Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-12 of 12

Photograph

Pfc. Howard A. Endres

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Pfc. Howard A. Endres standing in line for his final meal at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, before being discharged at the end of World War II.
Photograph

Landscaping Near House

Date: 06 1926
Description: Perennials and evergreens planted on the lawn of a brick home. Ivy is growing up the exterior walls of the house.
Photograph

Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: Slightly elevated view of machinery and machine parts in a large room. The machinery is belt driven from overhead. Light is flooding in from the windows an...
Photograph

Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: Stored in a large room are rows of tractors. Along the left and right corner are stacked beams. Light streams in from skylights in the ceiling. The factory...
Photograph

Emerson-Brantingham Factory

Date: 02 25 1924
Description: The factory floor with equipment used to build parts and materials. The stations have motors attached to belts, which are attached to the ceiling with pull...
Photograph

Residential District

Date: 
Description: View down a tree-lined residential street. A horse-drawn carriage stands on the street and the large columned porches of houses can be seen through the tr...
Photograph

Rockford College Jane Adams Room

Date: 1914
Description: Unidentified woman seated in a wicker chair reading in the Jane Adams room at Rockford College. A walled-over fireplace is on the wall behind her, and an H...
Photograph

Rockford Branch House

Date: 09 15 1919
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester's Rockford branch building. Railroad tracks pass a loading dock along the right side of the ivy-covered building a...
Print

The Solar Home

Date: 1944
Description: The cover of a 12 page advertising booklet called "The Solar Home," featuring the illustration of a window superimposed over a burst design. The text reads...
Book or Pamphlet

Boring Tractor Advertisement

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Boring tractor, featuring a color illustration of a man using the tractor to work in a farm field.
Photograph

Interior of Chapel

Date: 
Description: View from back of room of the interior of the chapel at Rockford College. There is a piano on the right, in front of the stage. Folding chairs are set up i...
Postcard

Winnebago County Courthouse

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Winnebago Co. Court House, 1844-1879." The Winnebago County Courthouse built in 1844 in Illinois in the Greek Revival style. The post...

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: