Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 20

Photograph

YWCA Slim Swim

Date: 06 19 1967
Description: The "slim swim" program at the YWCA.
Photograph

Dumbbell Drill at Indian Industrial School

Date: 
Description: Male students performing a dumbbell drill inside the gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School.
Photograph

Dumbbell Drill At Indian Industrial School

Date: 1900
Description: Female students performing a dumbbell drill inside the gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School.
Photograph

Club Drill at Indian Industrial School

Date: 1900
Description: Male students performing a club drill inside the gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School.
Photograph

Proxmire Jogging

Date: 07 11 1967
Description: Senator William Proxmire jogging on the mall in front of the U.S. Capitol. Proxmire was a physical fitness advocate, and he was well known for his daily ru...
Photograph

Senator Chilsen and Bob Matthias

Date: 
Description: Former Olympic athlete Bob Matthias (left) and Republican Senator Chilsen and using exercise equipment. Matthias was also a Republican Congressman from Cal...
Photograph

Gymnastics Class

Date: 1915
Description: Five young women in a dance-like pose for a gymnastics class in one of Milwaukee's Social Centers.
Photograph

Summer Youth Project Dance Class

Date: 
Description: Three African American men, wearing no shirts or shoes, leaning over as if to stretch. At Highlander Folk School, part of the Summer Youth Project dance cl...
Photograph

Boys Day at the Pool

Date: 
Description: Boys Day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooks the boys swimming in the pool below.
Photograph

Men's Day at the Pool

Date: 
Description: Men's day at an indoor pool. A view from the balcony on the second floor overlooking one man sitting on the edge of the pool below.
Photograph

Camp Upton

Date: 1918
Description: Soldiers raise their arms during an exercise session in a field at Camp Upton, created in 1917.
Photograph

The Beach Health Class

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of men, women and children standing in long rows along the beach, with fingers touching their shoulders, caught in the middle of an exercise ...
Photograph

Camp St. John Exercise Drill

Date: 
Description: A group of boys at Camp St. John performs an exercise drill while wearing pajamas. The group is gathered on a hilltop in front of cabins and farmhouses. O...
Photograph

Pine Tree Camp

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of tents and girls exercising in formations at Pine Tree Camp. Trees and a flag pole stand to the left of the group and several tents stand i...
Photograph

The Samoset

Date: 1910
Description: A group of adults, mostly women, walk along the Rockland Breakwater. The Samoset Resort is in the background on the shoreline. Caption reads: "The Samoset ...
Print

Super Bowl Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of Super Bowl, a bowling alley in Appleton, Wisconsin, with five captioned illustrations along the left-hand side of the page promoting the soci...
Document

King's Gateway Hotel Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the King's Gateway Hotel of Land O' Lakes, Wisconsin, with header and footer color views of the hotel and neighboring Gateway Inn. There are ...
Photograph

Governor Anthony Earl Jogging in Woods

Date: 
Description: Governor Anthony Earl jogging through a dirt path in a wooded area. He is wearing a sweatshirt, pants and sneakers.
Photograph

Calisthenics

Date: 1938
Description: A child is posing, perhaps in mid push-up, in a front yard. A caption identifies the child as Rudy Vertiska.
Photograph

Rowing Machine

Date: 1915
Description: A profile view of Herbert Paul Brumder sitting shirtless on a rowing machine. There is an oriental-style carpet on the floor.

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: