Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 64

Photograph

Women Hiking

Date: 10 25 1912
Description: Five young women walking across a field. The hand-lettered caption reads: "The hiker's stride."
Photograph

Family Camping

Date: 1890
Description: A family campsite with a woman and three boys standing next to a canvass wall tent. In front of the tent is a campfire with pots, and a log with a hatchet ...
Photograph

Camp Tent

Date: 
Description: Man, woman and two children putting up a tent by some trees.
Photograph

Golfing near Belmont Avenue and outer Lake Shore Drive

Date: 1933
Description: Woman playing golf at Sydney R. Marovitz(?) golf course near Belmont Avenue. The Chicago skyline is in the background.
Photograph

Woman Golfer

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Unidentified woman golfer posing outdoors at the Maple Bluff Country Club.
Photograph

Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Pictured at the Maple Bluff Country Club are Mrs. John Clauder of Milwaukee Westmoor Club, left, and Mrs. Marian Callahan, Madison, Blackhawk Club, who wil...
Photograph

Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 15 1949
Description: Marian Callahn swinging a golf club at Maple Bluff Country Club. She was a leader after the qualifying round of the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association tou...
Photograph

Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 20 1949
Description: Joan Coffeen, Green Bay, and Mrs. John Clauder, Milwaukee, who will pair off in the semi-final round of the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament a...
Photograph

Wisconsin Women's Golf Association Tournament

Date: 07 20 1949
Description: Mrs. Floyd Vlight and Mrs. Vern Bell standing beside each other at Maple Bluff Country Club. The two women staged the longest match during the Wisconsin W...
Photograph

Women Golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club

Date: 05 17 1950
Description: Women golfers at Maple Bluff Country Club. Virginia Sprague (right), chairman of the women's Maple Bluff rules committee, and Esther Hermsen prepare to put...
Photograph

Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of women wearing uniforms of knee-length skirts and dark tights taking to the field to play a game of field hockey at Hampton Institute. Spec...
Photograph

Philharmonic Chorus Picnic

Date: 07 28 1953
Description: Four members of the Philharmonic Chorus at a picnic table at their annual picnic. Shown left to right are: Mrs. Ruth (Robert M.) Foster, Mrs. Catherine McC...
Postcard

Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ...
Postcard

Devil's Doorway, Devil's Lake

Date: 08 20 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of the rock formation called the Devil's Doorway in Devil's Lake State Park. Trees can be seen to the right and below. The lake, bluffs ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Women's Golf Association State Tournament

Date: 07 13 1954
Description: Karl Schlicht, Blackhawk Country Club professional, and caddy chairman Charline Larson are pictured with two twin caddies, David Pearson and Dennis Pearson...
Photograph

Mendota Yacht Club Hosts Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta

Date: 07 31 1954
Description: The 53rd annual Inland Lake Yachting Association Regatta hosted by the Mendota Yacht Club is held in Madison August 22, 1954. Pictured are three members of...
Photograph

Ojibwa Roadside Park Picnic

Date: 1940
Description: A group of people having a picnic at the Ojibwa Roadside Park. There are several cars and trucks in the background, and a small building. The picnic tables...
Photograph

Neighborhood Scene

Date: 
Description: Outdoor view across lawn toward a European American woman posing standing on the porch of a wooden house. A girl is posing sitting on a wagon behind a wood...
Photograph

Madison Figure Skating Club Holds Free Figure Skating Clinic

Date: 12 23 1964
Description: The Madison Figure Skating Club holding a free figure skating clinic for elementary school children and teenagers at the Madison Ice Arena, 1834 Commercial...
Photograph

Odanah Indian Fair

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated group portrait of men, women and children posing at the fairgrounds at Odanah. Most of the people are Native Americans, probably Ojibwe, with a nu...

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: