Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Clothing and dress
Filter: Subject of attractions
Filter: Subject of arts
| Date: | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd, including Evaline, Nellie and Harriet Bennett, looking at large banner advertisements for moving pictures. Moving picture subjects include fire fi... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd is standing in front of a tent advertised as the "Temple of Music." |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | "Diamond Kitty," a performer with the Shrine Circus, poses with a large group of people in front of the sideshow tent housing the "World's Fattest People" ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd of circus goers gathers outside the tent of the Cole Brothers Combined Side Shows, with acts announced by a barker standing on a platform. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Chinko The Juggler balances a large portrait of a woman on his head. |
| Date: | 1902 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A street carnival on the Capitol Square in which two individuals perform together while suspended in the air. |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | As part of an Easter tableau, a statue of Mary Magdalene at the entrance to what is a depiction of Jesus' tomb, is mirrored by a young girl in similar garb... |
| Date: | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A large group of circus performers and personnel, including a clown and band members, pose in front of a tent. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Dode Fisk, the operator of a dog and pony show and circus, drives a wire-wheeled show buggy pulled by the horse "Bobby". They are photographed next to a ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A male circus performer stands lengthwise on the back of a mule, while a female circus performer stands on the ground next to them. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Musicians with the Gollmar Brothers Circus pose in front of banners advertising the circus sideshow features near the entrance to the museum annex tent. |
| Date: | 08 1901 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Professor Oscar John Schendel is pictured with a violin and bow in a billboard advertising "Schendel's All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Ma... |
| Date: | 08 23 1901 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The stage and surrounding posters of Professor Oscar John Schendel's "All Star Vaudeville, Big Three-Ringed Circus, and Mammoth Menagerie." |
| Date: | 08 08 2008 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two young girls, with hair curls, look into tent at Irishfest. |
| Date: | 1930 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photographic holiday card featuring Carl Marty of the Northernaire Resort in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. He is famous for his hospitality and his "animal frien... |
| Date: | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Seven well-dressed tourists visit Universal City and pose with actor Rube Miller, one of the original Keystone Cops. A water tower is visible behind them. |
| Date: | 1916 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Seven well-dressed tourists visit Universal City and pose with actor Neal Hart who is in cowboy costume and has his horse nearby. A water tower is visible ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Large glass fronted case filled with instruments. A young girl is sitting on the front of the case which is in the main house. One of several photographs u... |
| Date: | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Rear view of a man kneeling on the ground while taking a photograph of his wife and son who are posing in front of a large fiberglass statue of a brown and... |
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: