Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 27

Photograph

Every House Appliance Co. Trailer

Date: 08 13 1936
Description: Every-House Appliance Co. trailer with a sign that reads: "Every house needs Westinghouse," 114 E. Main Street.
Photograph

Every House Appliance Co. Trailer

Date: 08 13 1936
Description: Every-House Appliance Co. trailer with a sign that reads: "Every house needs Westinghouse," 114 E. Main Street.
Postcard

City Park

Date: 1915
Description: City Park with the soldiers' and sailors' monument, a fountain, gazebo, and several park benches. Caption reads: "Soldiers and Sailors Monument, City Park,...
Photograph

Museum of Medical Progress

Date: 1962
Description: The Museum of Medical Progress at the site of Fort Crawford military hospital.
Photograph

Trailer Explosion

Date: 05 04 1948
Description: A house trailer, owned by Edward Kirby, exploded at the Taylor trailer camp, 1038 South Park Street. The explosion was caused by a bottle gas leak. Kirby a...
Photograph

Campaign Trailer

Date: 1962
Description: A car and a trailer covered with "Gaylord Nelson for U.S. Senator" posters sits parked on a neighborhood street.
Photograph

Olin Park Trailer Camp

Date: 01 14 1949
Description: House trailers in the Olin Park trailer camp near Murphy's Creek (now Wingra Creek) entrance to Lake Monona, the site where two 2-year-old residents of the...
Photograph

University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Housing Project

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison student housing project at Monroe Street. There was housing at Monroe Street and Randall Avenue for marrie...
Photograph

Industrial Tractor with Pneumatic Tires

Date: 08 17 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor equipped with pneumatic tires and Hercules vacuum brake system to pull a specially designed semi-tr...
Photograph

Confiscated Sturgeon

Date: 1942
Description: Warden Kramer and an assistant hold up confiscated sturgeon caught with illegal snag lines.
Photograph

Material Transit Company Truck

Date: 1939
Description: A man from the Material Transit Company drives an International D-50 dump truck to unload what appears to be gravel or rocks. There are houses on a hill in...
Photograph

Farmall H Tractor in Woodville Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Helmuth Strobush and his son Jerry haul scrap metal with a Farmall H tractor and a McCormick-Deering farm wagon. The tractor is parked near a co-op service...
Photograph

Elks Float and Lodge

Date: 1935
Description: A parade float decorated with bunting, a large, 48-star American flag, and a mounted elk's head is parked in front of the Baraboo Elks Lodge. The large st...
Photograph

Dairy Days Parade

Date: 1950
Description: Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ...
Photograph

Before It Was the Historymobile

Date: 04 1954
Description: Rollohome mobile home as received from the factory and parked at Reynolds Transfer and Storage Co. on E. Main Street prior to being moved to the State Hist...
Photograph

International Truck on the Ohio River Boulevard

Date: 1944
Description: Continental Transportation Lines, Inc. operating an International semi-truck on a highway with an industrial area in the background. Original caption reads...
Photograph

International KR-12 with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1946
Description: View from side of a road of an International KR-12 truck equipped with 149 inch wheel base and semi-trailer. There is a cityscape in the background.
Photograph

International KB-7 Moving Truck

Date: 1947
Description: View from across a residential street of a moving scene. Men are loading household items into an International KB-47 truck owned by Security Storage Compan...
Photograph

International KR-11 Truck with Semi-Trailer

Date: 1944
Description: International KR-11 truck with semi-trailer (semi-truck) parked on a rural road. The truck was owned and operated by West Motor Freight of Boyertown, Penns...
Photograph

International K-8 Moving Truck

Date: 1945
Description: View across street of an International K-8 truck in a residential driveway. Original caption reads: "the new type units being operated by Aero Mayflower Tr...

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: