Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-12 of 12

Postcard

Lake Park and Drive

Date: 
Description: Elevated view with the lake on the right, with a number of boats near the shoreline. There is a long winding road through the park, including bridges, a fo...
Photograph

Yahara River

Date: 1918
Description: View from shoreline of people rowing on the Yahara River on Madison's East Side. The Malt House, 1603 Sherman Avenue, is in the background.
Photograph

Woodlawn Bay

Date: 
Description: Path on tree-lined shoreline with rowboats. A section of a porch is on the left, other dwellings and piers in the distance.
Photograph

Irvine Park

Date: 1910
Description: Margery Bish sitting on the wooden stairs at Irvine Park. Two men are standing further back on the tree-lined path. Irvine Park was established in 1906 on ...
Photograph

Scene in Bradley Park

Date: 
Description: Elevated ciew of Bradley Park, named in 1910 after the consolidation of 105 acres previously referred to as Prospect Point and Hog's Back. A man observes m...
Photograph

Path to Lyndale Bay Resort Cabins

Date: 1938
Description: Cabins around clearing in the woods at Lyndale Bay Resort on Upper Eau Claire Lake.
Photograph

The Best Fishing Grounds in Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: View down dirt road along the shoreline of Crystal Lake. A man and a child stand under a tree's shade, near a pier where a man is seated on the dock. There...
Map or Atlas

Outdoor Guide Map of the Lakeland Area

Date: 1964
Description: This 1964 maps shows roads, boat landings and marinas, campgrounds, canoe trails and portages, and lakes and streams in parts of Vilas, Oneida, and Iron co...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 161-165

Date: 
Description: Please listen to the great owl
Please listen to the education

Please learn how to save hard things
for the easy way
Map or Atlas

Cable Area Recreation Map: Cable, Clam Lake, Drummond, Grand View, Namakagon

Date: 1990
Description: This map shows various types of trails, boat landings, canoe areas, public beaches, picnic areas, campgrounds, golf courses, public tennis courts, and othe...
Postcard

The Yahara River Between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona

Date: 
Description: Elevated view from shoreline of the Yahara River, with a path running along the shoreline on the left, and a bridge in the distance. Boats are docked near ...
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Wagon Carrying a Duck Boat

Date: 1904
Description: A horse-drawn wagon is carrying a clinker-built duck boat and two men, with their backs to the camera, on a dirt path through the woods to Archibald Lake.

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: