Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Traffic signs and signals
Filter: Subject of cities and towns
| Date: | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th... |
| Date: | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be... |
| Date: | 09 06 1964 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mississippi River fishing town, bluff in background, looking south from a main street and showing arcade passage through store fronts. |
| Date: | 1873 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Locomotive, with view east on West Washington Avenue toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. There is a sign near the tracks that reads: "Look Out for The Cars... |
| Date: | 12 17 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wrecked pedestrian safety island, University Avenue and Francis Street, struck by the Rev. George E. Hunt. |
| Date: | 09 03 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Otto Bosshard standing in the background watching motorcycle patrolman Calbert James Sparks and a spectator push his wrecked car off a safety island at the... |
| Date: | 03 05 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu... |
| Date: | 03 05 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | New stoplight on E. Washington Avenue bridge over the Yahara river, facing West. A truck is going over the bridge. On the other side of the bridge are indu... |
| Date: | 01 06 1931 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A man stands at a safety zone in the middle of West Mifflin Street between lanes of traffic at the corner of State Street and N. Carroll Street, waiting to... |
| Date: | 03 28 1929 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Scaffolding rises up the walls of the University Avenue National Bank, 905 University Avenue, with an unusual traffic signal in the intersection. |
| Date: | 1948 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Signpost for Babcock Drive with the Agricultural Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus in the background. |
| Date: | 10 10 1939 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Railroad crossing, also showing the main street and the train depot. |
| Date: | 1944 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of intersection with pedestrians crossing the street in the town central business district. Businesses include three drugstores, a hotel, and a clothi... |
| Date: | 06 1947 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A family boarding a route #40 streetcar. A sign on the front of the car advertises midget auto racing at the State Fair grounds; the second urges people to... |
| Date: | 06 16 1963 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down street towards the Menasha railroad crossing and a Roman Catholic Church. |
| Date: | 1935 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View of covered bridge above the Wisconsin River, 1 mile from Boscobel. |
| Date: | 1950 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Caption reads: "Looking West on Main Ave." View down center of commercial area, with automobiles moving down the street, and parked along the curbs. A U.S.... |
| Date: | 1929 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Residential block of North Sherman Avenue between McPherson and Farragut Street, across from Sherman School. |
| Date: | 03 19 1972 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Exterior view of a house at 702 West Olin Avenue. It was built in either 1904 or 1890. Currently many of the architectural details have been removed, but i... |
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:
