Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 52

Photograph

Wisconsin State Capitol View Looking South

Date: 1885
Description: View from the Wisconsin State Capitol looking south. Lake Monona is to the left, and West Washington Avenue is on the right. The Dane County Courthouse on ...
Photograph

Yawkey House

Date: 1954
Description: View across street towards a house on the corner in fall or early spring. Yawkey house was given by the A.P. Woodson family of Wausau to house the museum o...
Photograph

Wright Brothers' Hydroplane

Date: 1912
Description: A hydroplane built by the Wright Brothers being tested by the U.S. Navy on San Diego Bay.
Photograph

Fire at the Wisconsin State Capitol (Second)

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Spectators standing at the South Wing during the aftermath of the fire which destroyed the second Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, February 26-27, 1904....
Photograph

Railroad Station

Date: 
Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad depot and the J.N. Bassett grain elevator. A four-car passenger train is stopped at the station.
Photograph

Milwaukee Trolley

Date: 
Description: Streetcar #254 of the Milwaukee Street Railway Company on the North Avenue line, together with three company employees. Two men sit on the front steps of a...
Photograph

Gilmore Residence

Date: 1908
Description: Gilmore-Weiss home, located at 120 Ely Place. The house, also known as the "airplane house, was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

Fairbanks, Morse & Co.

Date: 
Description: Elevated winter view of the company buildings and residential area, with smokestacks in the background.
Photograph

View from Eastside Hill

Date: 1885
Description: View of Eau Claire from eastside hill near Carter. A man and young child are standing in front of a fence in the foreground.
Photograph

Wesleyan Seminary in Eau Claire

Date: 1860
Description: Front entry to the Wesleyan Seminary. It was built in the early 1860's on the site of the present High School building.
Photograph

Elevated View of Downtown

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of downtown.
Photograph

Ducharme/Grignon House

Date: 
Description: Ruins of the Ducharme/Grignon House in Kaukauna built during the French fur trade period of Wisconsin history. The left portion of the building was built a...
Drawing

Farwell's Madison Mills

Date: 1853
Description: Farwell's Mill on the Yahara River at Lake Mendota.
Print

Across Bridge in Wauwatosa

Date: 1870
Description: An advertisement featuring Wauwatosa, showing the First Baptist Church, on the left, built in 1854 and the First Congregational Church, on the right built ...
Photograph

Eugene A. Gilmore House

Date: 1920
Description: The Eugene A. Gilmore House, 120 Ely Place (formerly 143 Prospect Avenue), designed by Frank Lloyd Wright c. 1908-1909. It is also known as the "Airplane H...
Photograph

Lemonweir River Flour Mill

Date: 1885
Description: Lemonweir River flour mill built in 1852 and torn down in 1943. Mill and site were purchased in 1926 by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company for a power p...
Photograph

Old Frontier Shop

Date: 1954
Description: Old Frontier Shop.
Photograph

Illinois Central Freight Depot

Date: 1974
Description: Illinois Central freight depot on West Washington Avenue, built in 1886.
Photograph

Illinois Central Freight Depot

Date: 1974
Description: A view of the Illinois Central freight depot, looking east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol.
Photograph

Smith Tavern

Date: 1890
Description: Side view of the Jesse Smith tavern, built in 1847. Two people are standing in front of the tavern in the snow. Handwriting at the bottom reads: "Home of J...

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: