport was built by owner Anton Brotz, Sr. after a fire destroyed his first hangar. Brotz is photographed here with his son, Anton, J...
Photograph

Milwaukee Streetcar

Date: 1905
Description: A TMERL streetcar on the Delaware and Oakland line advertising special 1905 rates (25 for a dollar or 6 for 25 cents) and universal transfers.
Photograph

Six Men on Street

Date: 1909
Description: Group portrait of six men standing in the street. Behind them are storefronts in downtown Black Earth.
Photograph

J.K.P. Porter House

Date: 1920
Description: J.K.P. Porter house.
Photograph

Dodgeville Hotel and Sprang Opera House

Date: 1920
Description: Dogeville Hotel (proprietress was Mrs. Rogers), and the Spang Opera House.
Photograph

Peneil Church

Date: 1925
Description: Peneil Church with a car parked in front, and a monument on the right.
Photograph

House and Landscape

Date: 1930
Description: View of a house among trees, and the surrounding landscape.
Photograph

Lappley Feed Mill and Lumberyard

Date: 04 1923
Description: Lappley Feed Mill and lumberyard. Caption reads: "Lappley Feed Mill and Lumber Yard Fitchburg, Wis."
Photograph

Chappel House

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Chappel house.
Photograph

Wisconsin State Fish Hatchery

Date: 1930
Description: The Wisconsin State Fish Hatche ry (aka Nevin Fish Hatchery, 3911 Fish Hatchery Rd.), Fitchburg. People are standing onthe right.
Photograph

Park Building

Date: 1905
Description: North Side Park building. There is a bell tower above the entrance.
Photograph

Railway Depot

Date: 1916
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway depot. Side view of depot with windmill in background.
Photograph

Fort Crawford Military Cemetery

Date: 1905
Description: Fort Crawford Military Cemetery, restored by the United States Government about 1905. A woman is standing in the center.
Photograph

Dousman House Hotel

Date: 1900
Description: The Dousman Hotel seen from an elevated view of the Mississippi River.
Photograph

Houses on Hillside

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at houses below.
Photograph

Pauqette Monument

Date: 1925
Description: The Pierre Pauquette monument located at the easterm terminus of the Wauona Trail. Erected by the Wau-bun Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revoluti...
Photograph

Children Playing

Date: 1935
Description: Children have clasped hands and formed a circle in a game of "Drop the Handkerchief." They are in the schoolyard of Farmer's Grove School, District No. 3, ...
Photograph

The School at Work

Date: 1931
Description: Students work at their desks in the Mayo School, District No. 1. A row of books forms the foreground; history lessons from the time of reconstruction after...
Photograph

Rafting

Date: 1930
Description: Conrad William Petersen poles a raft in the shallow water of Geneva Lake along the shore at Black Point. His younger brother, William Otto Petersen rides a...

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: