Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Ships
Filter: Subject of selling
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Cover from songbook used on the "S.S. North American." Back cover advertises the sailings of the "North American" and "South American." Includes pic... |
| Date: | 05 15 1897 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance. |
| Date: | 1876 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view showing Elmore and Kelly's Elevator with a boat, train, and the buildings at Fort Howard. Fort Howard was incorporated into Green Bay. Captio... |
| Date: | 1910 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Caption reads: "The Great Northern. One of the largest Elevators in the World, Superior, Wis." |
| Date: | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr... |
| Date: | 1866 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view over storefronts and the river. Plate 49 |
| Date: | 1921 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Shipowner Cappy Ricks (played by Charles Abbe) and seamen Matt Peasley (Thomas Meighan) and Ole Peterson (Ivan Linow) onboard a ship in a publicity still f... |
| Date: | 10 18 1926 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German movie star arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 return... |
| Date: | 10 18 1926 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Original caption attached to the print: "Emil Jannings German actor arrived today. Emil Jannings, German actor who was born in Brooklyn in 1886 returned to... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Battleship U.S.S. Wisconsin at sea with several men on deck. The mounted photograph was a promotional item for Northwestern National Insurance, Co. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Letterhead of the Horn's Pier (Door County) office of Horn & Joseph, dealers in general merchandise, including "Wood, Bark, Ties, Telegraph Poles, Posts, &... |
| Date: | 1893 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bird’s-eye view of Depere looking North. Includes illustrations and an index to points of interest. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | The world is flat; we get around this stretched credulity by going straight as an arrow and meeting ourselves in a space of time |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Letterhead of Johnson & Melaas, merchant tailors and cloth dealers, "Buyers of wool and Wisconsin leaf tobacco," with an engraving of a waterfront view of ... |
| Date: | 1892 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Engraving of an elevated view of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company Menomonee Tannery in Milwaukee. A railroad runs along the side of the factory. Pleas... |
| Date: | 1898 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Bird's-eye view of the Manitowoc Harbor facing east from Northern Grain Company's Elevator B. In the foreground, Mathews & Keith's pile driver scow is secu... |
| Date: | 09 24 1908 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Text on front reads: "River Scene and S.S. Christopher Columbus, Milwaukee, Wis." The only whaleback ship ever built for passenger service is moored at the... |
| Date: | 1937 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Front cover of a souvenir folder of Superior. Caption on front reads: "Largest Iron Ore and Coal Docks in the World." A ship named "Ashcroft" is depicted l... |
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:
