Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 401-420 of 3681

Postcard

Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: View across water along the right side of the Sauk City bridge, erected in 1922 to replace an old toll bridge. tree-covered hills are on the opposite shore...
Photograph

Black Hawk Bluff

Date: 1896
Description: View of Black Hawk Bluff, site of the Battle of Wisconsin Heights in the Black Hawk War.
Photograph

Aerial View of Interstate

Date: 1998
Description: North-facing aerial view of the interchange between Interstates 39/90 and US Routes 12/18 in the southeast of Madison. Femrite Drive can be seen passing be...
Photograph

Interstate Grading

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the intersection of the interstate highway with USH 12 between Baraboo and Lake Delton with the initial grading largely completed.
Photograph

Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction.
Photograph

Lincoln Highway

Date: 1912
Description: View down hill toward two cars passing each other along the Lincoln Highway near Bedford, Pennsylvania. The Lincoln Highway was conceived in 1912 by Carl F...
Photograph

Improved Rural Road

Date: 1918
Description: Amery Road near New Richmond. The photograph was taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association probably as an illustration of the kind of improved roads t...
Photograph

Stuck in the Mud

Date: 1898
Description: Two men attempt to move a buggy mired in the mud on a rutted, dirt road. One man is steadying the horse and his hat is laying in the middle of the road. Th...
Photograph

U.S. Highway 12 and 16

Date: 1926
Description: Car on a dirt highway west of Hustler. The highway is U.S. 12 and 16.
Postcard

Dirt Road in Antigo

Date: 
Description: Rural dirt road in the town of Antigo. Houses are in the distance.
Photograph

Improved Rural Road

Date: 1916
Description: Panoramic view of the section of State Highway 115 in Richland County known as Muscoda-Richland Center Road. Grading and improvement of this hilly section...
Photograph

La Crosse County Highway

Date: 1936
Description: Roadimprovements along the portion of US Highway 16 known as the La Crosse-West Salem Road. At the time, this road represented the ultimate in modern high...
Photograph

Motorcyclist on Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: Motorcyclist driving down a rural dirt road.
Photograph

Motorcycle Tour

Date: 
Description: Men, motorcycles and a car stopped on a rural dirt road. A sign on the back of the car reads "Milwaukee Journal Motorcycle Tour Press Car".
Photograph

Changing a Tire

Date: 1923
Description: Tire blowouts were a frequent hazard of early automobile travel.
Photograph

Out for a Spin

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard showing a man driving an early open automobile with a railroad overpass behind him. Caption reads: "Out for a Spin, Bonduel, Wis."
Photograph

Soviet Government Representatives at Farm

Date: 08 11 1944
Description: Six Russian representatives of the Soviet government observing a new McCormick-Deering Company Model 50-T hay baler at the Bowman Dairy Farm on Fish Hatche...
Photograph

Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
Photograph

Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...
Photograph

Muir's Fountain Lake Home

Date: 1923
Description: View of Fountain Lake (officially known as Ennis Lake), John Muir's boyhood home near Montello. The area is now a 125-acre State Natural Area. Fountain Lak...

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: