Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 141-160 of 185

Photograph

Manchester's, Incorporated, Playtex Window Display

Date: 06 05 1956
Description: H.S. Manchester's, Incorporated, 2 East Mifflin Street, window display featuring "Playtex Panty Briefs" and mannequin, with decorated tube packaging for br...
Photograph

Hill's Department Store Display Window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses with five mannequins and a sign stating: "Excitement of Wash 'n Wear."
Photograph

Hill's Department Store display window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses with three mannequins and a sign stating "Excitement of Chemise".
Photograph

Hill's Department Store display window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses and hats with five mannequins and a sign stating "summer Dress Carnival"...
Photograph

Hill's Department Store Display Window

Date: 05 01 1958
Description: Hill's Department Store, 202 State Street, display window featuring summer dresses with black and white checks. Includes five mannequins and a sign stating...
Photograph

Ruth Harris and "Henry"

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Ruth Harris, acting curator of the Wisconsin Historical Society, is putting a man's coat from 1870 on a mannequin named Henry or Henrietta, if it is dresse...
Photograph

Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
Photograph

Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
Photograph

Teen-Ager Fashion Show at Manchester's

Date: 05 10 1957
Description: Colleen O'Brien, sophomore at East High School, modeling a light blue cotton Dacron dress, with her hand resting on the back of a chair, for a Vogue patter...
Photograph

Manchester's Show Window

Date: 01 02 1946
Description: Manchester's show window titled "A Tribute to Madison" and featuring pages from the Saturday Evening Post article about Madison being a "miniature m...
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Historical Object

Worth Gown

Date: 1880
Description: Gown made by Charles Frederick Worth of Paris for Frances Fairchild, wife of Wisconsin Governor Lucius Fairchild.
Photograph

Historic Christmas Tableau

Date: 11 27 1946
Description: Helen Weinstein, left, and Donna Grossman, observe a special Christmas season exhibit in the State Historical Museum featuring two life-sized dolls in a Ch...
Photograph

Rundell's Display Window

Date: 12 15 1948
Description: Display window at Rundell's, a men's clothing store at 15 East Main Street. The display window is decorated with Christmas wreaths. The display features va...
Photograph

Fashion Show Models with High School All-State Football Players

Date: 12 18 1948
Description: Three female models that took part in a fashion show for the Wisconsin All-State Football Squad during a dinner at Manchester's Madison Room, shown with fi...
Photograph

Display Window of Rundell's Inc. Men's Clothing Store

Date: 06 22 1949
Description: Display window of Rundell's Inc., a men's clothing store, 15 East Main Street, featuring "Northcool Tropical" suits.
Photograph

Bridal Shop

Date: 08 03 1949
Description: Co-owners Eunice Mills (left) of 823 University Avenue, and Mrs. Ron (Ruth) Rosa of 305 Merrill Crest Drive arrange a satin wedding gown and veil on a mann...
Photograph

Van Dyke Collection Exhibit

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Mrs. Herbert V. Kohler stands next to a mannequin dressed in a gown made for Mrs. George Douglass Van Dyke in 1873. Mrs. Kohler is chairman of the Women's...
Photograph

Van Dyke Collection Exhibit

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Three mannequins stand on a display at a garden party as part of the collection on exhibit at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Items are from the...
Photograph

Cinderella Shop Store Window, Bridal Dresses

Date: 09 19 1953
Description: Mannequins in bridal dresses stand on display in the window of Cinderella Shop, located at 8 South Carroll Street.

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: