Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 56

Photograph

Domestic Staff with Work Utensils

Date: 1890
Description: The household staff (probably Swedish) for one family home, including laundresses, cooks, parlor maids, and scullery girls with their various work utensils...
Photograph

Two Women with Cleaning Implements

Date: 
Description: Two women are standing on the small porch outside an open kitchen door, near implements used for daily household tasks such as washing, scrubbing, sweeping...
Photograph

Crochet Club

Date: 1900
Description: Group of fifteen women gathered around three tables behind a home, probably the DMC Club, an exclusive social and sewing society named for an imported bran...
Photograph

A Quiet Evening at Home

Date: 
Description: Amos Elliot, pioneer stage coach driver, enjoying a quiet evening at home with his second wife, and her daughter (center), Stella Hart.
Photograph

Two Women Outside a Log Cabin

Date: 
Description: Two women stand outside the doorway of a log house in winter. They are posed with a washtub, broom and dust pan.
Photograph

Dressing up the Dog

Date: 
Description: A girl sits in a rocking chair as a young woman commands a dog who is dressed in dark clothing to sit. A piano or organ is in the background.
Photograph

The Overbys in their Parlor

Date: 1916
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a...
Photograph

Family Outside of One-Story House

Date: 1898
Description: Eight people posing in front of a one-story clapboard house holding possessions. The man on the far left is holding a gun and wears a ammunition belt aroun...
Photograph

Woman Knitting Near Window

Date: 1898
Description: Elderly woman sitting in a rocking chair knitting in front of a window.
Photograph

Group having Tea in Parlor

Date: 
Description: Two women, man, and child having tea in a parlor.
Photograph

Woman Putting on Hat

Date: 1900
Description: Woman putting on a hat in front of a dressing table mirror.
Photograph

Women at Sewing Bee

Date: 
Description: Seven women gathered at a sewing bee.
Photograph

Woman Sweeping

Date: 
Description: A woman (possibly a member of the Weller family) sweeps a board sidewalk with a broom. On the left is the Weller home, and next to it is the Carl Lund hous...
Photograph

Woman Washing Clothes

Date: 
Description: A woman washes clothes in a tub on the back steps of a farmhouse. In the background, clothes hang on a clothesline.
Photograph

Women in Garden

Date: 
Description: Two women work in a garden. One of the women is picking vegetables, while the other woman hangs laundry.
Photograph

Women and Young Child near Hammock

Date: 
Description: Four women sit in or near a hammock and attend to their embroidery while a young boy sits at their feet.
Photograph

Outdoor Meal

Date: 
Description: A group of men and women eat at a table underneath a tent awning.
Photograph

Large Group at Table

Date: 
Description: A large group of people sit outdoors at a long table underneath an awning. Probably at the Matt Olson Farm Campground, presently the site of Perry Creek Pa...
Photograph

Washing Dishes

Date: 
Description: Two women and a man wash dishes in a tent.
Photograph

Tea Party with Guitarist

Date: 
Description: Seven women and two men gather for tea, while one of the men plays a guitar. They are posed in the corner of a room.

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:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org