Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 31

Photograph

First Wisconsin Territorial Legislature Council House (First Capitol)

Date: 1870
Description: Council House of the first Wisconsin Territorial Legislature when it met at Belmont in 1836. A young boy or man wearing a hat stands in front near a fence.
Photograph

Oak Hill Cemetery

Date: 1876
Description: The Old York Cemetery. The 1872 headstone of Haldor, son of Syver and Martha Holland, is in the foreground, surrounded by a picket fence.
Photograph

Our Lady of the Holy Rosary

Date: 1900
Description: Church of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, a Catholic church built in 1866-1868.
Photograph

Methodist Episcopal Church

Date: 1895
Description: Front entrance to the Methodist Episcopal Church, the first parsonage built at Fayette.
Photograph

Building Used as Lodging House by Members of First Territorial Legislature

Date: 1955
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836. West end and south side.
Photograph

Building Used as Lodging House by Members of First Territorial Legislature

Date: 1957
Description: Building used as a lodging house for the First Territorial Legislature held in Belmont in 1836.
Photograph

Chicago Stageroad Marker

Date: 1915
Description: View of the Chicago Stageroad marker erected by the local Daughters of the American Revolution.
Photograph

Lumber Yard

Date: 
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of a lumber yard. A two-story building on the right has a sign that says: "Lovejoy & Ringham". There are fences, a sto...
Photograph

Main Street Looking South

Date: 
Description: View down middle of an unpaved road. There are shops and homes on the street down the hill, and pedestrians on the sidewalk. On the left, there is a pile o...
Photograph

View from Hill of Blanchardville

Date: 
Description: View from a hilltop looking down at the village. On the hilltop, there is a small tree. In the village are homes, a church, shops, and in the far distance,...
Photograph

View of Blanchardville

Date: 1913
Description: View of the village during the winter. There are many homes, shops, several churches and open land. Many of the buildings are two stories high.
Photograph

County Trunk F

Date: 1925
Description: View down steep road with guard rail. A car is parked on the side of the road on the right. Over the railing, there is a river and a town with a church bui...
Photograph

Scene on Pecatonica River

Date: 1925
Description: View from hill of a landscape with a winding river in a valley.
Photograph

High School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A...
Photograph

High School

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple ...
Photograph

Primitive Methodist Church

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior of the Primitive Methodist Church.
Photograph

Methodist Evangelical Church

Date: 1911
Description: Three-quarter view of the Methodist Evangelical Church on a hillside. It has a belfry with no steeple and windows shaped like elongated pentagons.
Photograph

Esther Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and f...
Photograph

Theodore Vinger Farm

Date: 1932
Description: The Theodore Vinger farmstead sits on gently rolling terrain. A painted sign on the large barn identifies the owner. At the time of the photograph, Martin ...
Photograph

Norman Peterson

Date: 1932
Description: Norman Peterson, age 11, holds the reins of a team of horses hitched to a harrow. He is a student at the Mud Branch School, District No. 2. On the reverse ...

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: