Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Hats
Filter: Subject of women
Filter: Subject of disasters
| Date: | 1871 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
| Date: | 08 03 1934 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down road towards a group of people looking at an overturned automobile belonging to Fred Swanson. Fred and Norma Swanson, Dorothy Thompson, Edward an... |
| Date: | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the Kickapoo & Northern Railway locomotive and cars seen here after being derailed due to flooding on the Kickapoo River. |
| Date: | 1923 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Destruction around the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo, following the 1923 Tokyo earthquake. The hotel was designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | An automobile is attempting to cross a flooded street as onlookers are watching. |
| Date: | 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon is below the heading: "Steering the Tractor". The cartoon depicts a man riding a per... |
| Date: | 09 02 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A large cloud of smoke blankets the end of the road, and snow covers the ground. Pedestrians are the sidewalks. A woman is running across the street, and a... |
| Date: | 1914 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Remains of the living quarters of Taliesin as seen from the courtyard after a fire destroyed most of the building. Several people are standing in the court... |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two women using McCormick-Deering relief tractors in a field damaged by the "tri-state tornado." The tractors appear to be 10-20s. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of debris, perhaps from tornado damage in the business district of New Richmond. A group of onlookers investigate the damage. Caption on stereograph r... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man works to clear debris in the aftermath of a tornado. Other men, women and children are gathered nearby. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A crowd gathers amid debris left from the aftermath of a tornado. Trees have been stripped of their limbs and bark, and houses have been flattened by the n... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A woman and her young daughter stand in a yard examining a house in the aftermath of a tornado. The house has one entire side missing, a tree leans over on... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Side view of a group of people looking at the debris left by a tornado from a covered horse-drawn carriage. In the foreground the roof of a houselies on th... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A small group of people stand in the yard of a damaged house that had its roof removed by a tornado, and moved off of its foundation, which is exposed on t... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | In the foreground a small group of men and women stand surrounded by the debres from a tornado. Storm damaged houses and relief workers are visible in the ... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Rear view of a small group of women and children observing the aftermath of a tornado. They are standing on boards, and debris covers the ground. |
| Date: | 07 12 1917 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Crowd at a train station in Vyatka, Russia. Smoke in the background is coming from a burning railway ice-house. |
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: