Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 24

Photograph

Robert Neal Serving Cornish Pasty

Date: 1942
Description: Robert Neal serving Cornish pasty at Pendarvis.
Photograph

Last Day of School

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at Strawberry School pose behind a table laden with food brought for the "last day of school" picnic. The children wear "good" clothes; two boys wit...
Photograph

Waving Man

Date: 
Description: Unidentified middle-aged man at a banquet, waving.
Photograph

Three Men Tasting Honey

Date: 10 1969
Description: Three men standing in front of a window curtain sampling honey.
Print

Black Steer Wine List Menu

Date: 
Description: Wine list menu for The Black Steer, with a waiter holding a serving tray with a bottle and two glasses, and making an "okay" motion with his other hand; in...
Photograph

Eigthtieth Birthday Celebration

Date: 12 1913
Description: Eightieth birthday celebration for Harriet Millard Smith, mother-in-law to Dr. Joseph Smith. The family is gathered around the dinning room table, which is...
Photograph

Obey on Diplomatic Plane

Date: 1994
Description: Congressman David Obey on a diplomatic airplane with a group of seated colleagues. He is standing on the right.
Photograph

Obey and Nelson Shake Hands

Date: 1962
Description: Congressman David Obey and Senator Gaylord Nelson shake hands as Joan Obey looks on. The occasion was a dinner, and a man and woman sit at a table with foo...
Print

R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam Dinner Menu

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Dinner menu from the Holland-America Line ship R.M.S. Nieuw Amsterdam, with "A Repast About 1830," with men, women, and a child gathered around a ta...
Photograph

Unknown Man Feeding Chickens

Date: 1899
Description: An unknown man is standing and feeding chickens in a farm yard. A barn is in the background on the left.
Photograph

Saloon of a Sailing Ship

Date: 1835
Description: An illustration of three men sitting at a table in a saloon on a steamboat.
Photograph

Charley Pfister Retains His Pancake Eating Title

Date: 12 09 1961
Description: Charley Pfister, Verona, retained his pancake eating title by eating 21 6-inch pancakes in 15 minutes at the 3rd annual "Pancake Day" sponsored by the Madi...
Photograph

Punch Table, Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Co. Outing

Date: 08 26 1906
Description: Exterior view of the punch table at a company picnic under trees. A man stands in the foreground looking at the camera while holding a knife, and the woman...
Photograph

Brooks McCormick at the 39th Chicago World Trade Conference

Date: 1976
Description: Brooks McCormick sitting at a table at a dinner during the 39th Chicago World Trade Conference. He is sitting next to another man and they are looking at a...
Photograph

Vel Phillips Receiving an Honorary Poem

Date: 01 03 1978
Description: Liesl Blockstein of the Wisconsin Women's Political Caucus presenting guest-of honor, Vel Phillips, with an honorary poem at a reception at the L'Etoile Re...
Photograph

"Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" Journalists

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" journalists sitting at tables. From left to right: Rick Wood, Dan Bice, Patrick Marley, Mary Spicuzza, and Craig Gilbert are w...
Photograph

Hillside Block Unit — Midget Unit Christmas Party

Date: 1957
Description: A group of smiling children posing with three adults. They are standing behind a table covered with baked goods, and Christmas decorations are on the wall ...
Photograph

Activities of Firemen at the Central Fire Station

Date: 01 20 1954
Description: Harold Hansen (left) and Fred Manthe making chili for the firemen's dinner. Hansen is standing next to the stove stirring a deep pot with one hand, and is ...
Photograph

Historical Society Staff at Lunch on the Terrace

Date: 06 1955
Description: Members of the staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin at lunch on the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace. Foreground, with cigarett...
Photograph

Yellow Band Wiener Taste Testing

Date: 
Description: Slightly elevated view of men and women sitting around a table, sampling slices of Oscar Mayer meat products in the Oscar Mayer laboratory. A women in a lo...

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: