Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 24

Photograph

Tracy Takes Off

Date: 1932
Description: Spencer Tracy in "Sky Devils," Howard Hughes's silly World War I comedy. Tracy (center) and William Boyd play two inept stowaways who end up on a ship that...
Photograph

"Sky Devils" Props

Date: 
Description: Vintage World War airplanes used in the filming of "Sky Devils" (1932), a motion picture produced by Howard Hughes.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Construction

Date: 
Description: Railroad bridge construction at an unknown location somewhere on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. There is a church in the background on...
Photograph

Roy Storage Building

Date: 1933
Description: View of a Vincent Roy storage building, with a man standing to the right of the structure.
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 1875
Description: Fort Crawford ruins. This image may be even earlier than 1875; by the 1880's almost nothing was left of the actual fort compound buildings. Men are sitting...
Photograph

Campion College Building

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of Lawler Hall at Campion College. This image was made during the Civil War when the building was used as a U.S. Military hospital. Prior ...
Photograph

Poster Illustrating Old and New Harvesting Methods

Date: 05 15 1928
Description: Poster or display board illustrating the differences between "old" and "new" methods of harvesting grain. Includes images illustrating harvesting methods b...
Photograph

Farmall Tractor with Experimental Equipment

Date: 06 02 1927
Description: A man is driving a Farmall tractor and attachment through a field. The handwritten text below the photograph identifies either the tractor or the attachmen...
Photograph

John Deere Tractor

Date: 06 02 1927
Description: A man is operating a John Deere tractor with an attachment through a field. The handwritten text below the photograph identifies either the tractor or the ...
Photograph

Farmers with Ronning Ensilage Cutter

Date: 10 04 1923
Description: Farmers operate a tractor, a Ronning ensilage cutter and a horse-drawn wagon in a field.
Photograph

Logging with a TD-35 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1939
Description: Men with an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) engaged in logging operations. According to the original caption, the tractor "logs an averag...
Photograph

Spreading Asphalt with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: men spread asphalt on a road using an International A tractor and Seaman asphalt mixer. Original caption reads: "An International A being used to haul a Se...
Photograph

Husker and Shredder Near Barn

Date: 1912
Description: A man operating a Husker-Shredder near a barn and silo. The husker-shredder is powered with a belt connected to an engine.
Photograph

Battalion Seabees with International Truck

Date: 09 1943
Description: Battalion Seabees work on waterfront construction using an International K-line truck.
Photograph

Fire Company Competition

Date: 1908
Description: Formal portrait of the Lake Mills Fire Company preparing for a race in which volunteer companies in harness pulled their fire hose carts. Ralph Engsberg, ...
Photograph

International Truck with Logs

Date: 06 17 1927
Description: A man loads logs onto the bed of an International truck in a wooded area while two horses stand beside the vehicle.
Photograph

International Truck with Snow Plow

Date: 04 08 1925
Description: Two men using an International truck outfitted with a scraper to remove snow from a road. One man is sitting in the cab to steer the truck, the other man i...
Photograph

Two Men with Model F International Trucks

Date: 1915
Description: Two drivers for "Southern Star Products" out of Louisville Provision Company pose next to International model F, or 31 trucks. The trucks are parked outsid...
Photograph

Men Baling Hay with IHC Press

Date: 1913
Description: Men and a young boy bale hay from a large haystack using an IHC hay press. On the left is a stack of finished hay bales.
Photograph

Men with Hay Press

Date: 1919
Description: Men are standing on a large pile of hay using pitchforks to load hay into a hay press operated by two other men.

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: