Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Hats
Filter: Subject of transportation
Filter: Subject of sports spectators
| Date: | 10 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Slightly elevated view of drivers making last minute adjustments to their automobiles at the start of the Milwaukee Grand Prize race (later called the Amer... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Motorcyclists at the start of the race, probably at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. |
| Date: | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." Spectators sit on the railroad bed at Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | 1877 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, June 21st & 22nd, 1877." A stereograph showing spectators gathered behind the starter's cannon on Devil's Lake. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd is watching as a motorcycle racer prepares to cross the finish line. Although unidentified, the race is thought to have taken place at the State Fa... |
| Date: | 07 14 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | One horse and racer on the track in front of the judges stand during a harness race at a fairgrounds. Signs visible promote county fairs in Darlington and ... |
| Date: | 10 20 1945 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Man in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Wisconsin-Illinois football game at Camp Randall Stadium. He is possibly Robert Butts, the founder of the annua... |
| Date: | 07 12 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Crowds at the race course watching harness racing in Washington Park. There are three racers, and a crowd of spectators is sitting in the grandstands, on t... |
| Date: | 10 05 1912 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bob Burman, left, leans on a #31 Benz race car. Caleb Bragg, winner of Grand Prize Race in 1912, on road course in Wauwatosa, faces the camera. The other t... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A long row of cars is lined up across the track on display. On the left side is the "Blitzen Benz". A grandstand is in the background. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two motorcyclists are racing by while several men are watching from behind a railing. One man standing on the track in the foreground is holding a flag. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men are racing small horse-drawn buggies on a dirt track at an exhibition at the Pabst Farms. The man on the left is identified as Fred Pabst, Milwauke... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two cyclists round a turn on Jackson County Fairground racetrack. The grandstand and judges' stand is in the background. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Cyclists in a race at the Jackson County Fairground cross the finish line near the judges' stand. |
| Date: | 1905 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a horse racing track and spectators. Sulkies, which are two-wheeled, one-person carriages drawn by a single horse, are racing. The race ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Men and women are lined up in their parked cars to watch the State Fair automobile race. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A line of cars ready for the start of a race, possibly taking place at the State Fair. Spectators are in the background. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group of spectators including men, women, and children standing at a railing watching some type of sporting event in a field where a large crowd is gathe... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Large crowd of people around a viewing platform at what appears to be a horse race or possibly a sporting event. |
| Date: | 05 07 1951 |
|---|---|
| Description: | George "Dad" Thompson, (left) and Matt Brossard sitting on a bench at Vilas Park Diamond #2 while watching the St James CYO vs. Hardy's softball game, whic... |
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: