Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Firearms
Filter: Year of 1800-1899
Filter: Year of 1880-1889
| Date: | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Members of the Wisconsin National Guard lined up at Camp Douglas. |
| Date: | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Chromolithograph advertising poster produced for the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company showing a McCormick binder stored in a shed in the middle of the ... |
| Date: | 06 1887 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Emma Protz, an unidentified woman (likely Julia Protz), and Clara Tester posing with "schuetzen-rifles." ... |
| Date: | 1882 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Cover of a catalog for the Saint Paul harvester and cord binder, "The Pioneer Cord Binder of the World," manufactured by the Saint Paul Harvester Works. Th... |
| Date: | 1889 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Stereograph from the Chicago Panorama of the Battle of Gettysburg Representing Pickett's Charge at 4 P.M., July 3rd, 1863: Repelling Pickett's Charge on Ri... |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Oil on linen study of a Confederate Civil War sharpshooter aiming his rifle, created as a preliminary study for a Civil War cyclorama. Although unsigned t... |
| Date: | 05 03 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting police in a horse-drawn wagon firing into a crowd of striking workers near the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company fact... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting a confrontation between police and protesters at the Haymarket in Chicago. Smoke from an explosion drifts in the backgro... |
| Date: | 1884 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Subheading states the center building to be the oldest house in Milwaukee, and built by Matthias Stein in January 1838. The home is only two stories tall,... |
| Date: | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Green Grass (HaWinChoKah), in period dress with the exception of his Ho-Chunk moccasins. He is holding a pistol, and his dog is lying next to his chair on ... |
| Date: | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A scene from a panoramic painting of Grant's assault on Vicksburg. |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Oil on linen study of a Union Civil War soldier with a rifle. The painting was created by one of a group of German panorama painters active in Milwaukee d... |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Oil painting of a Confederate Civil War soldier on the ground holding a rifle, created as a preliminary study for the Cyclorama of the Battle of Gettysburg... |
| Date: | 1886 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Oil on linen study of a Civil War soldier aiming a rifle, as seen from the rear. The study was created as part of the work of a group of German panorama a... |
| Date: | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Large group of cranberry harvesters posing with implements. Many of the individuals are wearing boutonnières and corsages made from cranberry sprigs. Many ... |
| Date: | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin National Guard members at the firing range. In the foreground, one man fires as two others watch. Several similar groups can be seen in the backg... |
| Date: | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin National Guard soldiers firing from a seated position at the Camp Douglas firing range. |
| Date: | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin National Guardsmen in full gear. One man in the foreground fills a tin cup from a spigot. |
| Date: | 1887 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wisconsin National Guardsmen standing in two rows for inspection. There are trees and bluffs in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill. |
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: