Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 41-60 of 125

Photograph

Dantzler Lumber Company Fleet

Date: 
Description: View of the fleet owned by Dantzler Lumber Company. Several large sailing vessels are docked, and nearby is a canoe with two passengers. Caption reads: "Lu...
Photograph

Ships at Ore Docks

Date: 1915
Description: View of several ships at the ore docks of Maryland Steel Company. Text on the ship on the left may read "Craigeab" (text is difficult to make out). The nam...
Photograph

Shipping Cotton

Date: 
Description: Workers load bales of cotton onto a ship. The bales are being hoisted up ramps and onto the ship.
Photograph

Gatti Expedition Trucks Loaded onto S.S. "African Pilgrim"

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M...
Photograph

Men Loading Gatti Expedition Truck into S.S. "African Pilgrim"

Date: 1947
Description: Original caption reads: "International motor trucks of Gatti-Hallicrafters Expedition being loaded into hold of S.S. "African Pilgrim" prior to voyage to M...
Photograph

Loading Boat for Chicago

Date: 09 1925
Description: Large cargo ship operated by the Benton Transit Company. On the dock near an open shed are many bushels of fruit, including melons and tomatoes (according ...
Print

Milwaukee Dry Dock Co. Memohead

Date: 
Description: Memohead of the Milwaukee Dry Dock Company, which operated two docks, with a view of a dock with ships, planks of wood, buildings, and the slogan, "Electri...
Photograph

Captain N.A. Peterson

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter length cabinet card portrait of Captain N.A. Peterson, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was master and part owner of the schooner “Selt”...
Photograph

"Pere Marquette"

Date: 1960
Description: The "Pere Marquette" cargo boat, enroute from Manitowoc to Luddington.
Poster

Food for Fighters Everywhere

Date: 1944
Description: Wartime poster advocating people to "Join the Victory Farm Volunteers." The poster features an illustration of a cargo ship and Army truck set against that...
Photograph

Port of Kenosha

Date: 
Description: Aerial photograph of the Port of Kenosha and factories, with snow on the ground. There are four ships along the shoreline, and multiple factories on either...
Photograph

Port of Kenosha Transit Harbor No. 1

Date: 1945
Description: Port of Kenosha Transit Warehouse No. 1. There are two ships on the right side, one named "Broom Park." Three men are loading a car onto the ship using a c...
Photograph

North and South Harbor Tracts

Date: 06 14 1961
Description: Aerial view of North and South Harbor Tracts, looking north from South Pier No. 2. There are skyscrapers in the background. there are multiple items of mac...
Photograph

The Skeleton of the Schooner Advance

Date: 2015
Description: Underwater view of algae and mussels covering the wood skeletal frame of the Advance, a schooner built in 1853 and sunk in 1885. Most of the frame i...
Photograph

The Schooner Advance

Date: 2014
Description: Underwater view of pieces of the schooner Advance laying on the haul of the ship at the bottom of Lake Michigan.
Photograph

The Stern of the Schooner Home

Date: 2008
Description: Underwater view of the stern of the schooner Home resting on the bottom of Lake Michigan. One of the masts is broken and is bending over the port si...
Photograph

The Bow of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 12 2008
Description: Underwater view of the bow of the schooner Home. The port anchor is hanging along the port side of the ship. The bowsprit is laying on the lake bed ...
Photograph

The Deck of the Schooner Home

Date: 06 12 2008
Description: Underwater view of the deck of the schooner Home, taken from the port side near the bow. The structure in the center of the deck is the centerboard ...
Photograph

Collision Damage on the Schooner Home

Date: 06 22 2015
Description: Underwater view of the starboard side of the bow of the schooner Home, the site of the collision damage that sank the ship. The sampson post and win...
Photograph

The Port Anchor of the Schooner Home

Date: 09 28 2005
Description: Underwater view of the port anchor on the schooner Home. The anchor and chain are resting against the port side of the ship near the bow, partially ...

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: