Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

Crowd at the Congress Tavern

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: Interior view of the Congress Tavern, 111 Main Street, on a busy night.
Photograph

Crowd at Baseball Game

Date: 1955
Description: Two men sitting in the stands review the Milwaukee Braves official program during a game.
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 
Description: Men approaching a train at the railroad depot carrying farm machinery from the J.I. Case Company.
Photograph

Alice in Dairyland

Date: 1962
Description: Alice in Dairyland, Sylvia Lee Kafkas, greeting admiring members of the public at the junior livestock exposition in Eau Claire. The Alice in Dairyland com...
Photograph

Asian Dignitaries

Date: 
Description: Asian dignitaries, including two women, amidst a crowd, perhaps at a railroad station.
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

Crowd Promoting Land Clearing

Date: 1923
Description: A street gathering of people interested in using war-salvaged explosives for a land clearance program.
Photograph

Men Presenting Boy Wearing Crown with Portrait

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy wearing a crown is presented with a framed portrait of himself by two men, one of whom is smoking a cigarette. The man on the right is holding ...
Photograph

Man Juggling Tin Cans

Date: 08 15 1942
Description: A man smoking a cigarette and wearing a hat is juggling tin cans in front of the "Prize Cakes and Coffee" booth at a Civilian Defense Rally.
Photograph

Group of Seated Bikers

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A group of bikers in leather jackets that read "Drifters MC Property of Sugar Bear" and "Drifters MC Rockford" seated in the Sound Storm audience.
Photograph

Young Woman Leaning against Stage Ramp

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A barefoot young female audience member wearing a macrame shirt and smoking a cigarette leans against the ramp to the main stage at the Sound Storm music f...
Photograph

Man Dancing

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: A man wearing a hat, shorts, and fringed vest, with a pipe strung onto hit belt loop, dances among a crowd of other audience members at the Sound Storm mus...
Photograph

Sound Storm Festival Crowd

Date: 04 25 1970
Description: Elevated view of Sound Storm music festival audience near the crowded stage.
Photograph

Picket Duty

Date: 1956
Description: Members of Local 167 of the United Packinghouse Workers of America employed by the Swift Company in South St. Paul signing up for strike duty.
Photograph

Achille Starace, "The Sly"

Date: 04 1938
Description: Achille Starace, Secretary of the Italian Fascist Party. American journalist Cecil Brown was able to get close to the man, labeled "Starace, the Sly" in hi...
Photograph

4-Row Corn Planter Demonstration

Date: 04 28 1932
Description: A group of men, women, and children are standing in a field at an International Harvester Company farm to watch a 4-row corn planter demonstration.
Magazine or Periodical

Emigrant Landing in New York

Date: 1858
Description: Large group of people leaving a steam ship, some transporting large chests of their belongings.
Photograph

Agricultural Extension Department Exhibition

Date: 10 23 1923
Description: A crowd is gathered along the sides of a road at an agricultural exposition, possibly to watch a demonstration or parade. The text on the booth at right re...
Photograph

Allis-Chalmers Rally

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Outdoor rally of Allis-Chalmers workers. A man is speaking into a microphone in the front and people stand on the sidewalk and the grassy rise in the backg...
Photograph

Lithographers' Strike Vote Meeting

Date: 01 11 1949
Description: Lithographers' Local #7 strike vote meeting held in a large auditorium. A man is standing speaking and every seat in the house is filled.

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: