Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 101-120 of 175

Drawing

Man Viewing Artwork

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a man viewing artwork on a wall. He is somewhat stooped over and is holding a hat and cane in his hands.
Drawing

Singing Group

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of four men singing in a group, posed in front of a music stand. There is a large music note in the background.
Drawing

Theater Performer

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a theater performer speaking to a skull, held in his raised hand.
Drawing

Woodcutter

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a man outdoors on the side of a hill, holding an axe and standing next to a fallen tree.
Drawing

Night Cityscape

Date: 1941
Description: Woodcut illustration of a nighttime cityscape and a crescent moon.
Drawing

Hayward Indian Boarding School

Date: 1900
Description: Perspective drawing of the buildings at the Hayward Indian School. There is a man in a boat in the right foreground and an empty boat in the left foregroun...
Drawing

Progressive Party, Symbol

Date: 
Description: Symbol submitted to the state of Wisconsin for trademark registration by The National Progressives of America. Description is insignia says: "The represent...
Drawing

Andrae Cycles Advertisement

Date: 09 1895
Description: Full page, engraved advertisement for Andrae Cycles. Depicts men and women bicycling on a path in a bucolic setting, in addition to text promoting bicycles...
Drawing

Millet

Date: 
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Setaris Italica or foxtail millet and Panicum miliaceum or proso millet. There are also inset drawings of a spik...
Drawing

Process of Excavation, Lockport

Date: 1825
Description: Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri...
Drawing

Deep Cutting Lockport

Date: 1825
Description: Engraved view of boats being towed by horses through the Erie Canal at Lockport Erie Canal at Lockport. The horses can be seen on a high towpath at right. ...
Drawing

Seneca Lapham

Date: 1825
Description: Portrait of Seneca Lapham.
Drawing

Oryzopsis Asperifolia

Date: 1854
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Oryzopsis asperifolia or Mountain Rice (Rough-Leaved Rice Grass).
Drawing

Zizania aquatica

Date: 1854
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of Zizania aquatica. The plant's common name is Northern Wild Rice.
Drawing

International Harvester Bus

Date: 09 06 1924
Description: Drawing of a mid-1920s International Harvester Bus. This drawing was possibly used for advertising and catalogs for the International Harvester Company.
Drawing

Milwaukee Bank Riot

Date: 1897
Description: Drawing depicting the Milwaukee Bank Riot of June 24, 1861. A large crowd is gathered outside the State Bank and Mitchell's Bank. A fire burns in the stree...
Drawing

Big-Foot's Village and Lake

Date: 1856
Description: Lithographic view of a man in a canoe on Big-Foot's Lake (modern day Lake Geneva) with a small settlement on a bluff overlooking the lake. A group of birds...
Drawing

Residence of John Kinzie, Esq. (The First House Built in Chicago)

Date: 1856
Description: Lithograhic view of the residence of John Kinzie on the bank of the Chicago River at the mouth of Lake Michigan. The residence consists of a house with a f...
Drawing

Collision Between the Steamer Atlantic and Propeller Ogdensburg on Lake Erie, N.Y.

Date: 09 1852
Description: Engraved view of the collision of the Atlantic and the Ogdensburg on Lake Erie.
Drawing

Opening Day Fishing Season - The Reverse

Date: 1979
Description: Imaginative pen-and-ink drawing of a man dressed in fishing gear suspended above the fireplace in a living room from a nail in the wall. Below the man is a...

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: