Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-19 of 19

Photograph

Amund and Siri Rustebakke and Women with Spinning Wheels

Date: 1873
Description: Amund Rustebakke, standing in doorway, and Siri Rustebakke, center, sitting, in front of a house with her daughters and daughter-in-law and four spinning w...
Photograph

Two Boys at Tenney Park

Date: 
Description: Two boys lying on the grass asleep in Tenney Park near the lagoon with a hat on the ground between them. The Sherman Avenue bridge and the Hausmann Brewery...
Photograph

Brand New Oven

Date: 1950
Description: Woman displays a brand new oven/stove.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Tractor and Plow

Date: 05 04 1923
Description: Carl Seamonson plowing a field with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and plow.
Photograph

Lake Mendota Shore

Date: 
Description: The Lake Mendota shoreline. A man is in a boat near the shoreline.
Photograph

Giles House

Date: 1875
Description: The Giles house, residence of Hiram H. Giles, state legislator and social welfare authority.
Photograph

Giles House

Date: 1875
Description: Exterior view of the Giles house, residence of Hiram H. Giles, state legislator and social welfare authority.
Photograph

University Club on State Street

Date: 1920
Description: Men pose in front of the University Club, 803 State Street, which is under construction. William F. Steuber, Sr. is the third man from the left.
Photograph

Wisconsin Telephone Company Building

Date: 
Description: A group of men with a horse-drawn vehicle are standing outside of the Wisconsin Telephone Company Building, located at 16-18 S. Carroll Street.
Photograph

Mendota State Hospital Office

Date: 1897
Description: Mendota State Hospital office. Charles Carter, steward, seated at his desk. Across from him is George B. Merrick, Asst. Steward. Below the desk is a dog,...
Photograph

State Historical Society of Wisconsin Library Reading Room

Date: 1914
Description: View of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room with people studying at tables.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering 10-20 Pulling P&0 Little Wonder

Date: 05 04 1928
Description: Three-quarter rear view of man pulling a P&O (Parlin and Orendorff) Little Wonder plow with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor. Decals are on the tractor an...
Photograph

First and Second Grade Class

Date: 1888
Description: First and second grade children with their teacher, Miss Drinker, who was temporarily taking charge of Miss Ella Larkin's school. Taken in the front entran...
Photograph

Class Group Portrait

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait of a school class outdoors in front of their one-room schoolhouse.
Photograph

Group of Catholic Priests and Children

Date: 1913
Description: Group of Roman Catholic priests and children on the occasion of a ceremony, perhaps the coronation of a statue of St. Mary.
Photograph

Holstein Bull

Date: 
Description: Side view of a Holstein bull in a University of Wisconsin farm yard. A man holds the bull by a nose ring secured to a pole.
Drawing

Commercial Art for Cecil's Sandals

Date: 
Description: Pen and ink drawing of the backside of a small, naked boy holding an ice cream cone while wearing Cecil's Sandals with the caption: "Beat the Heat in Cecil...
Photograph

Ho Chunk Group Portrait

Date: 1866
Description: Group of Ho Chunk Indians that visited Governor Lucius Fairchild. Names, (standing), Dandy, holding a long stemmed pipe, (Four-Leg's son), (seated) Wau-So-...
Photograph

Wild West Show, Madison

Date: 1900
Description: Four children on the left are standing and looking through the open door of a stagecoach, in which a man, (obscured by the side of the coach) is sitting wi...

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: