Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Bears
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Subject of botany
| Date: | 06 03 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Jim McWilliams, "Pianutist" vaudeville actor, and Fred Winklemann, Zoo director, with the Mexican Snookum bear (coati), at Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1901 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A dead bear in the apiary of W.O. Victor, and the remains of the apiary. There are several rifles next to the bear. |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Smokey Bear cub with Judy Bell in front of a fire-prevention poster featuring the character for whom the young bear was named. |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Smokey Bear cub with a fire-prevention poster bearing his namesake. The poster has three bears, and the text reads: "Please Folks, be extra careful this ye... |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Smokey Bear cub receives treatment from Dr. Edwin J. Smith of Santa Fe, for burns he suffered in a forest fire. |
| Date: | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group of spectators viewing caged bears at the zoo. |
| Date: | 06 05 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Jane and Jone Johnson, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Johnson of Black River Falls, in front of the Polar Bear cage at Henry Vilas Zoo (Vilas Park Zoo). |
| Date: | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of two polar bears in their enclosure at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). A crowd is gathered behind the fence, and in the far backgroun... |
| Date: | 1970 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of Monkey House. On the lawn are flamingos, and in the background is a bear at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Photograph taken by Edwin Proctor. To... |
| Date: | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Scene at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo) showing bear pits. Caption reads: "Zoo at Vilas Park, Madison, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1930 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Pictorial map of Glacier National Park, Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta. Illustrated by Joe Scheurle, it depicts white people, American ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on... |
| Date: | 1907 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Chippewa woman standing outdoors stirring one of three pots suspended over an open fire. |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A mother bear, followed by her two cubs, walking on all fours across a clearing, possibly a road, with a wooded area in the background. The postcard is tit... |
| Date: | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A black bear cub holding onto tree limbs while climbing a white pine sapling. |
| Date: | 1940 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A photographic postcard described on the reverse: "A black bear in the Wisconsin north woods." |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A figure of Smokey Bear is posed standing with a paw resting on a sign advertising the Wisconsin Conservation Department. Behind him is a sign with his mot... |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A black bear is approaching the front of the parked 1935 Oldsmobile sedan owned by the photographer. There are conifer trees in the background. The photogr... |
| Date: | 08 02 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Caption with negative: "Mr. and Mrs. Russell Pakonen, Iron Mountain, Mich., shown with [sic] in their cottage yard with the skin of a bear Pakonen and anot... |
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: