Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 36

Postcard

People Posing in front of House

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of adults posing in front of a brick house. The house has a patterned design on the exterior. Below the peak of the roof, ...
Postcard

Residence of W.E. Porter

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of W.E. Porter's two-story house. The house has fancy trim. Three women are seated in the grass on the left, and a boy and girl are o...
Postcard

Boynton Chapel

Date: 
Description: Color postcard view of a privately built chapel, decorated in Norwegian style by Mr. and Mrs. Boynton, surrounded by trees.
Postcard

Ureck's Auditorium Hotel, Brown's Lake

Date: 
Description: View of the exterior of a hotel with a porch. People on posing on the sidewalk in front. Caption reads: "Ureck's Auditorium Hotel, Brown's Lake."
Postcard

1931 Demonstration Home

Date: 1931
Description: A two-story stone home in a Germanic-Austrian style. A decorative tile is set into the exterior between the windows on the second floor. Caption reads: "19...
Postcard

Taylor Hall

Date: 08 15 1908
Description: Text on front: "Taylor Hall, Racine College, Racine, Wis." View towards a large building with dormer windows. On the roof is a flagpole flying the American...
Postcard

Engelbright Hotel

Date: 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Engelbright Hotel, Ripon, Wis." The Hotel stands on an unpaved street with a sidewalk in front. A horse and buggy are on the right. T...
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a...
Postcard

Office at Ripon College

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Office Ripon College, Ripon Wis." A college building built of stone in 1851 with a steeple and cupola. The building functioned as an ...
Postcard

North Hall, State Normal School

Date: 1927
Description: Text on front reads: "North Hall, State Normal School, River Falls, Wis." A view of the vine-covered facade and side of North Hall at the State Normal Scho...
Postcard

John Brinkman, Sr., Residence

Date: 08 27 1914
Description: Text on front reads: "John Brinkman, Sr., Residence, Rozellville, Wis." A two-story dwelling with intricate exterior ornamentation and a cupola. There is a...
Postcard

St. Jude's Chapel

Date: 1963
Description: Text on back reads: "Log Chapel dedicated to St. Jude, Apostle, at the terminus of a bridge from which a wayside shrine and World War-I Memorial is viewed....
Postcard

St. Mary of the Angels

Date: 1907
Description: A stone Chapel, St. Mary of the Angels has an ornate entrance and a belfry. Decorated steps, a lawn and trees can be seen.
Postcard

Monroe Street, Looking North

Date: 01 25 1913
Description: Caption reads: "Monroe Street, Looking North, New Holstein, Wis." A white clapboard house, on a corner lot, with a porch and awnings. The neighborhood has ...
Postcard

Bethesda Mineral Spring

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Bethesda Mineral Spring, Waukesha, Wis." A group of people in the pavilion at Bethesda Mineral Spring. An American flag is flying at ...
Postcard

Decorated Automobile

Date: 1907
Description: Festively dressed passengers posing in an automobile decorated for a parade. A house and trees are in the background.
Postcard

Central Fire Station

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Central Fire Station, Sheboygan, Wis." Three horse-drawn vehicles are surrounded by uniformed firemen. There is a dog in the buggy to...
Postcard

Foeste Hotel

Date: 07 31 1924
Description: Text on front reads: "Foeste Hotel, Sheboygan, Wis." A corner view of the Foeste Hotel, which has many arched windows, and dormer windows above. An automob...
Postcard

Journal Square

Date: 1971
Description: Text on front reads: "Journal Square. Fountain by Dick Wiken, Sculptor, Shorewood, Wisconsin." Text on reverse: "Journal Square. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The ...
Postcard

Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik

Date: 08 20 1981
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant and Butik. Sister Bay, Door County, Wis. 54234." A goat is standing on the turf covered roof of a r...

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: