Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 105

Photograph

Horse-Drawn Fire Wagon

Date: 1910
Description: Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ...
Photograph

Damaged Christopher Columbus Cruise Vessel

Date: 
Description: Large crowd looking at the damaged Christopher Columbus cruise vessel at dock. Constructed in 1893, the Christopher Columbus was the only pas...
Photograph

Fire at Atlas Flour Mill

Date: 12 11 1926
Description: Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the...
Photograph

Grand Prize Automobile Race

Date: 10 1912
Description: Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer...
Photograph

West Milwaukee Railroad Yard

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad.
Photograph

Wauwatosa Railroad Station

Date: 10 30 1944
Description: View across railroads tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad station. A number of children and adults are standing around the station. S...
Photograph

Milwaukee Journal Pathfinder Car

Date: 1915
Description: Rear view of Robert Taylor's car, which he used for his work as the Milwaukee Journal's first photographer. A sign displayed across the spare tire r...
Photograph

Family and Car

Date: 
Description: A car (possible a Model T) parked in the grass with a family sitting inside. There are other people with cars in the background under trees, and people sit...
Photograph

People and Car

Date: 
Description: View towards a man sitting in an open car parked on the street. The driver in the vehicle is surrounded by interested onlookers. The left side of the car h...
Photograph

Woman Seated in Touring Car

Date: 
Description: A woman dressed for winter weather and seated in the back of a touring car, looks coyly at the photographer. She is surrounded by holiday gifts and package...
Photograph

Auto Race at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 10 1912
Description: A solitary open car races past the grandstands at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds.
Photograph

Auto Breakdown at the State Fairgrounds

Date: 10 1912
Description: A race car driver wearing a "Buick shirt" watches as his crew works on his vehicle. In the background, another car is passing the grandstand.
Photograph

Airplane Coverage of the Milwaukee Grand Prize Race

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: Photojournalist Fred Wagner covered the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize automobile race (later called the American Grand Prix) from Farnum Fish's airplane. The ...
Photograph

Theodore Roosevelt in Milwaukee

Date: 09 01 1912
Description: Theodore Roosevelt in front of the Deutscher Club. The club later became the Wisconsin Club.
Photograph

Jack Johnson at Auto Race

Date: 10 02 1912
Description: African American heavyweight boxing champion, Jack Johnson, drove up to Milwaukee from his home in Chicago to watch the Vanderbilt Cup race on October 2, 1...
Photograph

Wrecked Automobile

Date: 10 05 1912
Description: A wrecked automobile, which crashed during the 1912 Milwaukee Grand Prize Race (later called the American Grand Prix); possibly car #35, in which driver Ra...
Photograph

David Bruce-Brown and Tony Scudelari

Date: 10 1912
Description: Driver David Bruce-Brown and mechanic Tony Scudelari pose in their race car. Although they had been warned that their tires appeared worn, on October 1, 19...
Photograph

1100 Block of South 16th Street

Date: 1940
Description: 1100 block of South Sixteenth Street with storefronts and automobile traffic. Cable car tracks run down the middle of the street.
Photograph

Motorcycle Tour

Date: 
Description: Men, motorcycles and a car stopped on a rural dirt road. A sign on the back of the car reads "Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Press Car".
Photograph

The Snow Flyer

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene with Harold O. Hornburg of Hartland, Wisconsin, who stated that "he is standing on the front of the machine with his hands on his hips. His bu...

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: