Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 45

Photograph

Aerial View of Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 1942
Description: Aerial view of Oscar Mayer & Company, 910 Mayer Avenue at Packers Avenue. Shows stock yards, railroad cars and automobile parking lot. Also shows C.E. & P....
Photograph

International Truck Hauling Barrels

Date: 1919
Description: Man hauling barrels of water(?) in the back of an International motor truck. The truck may be a Model F or Model H. The truck appears to be pulling away fr...
Photograph

Chippewa Falls Riverfront

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the riverfront, railroad tracks, and river, "as viewed from Joseph McGuire's."
Photograph

Water Tank

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks towards a water tank.
Postcard

Sectional View of the City

Date: 1905
Description: Colorized elevated view of Jefferson with numerous churches, businesses and residential homes, and a body of water in the foreground. Caption reads: "Secti...
Postcard

Frog Shop

Date: 
Description: View across road toward buildings, including a water tower. Caption reads: "Frog Shop, Tomah, Wis."
Photograph

P&H 5-Ton Monorail Hoist Loading Lumber onto Barge

Date: 1913
Description: View from water of Pawling & Harnischfeger 5-ton monorail hoist with a lumber handling unit, possibly in Pensacola, Florida. The monorail track extends ove...
Photograph

Sears and Roebuck Shoe Factory No. 1

Date: 
Description: View across water toward the Sears and Roebuck Shoe Factory No. 1. The factory is reflected in the water.
Photograph

Northern Lumber Mill

Date: 
Description: View from shoreline across water toward the mill. To the right of the main building are two smaller structures, with a watertower and silo behind. Two smok...
Photograph

Striking Workers with Signs

Date: 02 09 1951
Description: Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs.
Photograph

River Scene

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of river scene near Tivoli Island. A group of people are in a boat, and one person is in another boat nearby. A bridge and industrial buildin...
Photograph

Industrial Plant

Date: 
Description: View across water toward the back and side of the plant. Three young men in bathing suits sit on a wall over the bridge to the right.
Photograph

Dam and Industrial Buildings

Date: 
Description: View of a dam, with industrial buildings on the opposite shoreline. A factory building has a sign that reads: "Home of Old Hampshire Bond," and "Hampshire ...
Photograph

Depot and Yards

Date: 1929
Description: View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n...
Photograph

DuCharme House

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of foundation of the house built by Dominique DuCharme in 1790 and enlarged by Augustin Grignon after 1804. The Grignon family resided in the...
Photograph

Dredge Winneconne

Date: 
Description: View across water of the dredge "Winneconne" on the Fox River canal. Although undated the photograph was probably taken during the 1940s. The "Winneconne"...
Photograph

Municipal Light and Power Plant

Date: 1924
Description: The Municipal Light and Power Plant and water tower seen from across a pond.
Photograph

Bridge and Water Tower

Date: 1927
Description: View down middle of metal bridge across the Cornell Flowage. Across the lake, there is the pulpwood stacker on the left and a water tower on the right near...
Photograph

C.W.P. Company

Date: 1927
Description: Elevated view over dam of the site of the Cornell Wood Products Company. On the opposite shoreline is a pulpwood stacker, tall smokestack, water tower, and...
Photograph

International A-4 York-Hoover School Bus

Date: 1931
Description: International A-4 York-Hoover School Bus. This bus was equipped with 185-inch wheelbase and body number 498-C.

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: