Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 21-40 of 41

Photograph

Ottawa Farm Machinery Co.

Date: 05 03 1929
Description: Exterior of the Ottawa Farm Machinery Company, an International Harvester dealership. Agricultural equipment and machinery are visible through the storefro...
Photograph

Duplex Hole-Digging Machine

Date: 1938
Description: Three men - one in work clothes and the other two men wearing suits and hats - looking down into a hole near an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tra...
Photograph

Full-Length Portrait of Billie Burke

Date: 1916
Description: Portrait of Billie Burke distributed as publicity for the 1916 Kleine film Gloria's Romance. Her costume is a modified gaucho outfit, with hat, cape...
Photograph

Olive Thomas and Czar

Date: 1919
Description: Hartsook studio portrait of silent film star Olive Thomas sitting next to a white Russian wolfhound (Borzoi)named Czar.
Photograph

Olive Thomas and Czar

Date: 1919
Description: Hartsook studio portrait of silent film star Olive Thomas standing behind a white Russian wolfhound (Borzoi) named Czar.
Photograph

Marshall Neilan

Date: 1919
Description: Profile portrait of Marshall Neilan, silent film actor and director.
Photograph

Chassis of International Model M Truck

Date: 1915
Description: Exposed chassis of an International Model M truck propped up in a garage or factory.
Photograph

Man Using Oliver Plow

Date: 1920
Description: Rear view of a man using an Oliver plow pulled by a team of two horses to work around a tree in a field. A railroad train is in the background.
Photograph

Woman Baking

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is siftting flour into a bowl in a kitchen. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. The table in front of h...
Photograph

Woman Baking Bread

Date: 1920
Description: A woman wearing a uniform and cloth hat is kneading bread dough on a board on a wooden table. Her dress has buttoned-on cuffs on the sleeves. A flour sifte...
Photograph

Joe Berg

Date: 
Description: Joe Berg, a professional magician and magic dealer, who was based in Chicago. This autographed picture was presented to Ben Bergor, a Madison area magician...
Photograph

Dorothy Jardon

Date: 1915
Description: Half-length publicity photograph of Dorothy Jardon apparently wearing only a fur on one shoulder and many rings on her hand. Stamps on the back of the prin...
Photograph

Milton Sills in "Adam's Rib"

Date: 1923
Description: Milton Sills as a caveman dressed in fur and armed with a stone club in a prehistoric forest in Cecil B. De Mill's silent film production "Adam's Rib" (Fam...
Photograph

Florence Bascom

Date: 1939
Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Florence Bascom. She is wearing a brooch with her initials pinned to her shirt.
Photograph

Rebellion Sculpture

Date: 
Description: A sculpture of a woman and baby on exhibit, entitled Rebellion. The sculpture depicts the woman trying to show a baby, who is hiding his eyes, his r...
Photograph

Sculpture of Two Women

Date: 
Description: A bust sculpture in white marble of two women.
Photograph

Foggy View of Lake Steamer

Date: 10 1962
Description: Lake steamer at dock, in fog. To the right is the boom of a crane. In front of the steamer is a tugboat.
Photograph

Amateur Athletic Union Competition

Date: 1957
Description: Richard Allen of the Whitefish Bay Recreation Club swimming in a state Amateur Athletic Union competition.
Photograph

Semi-Centennial Arch

Date: 1898
Description: Decorated arch erected on State Street as part of the Semi-Centennial celebration of statehood. The arch bears a representation of Commodore Dewey's victor...
Photograph

Officers Lois Amsler and Linda Reaves

Date: 08 27 1987
Description: Two police officers posing together outdoors. Caption reads: "Officers Lois Amsler (left) and Linda Reaves offer advice on personal safety."

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: