Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 286

Photograph

WMAQ Radio Station

Date: 1924
Description: Interior of WMAQ Radio Station with Chief Engineer Donald Weller standing.
Photograph

Railroad Tunnel

Date: 1924
Description: View from railroad tracks through covered railroad tunnel in hill. A sign on a telephone pole on the right reads: "Private Property / Thoroughfare / Keep O...
Photograph

St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Church

Date: 1924
Description: North view of Saint Augustine's Roman Catholic Church, which was designed and built by the Dominican priest Rev. Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli in 1844.
Photograph

Baseball Park

Date: 1924
Description: View of an empty baseball park with a bluff in the background.
Photograph

Bluff Scenery

Date: 1924
Description: Long view of bluffs with a fence and a farm in the foreground.
Photograph

La Follette's Labor Day Address

Date: 1924
Description: Independent presidential candidate Robert M. La Follette, Sr., standing behind a radio microphone delivering a Labor Day address.
Photograph

Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Pounding his Fist

Date: 1924
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr., striking an emphatic pose with his fist raised over his hand. This photograph was probably taken for publicity purposes during ...
Photograph

Children with Lecturer

Date: 1924
Description: At Louisiana State University, an instructor lectures a group of children on agriculture using charts prepared by International Harvester Company. The lect...
Photograph

First Wisconsin Territorial Capitol

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of the first Wisconsin Territorial Capitol, which was rented by the Legislature who met there for 46 days in 1836. The building was restored in 19...
Photograph

Roadside Sales Pitch

Date: 1924
Description: Signs are advertising sideline businesses along a rural road. There is a large sign that reads: "For Sale Belgian Carrier Pigeons," and a smaller sign that...
Photograph

Waukesha's Primitive Airfield

Date: 1924
Description: A barnstorming pilot and curious onlookers at a field on the outskirts of Waukesha that served as a primitive airport. Technically, the term barnstorming s...
Photograph

U.S. Sugar Company

Date: 1924
Description: Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory.
Photograph

Farmers in Field with Dairy Cattle

Date: 1924
Description: Three farmers standing in field among a herd of dairy cows (Holsteins).
Photograph

Baseball Game at Tractor Works

Date: 1924
Description: Baseball game at Tractor Works, an International Harvester factory.
Photograph

Frank Lloyd Wright

Date: 1924
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright sits by a sunlit window in his living room at Taliesin, with papers spread before him on a table.
Photograph

C.W. Whittemore

Date: 1924
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of C.W. Whittemore.
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor

Date: 1924
Description: Man driving a McCormick-Deering industrial tractor with a rear crawler track attachment produced by the moon Track Company of San Diego, California. Railro...
Photograph

Downtown Dane

Date: 1924
Description: Railroad tracks cross the road at the central business district at Dane, Wisconsin.
Photograph

International Bus

Date: 1924
Description: Large number of passengers squeezed into an International bus on an urban street.
Photograph

"Red Baby" Truck Carrying "One Minute" Washers

Date: 1924
Description: Curt Moore selling "one minute" washing machines to a farmer's wife. The washing machines are loaded in the back of an International "Red Baby" truck. The...

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: