Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 21-40 of 107

Photograph

Group of People with "Yankee Boy"

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from hill of men and women disembarking from the "Yankee Boy" boat on what appears to be a lake pier, with rowboats on the near shoreline, an...
Photograph

Intrepid

Date: 1905
Description: View across water towards a group of people on a pier with the boat Intrepid. One child is holding a rope connected to the boat, which is being driv...
Photograph

"Intrepid" and another Boat

Date: 1905
Description: Men, women, and children aboard two boats positioned side by side in an unidentified body of water. The canopied boat in back is the "Intrepid". A man and ...
Photograph

The Skori Excursion Boat

Date: 03 31 1949
Description: A large steel boat rests on a custom-built trailer pulled by a truck. The boat is named "Skori" and is 18 tons in weight; 60 feet long; 12 feet wide and h...
Photograph

Wisconsin Dells With Excursion Boat

Date: 
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Wisconsin River shoreline in the Wisconsin Dells. There is an excursion boat, The Dell Queen, visible in the lower le...
Photograph

Excursion Boating

Date: 
Description: View toward the front of an excursion boat on the St. Croix River. The rocky shoreline is lined with pine trees.
Photograph

Excursion Boat

Date: 
Description: Excursion boating on a river with palm trees in the background.
Photograph

Boarding an Excursion Boat

Date: 1910
Description: Passengers board the excursion boat "Crescent No. 1" as others look on from bridges. There is a large building in the background on the left, and a long, w...
Photograph

Playland Lake Boat House

Date: 
Description: View across water toward s large boathouse with a crowd of people in front, and an excursion boat in the foreground on Playland lake. Caption reads: "Roat ...
Photograph

The Miss Helen

Date: 1930
Description: The skipper guides the motor launch Miss Helen on the Wisconsin River in the Dells.
Photograph

The Seagull

Date: 1925
Description: The tour launch Seagull, of the Ryan Boat Line, on the Wisconsin River at the Dells. The Kilbourn bridge is in the background. The captain is the o...
Photograph

Boat Interior

Date: 1925
Description: The interior of an enclosed tourist motor launch, possibly the Seagull. Coach type seats line the sides. A glimpse of water and shoreline is visable...
Photograph

Excursion Boat

Date: 
Description: A view of an excursion boat, the "Dorianna," loaded with people on lake waters heading toward five young boys waiting on a dock.
Photograph

The "Okoboji"

Date: 1910
Description: A view of the double-decked excursion boat docked at a pier. The boat has many passengers on board, and other people are standing on the pier. Caption read...
Photograph

Excursion Boats

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of a group of excursion boats meeting at the pier.
Photograph

Chautauqua Park

Date: 
Description: View down pier, with people standing at the end, and two sailboats in the water, with the one on the left manned by two men. There is an excursion boat doc...
Photograph

Shepard of the Hills

Date: 
Description: An excursion boat, "Shepard of the Hills," carrying many passengers and flying a U.S. flag near the front.
Photograph

Outing on the Mississippi

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline toward two small excursion boats with six men and one boy stopped for a rest along the shore of the Mississippi River. Caption reads: "...
Photograph

"Rapid King" Steamship

Date: 1901
Description: View of the steamship "Rapid King" in the Lachine Rapids in the Saint Lawrence river near Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Many passengers are on board the ship, ...
Photograph

Steamships Arriving at Fox's Dock

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of three steamships arriving at Fox's Dock, an island in Lake Erie. People are waiting on the docks. A smaller ship is in the dock area as we...

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: