Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 21

Photograph

First International Tractor

Date: 1933
Description: The first tractor model produced by International Harvester. These early models were friction-drive trucks with an IH "Famous" engine added on to supply po...
Photograph

World War I Navy Recruits

Date: 04 1917
Description: Elevated view of Navy recruits at Newport, boarding a train destined for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The printed caption indicates that they had had only eight...
Photograph

Irvine Park Bandstand

Date: 1930
Description: Bandstand in Irvine Park.
Photograph

Pioneer Military Road Marker

Date: 1950
Description: "Pioneer Military Road - 1835 - Fort Howard, Greenbay - To Fort Crawford, Prairie Du Chien - Erected by Col. C.R. Pier Circle - Ladies of C.A.R. 1931."
Photograph

Lake Delton Airport

Date: 1937
Description: Aerial view of the Lake Delton Airport.
Photograph

Cheese House

Date: 1925
Description: The rear facade of a cheese house. A man is standing in the doorway of the loading dock next to a hand cart.
Photograph

Celebrating the Armistice

Date: 11 14 1918
Description: Members of the 134th Infantry quartette and band entertain the stevedores on the dock at Marseille, France, three days after the end of the war. Men standi...
Photograph

View over Rooftops and Armory

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over trees towards University of Wisconsin-Madison Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) and Lake Mendota. Dwelling rooftops are in the foreground. Par...
Photograph

Engineering Building

Date: 1901
Description: Exterior of entrance to the Engineering Building along Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Later this became the Education building.
Photograph

Irwin Silber

Date: 04 1975
Description: "Irwin Silber, an editor of the 'Guardian'," a radical weekly newspaper, speaking to an anti-war rally in a square near a large sculpture.
Photograph

Loading Sisal Fiber

Date: 01 22 1910
Description: Men use donkeys to pull carts loaded with sisal fiber along railroad tracks on a wharf at Progreso, Yucatan. The fiber is being loaded onto or off of steam...
Photograph

Students Serving Lunch

Date: 1918
Description: Girls serving trays loaded with mugs of soup to students seated at desks in a classroom. A chalkboard, portraits of presidents, and an American flag are in...
Photograph

Friction-Drive Tractor

Date: 1933
Description: Three-quarter right front side view of a friction-drive tractor by the Ohio Manufacturing Company.
Print

Cletrac Hitch

Date: 1920
Description: Overhead view of the Cletrac hitch in position between a Cleveland tractor and a plow. The caption reads: "Saves 20% of the tractor's power."
Photograph

Olga Petrova and George Irving

Date: 1917
Description: Production still of Olga Petrova and her director George Irving looking over the script for "Daughter of Destiny." Next to them is a Bell & Howell model 27...
Print

Waterloo Boy in the Field

Date: 1928
Description: Photograph of a farmer using the Waterloo Boy tractor in a farm field. The caption beneath the photograph reads: "The Waterloo Boy, with its right-hand dri...
Print

Olympian Hiawatha

Date: 1946
Description: Reproduction of a painting depicting an Olympian Hiawatha locomotive and an Olympian Hiawatha observation car traveling in the western United States. A man...
Photograph

Mary Pickford and James Kirkwood in a scene still for "Behind the Scenes"

Date: 1914
Description: Dolly Lane (played by Mary Pickford) and her husband Steve Hunter (James Kirkwood) are in their dining room. Pickford wears an apron over her dress and a m...
Photograph

Child in High Chair

Date: 1926
Description: Child sitting in a high chair drinking tomato juice from a mug. The child is wearing a bib with a rabbit stitched on the front.
Photograph

Julia Stuart, Alec B. Francis, and a dog in a scene still

Date: 1913
Description: On a rustic front porch sit the actors Julia Stuart and Alec B. Francis along with a husky dog in a scene still for the silent short drama "Big Hearted Jim...

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: