Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 268

Photograph

Man at Chautauqua

Date: 1906
Description: A man in bow tie and suspenders sits in front of a small tent. Next to him is a rocking chair with a sign on it that says "Don't you see I'm Lonely." Writt...
Drawing

Indian Sugar Camp

Date: 1850
Description: Chippewa Indian Sugar Camp. Plate 61, preceding p. 199, vol. I, The Indian tribes of the United States: their history antiquities, customs, religion, ar...
Photograph

Gymnastics at Boys Busy Life Camp, Lake Keesus

Date: 1915
Description: Boys demonstrate acrobatic skills on the grounds of their summer camp.
Photograph

Girl Scouts at Camp Indianola

Date: 10 10 1941
Description: Eight Girl Scouts are standing on and near a tree at the edge of Lake Mendota, with the Madison skyline in the background at Camp Indianola.
Photograph

Lunch at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: Children sitting at a table and having lunch at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
Photograph

Children at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 17 1933
Description: A group of children around a picnic table posing while doing crafts at The Capital Times Kiddie Camp.
Photograph

Anxiously Waiting

Date: 07 14 1933
Description: Two girls and a boy waiting on steps in front of their house to go to The Capital Times Kiddie Camp, clutching parcels that hold their camp clothes.
Photograph

Group of Children Waiting to go to Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 14 1933
Description: Group portrait of children sitting on porch steps waiting to go to The Capital Times Kiddie Camp. One man (Evjue?) is sitting with them, and several women ...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Officers

Date: 06 28 1933
Description: Group portrait of eight male University of Wisconsin tent colony officers. One man is holding a gun, and another is holding a shovel. The camp is also know...
Photograph

David Barr

Date: 06 29 1933
Description: Portrait of David Barr, son of University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Mayor Glenn Barr, at age 10 months, standing beside a chair. Family from Miami Universit...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Officers

Date: 07 06 1932
Description: Officers of Camp Gallistella, formerly known as the tent colony, posing in front of a tent home. Also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of Lake ...
Photograph

Children Eating at Kiddie Camp

Date: 07 09 1931
Description: Children eating at Kiddie Camp.
Photograph

Tent at Tent Colony

Date: 06 27 1931
Description: Man sawing wood in front of a tent in the woods at the University of Wisconsin Tent Colony. The tent is set up on a wood platform. Also known as Camp Galli...
Photograph

Log Cabin Tourist Camp

Date: 06 11 1931
Description: View down road towards the Log Cabin tourist camp at 6611 University Avenue.
Painting

On Horicon Lake in the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: In April of 1860 Hölzlhuber took the railway from Milwaukee to Lake Horicon to visit the small town that was developing on its shore. Since the settlers we...
Photograph

Bible Camp

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: Group portrait of children and adults at a Free Methodist Church bible camp, with cabins in the background, taken for Reverend James Shaw. The site had bee...
Photograph

Bible Camp

Date: 08 15 1947
Description: Outdoor group portrait of children and adults at a bible camp, with cabins in the background, taken for Reverend James Shaw. The site was the Hallelujah Ca...
Photograph

Girls in YWCA Camp Bunks

Date: 07 06 1944
Description: Young girls posing on the top and bottom bunks at YWCA's Camparia Olbrich on Lake Mendota. In the upper bunk, left to right: Kathryn Eye, Barbara Fellows,...
Photograph

Men on a Riverbank

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of the Merrimac and Monitor Naval Battle cyclorama, painted by Théophile Poilpot. Men are standing on a riverbank in the foreground, and a...
Photograph

Three Hearing Impaired Children Leave for Camp

Date: 07 30 1955
Description: Three hearing impaired children leaving in a car for "The Retreat," a summer camp near Wautoma, Wisconsin. The trip is sponsored by the Parents Council for...

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: