Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 28

Photograph

Woman Pumping Water from Farm Well

Date: 04 1923
Description: A bundled-up woman hand pumps water from a well into a pail. The ground is covered with ice and snow. Two cars and a farmhouse are in the background.
Print

The Slide

Date: 1880
Description: Engraving for "Peterson's Magazine" of women in maids' uniforms sliding down an icy path in the snow.
Photograph

Men at Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posing standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building. In the foreground one man is sitting on a pile of logs.
Print

Greetings To You

Date: 1939
Description: Holiday card with a snow man and snow woman on it. He is wearing a scarf and top hat and has black buttons. She is wearing a bonnet and apron and is holdin...
Postcard

Group of Workers Posing Outdoors

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard of a group of workers, all men, and one boy, posing outside of a wooden building. Three of the workers wear white aprons. Four of the...
Photograph

Snow Blower

Date: 1963
Description: Winter scene of Ralph Widmer, the photographer's brother, using a snow blower to clear a walkway on Wisconsin Street, Theresa, Wisconsin. Written on back,...
Photograph

Four Boys in Costumes

Date: 
Description: Four boys dressed in Indian costumes sit in a row on the concrete steps to a large porch of a house. A woman wearing an apron is standing on the porch on t...
Photograph

Lumber Camp Scene

Date: 1911
Description: Group portrait of loggers and support staff in a lumber camp. In front (holding dog) is T.J. Thompson, a man that traveled using a sled pulled by his dog. ...
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of men posed standing in a snow-covered logging camp. One man is holding a cat, and there is a dog standing nearby. The photographers wagon i...
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a group of men posed standing and holding logging tools in snow-covered logging camp in front of log buildings.
Photograph

Men and Women Posing Outdoors

Date: 
Description: Group of men, a dog and one woman posed standing and sitting in the snow-covered yard near a wooden building,. Three men hold rifles, two men display horse...
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing on the snow-covered ground in front of a log building and the woods.
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools while sitting and standing in a logging camp. Two men stand displaying two teams of two horses, and one man is dis...
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posed standing and holding logging tools while standing in a line on the snow-covered ground in front of two log buildings.
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posed standing and sitting on benches on the snow-covered ground in front of log buildings and several horse teams.
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of men posed holding logging tools, while standing and sitting on log benches. There is snow on the ground. On the left behind the group is ...
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posed sitting and standing and holding logging tools in front of log buildings. There is snow on the ground.
Photograph

Logging Camp

Date: 
Description: Group of men posed holding logging tools. They are standing and sitting in front of wooden buildings. Two men display two teams of horses. Behind the group...
Photograph

Construction Work at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Several men are standing and sitting around a construction site at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Lumber is stacked in the yard, and in the backg...
Photograph

Men at Joe Levine's Camp #4

Date: 
Description: A group portrait of the men at Joe Levine's camp no. 4. Included in the portrait are a dog, oxen, horses and a dead deer.

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: