Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 20

Photograph

Panoramic Resort at Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1930
Description: View of a row of cabins at the Panoramic Resort. There are two cars parked on the left.
Postcard

Fisherman's Home, Bear Island

Date: 09 24 1910
Description: View of several fisherman's homes on Bear Island, one of the islands that make up the Apostle Islands. An American flag is flying between buildings and a d...
Photograph

View from Kirkland Hotel

Date: 1922
Description: View of Devil's Lake from the shore of the Kirkland Hotel, located at the southeast corner of the lake. There is building, perhaps a boathouse, on the shor...
Photograph

Old Homestead at Bonnie View Resort

Date: 1930
Description: Cottage, with a spinning wheel on the porch, at the Bonnie View Resort near Devil's Lake.
Photograph

Quiet Reflections

Date: 05 1968
Description: Elevated view from riverbank of a family enjoying a canoe ride on the Wisconsin River, in Tower Hill State Park. The trees are thick on both shorelines.
Photograph

Rocky Challenge

Date: 09 1968
Description: View looking up at two boys climbing the tumbled slabs of rock at Devil's Lake State Park.
Photograph

Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1945
Description: University students on a field trip to Devil's Lake State Park climb the trail up through the piles of talus (broken rocks) on the slope. A couple in the f...
Photograph

Calendar

Date: 1946
Description: Two canoes are pulled up on the shoreline in the Flambeau River State Forest.
Photograph

Snowshoe Trail

Date: 02 1957
Description: Snowshoe tracks crossing a fresh snowfall in Pattison State Park. The tracks disappear around a curve into the trees.
Photograph

Copper Falls

Date: 1950
Description: Copper Falls plunging over rocks on the Bad River in Copper Falls State Park.
Postcard

Devil's Doorway

Date: 12 13 1913
Description: Text on front reads: "Bird's Eye View from Devil's Doorway. Devil's Lake, Wis." Elevated view of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's L...
Postcard

Messengers Shore

Date: 06 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Messengers Shore, Devils [sic] Lake, Wis." Cottages and piers on the rocky shore of Devil's Lake. Tree-covered bluffs rise behind the...
Postcard

Devil's Lake

Date: 09 14 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Devils [sic] Lake, Baraboo, Wis." An elevated view of the lake from the bluffs. Trees and rocks are on the shoreline.
Postcard

Ann Mitchell Library

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Ann Mitchell Library-Tower Hill, Wis." A one-story, wooden building with a wrap-around veranda and broad front steps surrounded by tr...
Postcard

"At the Turn of the Road"

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "'At the Turn of the Road' Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wisconsin." Scene of autumn color on the road leading into Potowatomi S...
Postcard

Picture Rock at the Ledges

Date: 1935
Description: Text on front reads: "Picture Rock at the Ledges, Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wisconsin." A sailboat on Sturgeon Bay seen between a rock formation ...
Postcard

Sawyer Harbor and Cabot's Point

Date: 1940
Description: Text on front reads: "Sawyer Harbor and Cabot's Point from Tower, Potowatomi State Park, Door County, Wis." Elevated view across Sawyer Harbor towards Stur...
Postcard

Big Manitou Falls

Date: 08 07 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "Big Manitou Falls, Ht. 165 Ft., Pattison State Park, Superior, Wis." The falls are on the Black River and surrounded by shrubs and ro...
Postcard

State Forest Reserve

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "State Forest Reserve, Trout Lake, Wis." A two-story log building with a rubble stone foundation. The porch and stairs have ornate pin...
Postcard

Devil's Post Office

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Devil's Post Office, Mirror Lake, Delton, Wis. (Near The Dells of The Wisconsin.)" A rock formation with a hole in it on the shore of...

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: