Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 29

Photograph

Cities Service Gas Station

Date: 10 23 1934
Description: Cities Service Gas Station featuring Kool Motor gasoline. Looking east from the corner of Femrite Road and Buckeye Road (Highway AB).
Postcard

Lawe Street Hill

Date: 
Description: Scenic view of two women standing along a railing on a sidewalk above a stone wall viewing the way to the river. Caption reads: "Lawe Street Hill to Fox Ri...
Postcard

Old Mill of Delavan

Date: 1910
Description: Distant view of the mill, with a stream leading to it, and a road paralleling the stream on the right. Caption reads: "The Old Mill, Delavan, Wis."
Postcard

Toll Bridge

Date: 1920
Description: View of two automobiles crossing a toll bridge. There are cherries on branches at the top of the postcard. Caption reads: "In Door County 'Cherryland,' The...
Photograph

Car Racing

Date: 1912
Description: A two-passenger car with the number 13 on the front is going around the bend on a dirt race track. The guard rail fence is in the foreground.
Postcard

Greetings From Brillion

Date: 1947
Description: Colorized postcard of a paved road curving between hills with trees in autumn color. There are flowers in the fields on both sides of the road. Caption rea...
Photograph

The Road to Fayette

Date: 02 11 1925
Description: A car travels down a narrow road along the shoreline towards the abandoned town of Fayette. There are patches of snow on the ground. Houses are visible in ...
Postcard

County Trunk E and Kangaroo Lake

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a county road crossing over a lake. Two automobiles are on the road. On the right is a boat at the shoreline behind a "Parkin...
Postcard

Fox River near Berlin

Date: 
Description: Colorized elevated view of the Fox River, with a boathouse and a road in the background on the right. Caption reads: "Fox River, near Berlin, Wis."
Postcard

Exit Hall — North Cave

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of the stairs leading to the exit of Cave of the Mounds.
Postcard

Covered Bridge

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a covered bridge over the Wisconsin River. Men are fishing at the base of a pylon, and other men are boating in the river. Th...
Postcard

A Road Scene near Boulder Junction

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view downhill towards an intersection in the north woods. Three cars are driving away up the hill on the other side of the intersecti...
Postcard

Main Street, Boulder Junction

Date: 1966
Description: View of the commercial district. Cars are parked in front of businesses. A flagpole and a stop sign are on a highway island in the foreground.
Postcard

Wisconsin's Last Covered Bridge

Date: 1962
Description: View from side of road towards the covered bridge, with the historical marker on the right. "This bridge was built by the town of Cedarburg on petition of ...
Postcard

Friendship Mound

Date: 
Description: View of Friendship Mound — a rocky outcropping, from the road below.
Postcard

Tibbies Tavern

Date: 
Description: Color postcard view from intersection towards a roadside tavern. Text on reverse reads: "TIBBIES Where Chicken is King at Indian Ford, Wis. Three miles...
Postcard

U.S. 14 & 61

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a two-lane Interstate highway along railroad tracks. Two automobiles are moving down the road in the right lane, heading towa...
Postcard

Lake Shore Drive at Fontana

Date: 
Description: Hand-colored postcard view down lakeside road with two automobiles approaching. A long pier on the lake is in the background. Caption reads: "Lake Shore Dr...
Postcard

Nature's Artistry

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of winding road along a river, with trees in fall color.
Postcard

The Island, Chain Lake, Lakewood, Wis.

Date: 
Description: View across paved road with a guard fence towards an island in a lake.

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: