Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 20

Photograph

White Bass Run

Date: 1942
Description: People fishing for bass off dock.
Photograph

Silverstone, My Tailor

Date: 
Description: A boy on a Milwaukee street is driving a goat cart with an advertisement for Silverstone the tailor. Several on-lookers are watching from the left hand sid...
Photograph

"New Dell Queen Steamboat" and Passengers

Date: 
Description: Crowd of passengers posing on the "New Dell Queen" steamboat. Bridge in background.
Photograph

New Bridge Dedication

Date: 1920
Description: Crowd gathered for the dedication of a new bridge at Sauk City by Governor Emmanuel Philipp. Many onlookers carry parasols.
Photograph

Rowboat Race

Date: 
Description: Rowboat race with two boats about to go under a bridge. Both of the boats have numbers on the back. Onlookers are standing on the bridge watching the parti...
Photograph

Men on Bridge During Flood

Date: 
Description: A river has overflown its banks and is flooding a road on a bridge. Some men are on the bridge are using sticks to move ice floes. Crowds of people are wa...
Photograph

Dedicating a Plaque on Michigan Avenue Bridge

Date: 1947
Description: Two men are looking at a newly unveiled plaque commemorating International Harvester's "100 Years in Chicago" celebration. Original caption reads: "Fowler ...
Photograph

Mississippi Riverboat Landing

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline towards a docked Mississippi riverboat. Passengers are disembarking from the ship, and a large crowd is gathered on shore, with some pe...
Photograph

Baptismal Scene at Emanuel Baptist Church

Date: 
Description: A large group of adults and children gather around a pond where a baptism is taking place, some standing on a bridge on the right. Several people stand in ...
Photograph

World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A view of the World's Columbian Exposition mounted on a cardboard album page, looking east from the Transportation Building. On the right are the Mines Bui...
Photograph

Bridge on the Perfume River

Date: 1968
Description: Pedestrians file single file across the make-shift repairs to the bridge over the Perfume River at Hue. The bridge was bombed by the Vietcong during the Te...
Photograph

Roller Skating Troupe

Date: 1967
Description: "A roller skating troupe rolls down Milwaukee Street."
Photograph

Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade

Date: 08 1982
Description: "Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade."
Photograph

Bridge and Car Track on the Ice to Solombola

Date: 1918
Description: Tramway and railroad leading into Solombola, Russia. In the foreground are a group of people, some sawing wood and others standing by the railroad.
Photograph

Tenney Park Lock Opening

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen leads the parade of boats that opened the new Tenney Park lock on Saturday morning.
Photograph

Memorial Day

Date: 1976
Description: On Memorial Day American Legion Member Oliver Krueger drops a wreath into the Rock River.
Photograph

Lomira High School Band Parade

Date: 08 1982
Description: Beck Motors' Antique 1917 Dodge Roadster leads the Lomira High School Band.
Photograph

Marching Down City Street

Date: 08 1982
Description: Lomira High School Marching Band.
Photograph

Cattle Judging

Date: 1910
Description: Men dressed in hats and coats stand with cattle on a snowy street. A large crowd surrounds the men behind a rope. Storefronts and other buildings are on bo...
Photograph

Crowd at a Dock

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of Norwegian people standing at a dock looking out at the ships.

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: