Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 52

Photograph

Steele's Tavern, Virginia

Date: 1900
Description: Run-down building with a stone chimney in a rural landscape. The photograph is identified as "Steele's Tavern." Cyrus McCormick successfully demonstrated h...
Photograph

Town Valley

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the town in the valley, with houses, other buildings, a bridge, and roads. Caption reads: "General view of Loomis, Wash."
Photograph

Hotel in Sugar Hill

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a large hotel located in a broad valley near Mount Lafayette and Cannon Mountain.
Photograph

Flathead Reservation

Date: 
Description: A distant view of the Flathead Reservation and the snow-capped Mission Mountains. Caption reads: "Mission Range Flathead Reservation."
Photograph

The Spanish Peaks

Date: 
Description: A view of the Spanish Peaks from the Bozeman vicinity. Caption reads: "Spanish Peaks Near Bozeman Montana."
Photograph

Cars on Dirt Road to Town

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of two cars on a dirt road heading downhill. A town is in the valley below, and mountains are in the distance.
Photograph

Distant View of Ketchum, Idaho

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the city in a valley. Caption reads: "Ketchum, Idaho."
Photograph

Bear Town Mountain

Date: 
Description: Bear Town Mountain from Cherry Hill. A man and a horse-drawn wagon are posing near homes that are scattered through the valley setting.
Photograph

Elevated View of a Settled Valley

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of homes in a valley. In the foreground is a mining-car bridge, numerous buildings, and factory smokestacks. Caption reads: "Cambria, WYO."
Photograph

Pulp Mill

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Parsons Pulp Mill, operated from 1902 to 1927, when it was permanently shut down.
Photograph

Norwegian Mountain Village

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a town and body of water in a valley in Roldal, Norway. Two people in a horse-drawn vehicle are in the foreground on the road leading from...
Photograph

View of Kenesaw Mountain, GA

Date: 1866
Description: A fence or battlement, with battered trees overlooking a valley. Kenesaw Mountain is in the distance.
Photograph

Mission Ridge Scene of Sherman's Attack

Date: 1866
Description: Location of Sherman's attack at Chattanooga. There is a road, trees and shrubs in the foreground, overlooking a valley. Mountains are in the distance.
P...
Photograph

The Crest of Mission Ridge

Date: 1866
Description: A road runs up the side of Mission Ridge with several trees. Trees and shrubs are in the foreground, overlooking a valley. Mountains are in the distance.
Photograph

Orchard Knob from Mission Ridge

Date: 1866
Description: View from Mission Ridge of the valley floor where fighting took place.
Plate 10
Photograph

Mission Ridge from Orchard Knob

Date: 1866
Description: A rocky ridge with bushes and scrub atop Mission Ridge is in the foreground. Orchard Knob is in the distance. The valley where the fighting took place is i...
Photograph

Pass in the Raccoon Range Whiteside No. 2

Date: 1864
Description: View down hillside of Union soldiers standing in front of a group of tents. There is a valley and mountains in the distance.
Plate 07
Photograph

Pass in the Raccoon Range Whiteside No. 1

Date: 1864
Description: Union soldiers stand by their tents in front of a trestle bridge on the railroad line that spans a valley. A mountain is in the background.
Plate 06
Photograph

Whiteside Valley Below the Bridge

Date: 1864
Description: View down to valley of Union soldiers posing on the roof of a log building. A log bridge crosses a stream, and many trees are on the hillsides.
Plate 05...
Photograph

Dunville Notch

Date: 
Description: View of a mountain pass named Dunville Notch. A group of farmhouses are located among trees and a dirt road.

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: