Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-17 of 17

Photograph

Father with Three Children

Date: 05 1958
Description: A father, Peter Froeming, watching as his three children George, Robert, and Roseann are playing with wooden blocks, with a small toy canoe in the foregrou...
Photograph

The Riesen Family

Date: 05 28 1955
Description: The Riesen family, John, Jeanne, Linda and Jon, playing in their home.
Photograph

Southern Wisconsin Shuffleboard Tournament

Date: 04 18 1949
Description: After four weeks of qualifying play, the champion of the Southern Wisconsin shuffleboard tournament was to be declared the following Sunday afternoon and n...
Photograph

Kaether's Bar Shuffleboard Team

Date: 03 01 1951
Description: Group portrait of the Kaether's Bar shuffleboard team, which is scheduled to play in the finals of the city championship tournament. Pictured from left to ...
Photograph

Silver Dollar Bar Shuffleboard Team

Date: 03 01 1951
Description: Group portrait of the Silver Dollar Tavern shuffleboard team, which is playing in the finals of the city championship tournament. Pictured from left to ri...
Photograph

The Inter-Club Olympics

Date: 02 21 1952
Description: Three men are squatting on the floor, and another man is standing and pointing at rubber horseshoes. Left to right are: Arlo Anderson, Paul Steul, Al Hoess...
Photograph

Easter Seal Sales Help the Handicapped

Date: 03 10 1952
Description: Enjoying a game of checkers at the Madison Community center are three members of the Happy Hour club, a social organization for handicapped adults. From le...
Photograph

Boxing at Neighborhood House Family Night

Date: 1948
Description: A boy with boxing gloves sitting and awaiting his turn in the ring, with a man and another boy crouching on either side of him and other children behind th...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 7-11

Date: 
Description: I had to know the point to which the path was tracked
and when the definition would cease to be my own
Photograph

Anniversary of the Loft Youth Center

Date: 02 14 1956
Description: Tournament champions are awarded trophies at a party to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Loft Youth Center. They include, left to right: Joan Miller, ...
Photograph

National Paddleball Tournament

Date: 12 15 1961
Description: Madison's white-shirted Bob Westervelt, left, and Red Wilson have Ted Wahl, center, and Bill Pire of Eau Claire on the run to a victory in the national pad...
Photograph

Man Posing Indoors with Fishing Rod

Date: 
Description: A man sitting on a box posing with a fishing rod. He is wearing a hat, coat, and hip waders folded over at the knees.
Photograph

Gervasi's Tavern

Date: 05 22 1953
Description: Six men are standing behind a shuffle board table, with one man holding a trophy, in John Gervasi's Tavern, 713 Regent Street.
Photograph

"Jacks" Tournament at University of Wisconsin Sorority

Date: 03 27 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin student, Dave Hubbard, from Rockford, Illinois, is playing jacks while kneeling on the floor. He is competing in a tournament at th...
Photograph

"Jacks" Tournament at University of Wisconsin Sorority

Date: 03 27 1954
Description: Sue Fehland from Wausau and Mary Heiser from Freeport, Illinois, are watching Ken Hauser from Ridgewood N.J., who is taking a turn at jacks while kneeling ...
Photograph

"Jacks" Tournament at University of Wisconsin Sorority

Date: 03 27 1954
Description: Bruce Slagg of Evanston, Illinois, and Jane Forman (Alpha Phi social chairman) posing sitting behind the trophy, which is an oversized jack and a tennis ba...
Photograph

After Dinner Entertainment

Date: 1978
Description: Two women and a man are performing a skit in front of the brick fireplace in the living room at Forest Lodge. One woman is holding a paper fan and wearing...

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: