Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Coffins
| Date: | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A coffin cart photographed by Sigurd Olson while traveling, probably in Germany, shortly after the end of the World War II. |
| Date: | 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of a funeral ceremony at the National Military Home, which opened in 1867. A group of veterans march before a horse-drawn vehicle pulling a coffin on ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from a stone archway of "Lourdes of America," a shrine of the resurrection of Christ in the Bronx. Two statues of men and two kneeling angels are on e... |
| Date: | 03 30 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man loads a wooden box containing a casket onto the back of a Model 33 International truck owned by the National Casket Company. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Dead soldier in a glass fronted coffin during the Cuban Revolution. |
| Date: | 06 1962 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Large funeral for multiple people in Binh Hung, Vietnam. Numerous decoratively painted coffins with cloth coverings are on display in a large open-air, roo... |
| Date: | 02 15 1978 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "On Feb. 13, Herbert Sellnow died unexpectedly at the age of 57 years, 11 months, and 16 days. As events turned out, this was the last funeral in the Beck ... |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "Lester Beck readies the casket for the burial service at Zion Lutheran Church." |
| Date: | 02 16 1978 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "Rev. Herbert Lemke and Charles Koepsell, Mayville, lead the mourners to the grave site." |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Corpse of an elderly man laid out in his coffin with floral decorations. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Indoor view of a flower-draped casket in a room with walls covered with photographs. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Indoor view of a small, light-colored casket resting on a table covered with a drape. The coffin is surrounded by flowers and flower arrangements on tables... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Indoor view of a small, light-colored casket resting on a table covered with a drape. The coffin is surrounded by flowers and flower arrangements on tables... |
| Date: | 08 24 1961 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mrs. James C. Jantz, wife of the slain policeman, holding the arm of her mother, Mrs. Roger Keith, and leaning on the shoulder of her brother, Jerome Boyer... |
| Date: | 1911 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A dilapidated grave near Mac Laren's Hudson's Bay Company Store and Sturgeon Lake. The coffin is covered with birch bark. |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A detail of a grave at an Indian village by Namakan lake. There is a box containing various tokens by the wooden coffin. |
| Date: | 03 13 2015 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Father Robert Schaller is standing next to a casket holding the body of David Marcou's father, David A. Marcou inside St. James Church. There are flower ar... |
| Date: | 03 13 2015 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Father Robert Schaller is reading a blessing over the closed casket of David Marcou's father, David A. Marcou, which is awaiting burial in Gate of Heaven C... |
| Date: | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The wife of Prince August Wilhelm, accompanied by the wife of General Fieldmarshall Hindenburg, are attending the opening of the "Iron Hindenburg" statue ... |
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:
