Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 28

Photograph

Gasoline Station in Early Morning Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Street scene with a Shell gasoline station, the Kitty Korner Kafe, and a phone booth in early morning fog.
Photograph

Street Corner

Date: 07 05 1965
Description: Street corner with gasoline station, 7-Up sign in front of restaurant next door, and several storefronts across the street.
Photograph

Senator Kennedy Campaigning

Date: 1960
Description: Senator John F. Kennedy, Democratic presidential candidate, campaigning in Gays Mills during Wisconsin's primary.
Photograph

Proxmire Walking Through Wisconsin in Winter

Date: 12 22 1972
Description: Senator William Proxmire walked thousands of miles in Wisconsin to meet constituents. Here he is, in a snowmobile suit, shaking hands with a woman outside ...
Photograph

Black Hawk Tree

Date: 
Description: The Black Hawk Tree growing in the middle of the street, now East Black Hawk Avenue. There are houses on the left and the road is lined with trees planted...
Photograph

Villa Louis

Date: 1979
Description: Villa Louis, home of Hercules Dousman.
Photograph

Burlington Railroad Tracks

Date: 1918
Description: View of the Burlington Railroad tracks south of the city, near Campion College. Dwellings are across a field, and snow-covered bluffs are in the background...
Photograph

Fort Crawford

Date: 
Description: Fort Crawford Hospital. Snow is on the ground.
Photograph

Campion College Building

Date: 1864
Description: Oval-framed view of Lawler Hall at Campion College. This image was made during the Civil War when the building was used as a U.S. Military hospital. Prior ...
Photograph

Brisbois House

Date: 1920
Description: View of the front and right side of the Brisbois house. An automobile is parked on the right.
Photograph

Country Road

Date: 09 09 1961
Description: View down a country road with fences on both sides. In the distant sky, a cumulonimbus cloud is backlit by the sun. A farm with a barn and silo is on the r...
Photograph

Lifting Fog

Date: 08 20 1961
Description: Fog lifts from a cornfield and low hills along Highway 131.
Photograph

Winter at Villa Louis

Date: 
Description: View of snow-covered trees on the west lawn of the Villa Louis grounds.
Photograph

Winter at Villa Louis

Date: 
Description: Panoramic view of the east lawn at Villa Louis in winter. The house and office building can be seen at right.
Photograph

Man and Dogs Outside Home

Date: 
Description: A man and his two dogs pose on the snowy lawn outside his house. There are two trees in the front yard. One tree has a swing hanging from it.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 
Description: A class of children and a teacher pose outside the school building in the winter.
Photograph

Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 01 23 1931
Description: View from shoreline of bridge during construction over the icy river.
Photograph

Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
Photograph

Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: The entrance to the bridge during construction. A worker works on the side of the bridge on the right. Other workers in the middle of the bridge lay boards...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 
Description: View down street with three or four commercial buildings. On the right is a sign for a telephone pay station on a two-story clapboard building, and behind ...

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: