Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-15 of 15

Photograph

Farm and Rural Homestead

Date: 1890
Description: Bucolic scene in Wisconsin illustrates agricultural prosperity after the depression.
Photograph

Piper Brothers Farm

Date: 03 04 1932
Description: Piper Brothers farm scene, 4718 Odana Road near Midvale.
Photograph

University Heights

Date: 1906
Description: View of University Heights, showing a number of university buildings on the agricultural campus, including a windmill. Lake Mendota is in the far backgroun...
Photograph

Grafton Viaduct

Date: 
Description: View across field towards the railroad bridge, seen with the construction almost completed. A man is standing in the middle of the bridge, and two or three...
Photograph

Woman and Lambs

Date: 1911
Description: Winter scene with woman tending lambs in a snow-covered farmyard with log buildings in the background.
Photograph

Man Forming Corn Pile

Date: 12 28 1922
Description: A man standing beside two horses loading an elevator to form a tall corn pile in the snow-covered yard of George Fox. A barn and windmill are in the backg...
Photograph

College of Agriculture on Campus

Date: 1899
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agriculture, looking southeast. Fences and fields are in the foreground. There are two windmills near buildings ...
Photograph

Richard Quinney's Wheelbarrow Ride

Date: 1935
Description: Baby Richard Quinney rides on a full wheelbarrow pushed by his father, Floyd Quinney, across the farmyard.
Painting

A Winter Day

Date: 
Description: On the right, the farmer in his sheepskin coat drives a horse-drawn sled loaded with milk cans to the cheese factory. A blanket is covering the cans to pre...
Photograph

Man Climbing Windmill

Date: 04 1926
Description: A man climbs the base of a windmill at Cutten Farms. Fences, a farm building, and a silo are around the windmill.
Photograph

Krueger Homestead

Date: 04 12 1900
Description: View of the farm buildings of the Krueger homestead. The fields are covered with one foot of snow.
Photograph

Horse-Drawn Sleigh

Date: 02 10 1901
Description: Winter scene with Herman Riebe, his four sisters, and a cousin riding in a bobsled pulled by a team of white horses through the snow. A fence, a snowy fiel...
Photograph

View of Farmstead

Date: 1903
Description: View across field with patches of snow towards a farmstead behind a row of trees.
Photograph

Winter View of the Wendorf Farm

Date: 02 10 1902
Description: View across field towards the Wendorf farm during winter time.
Photograph

Two Women and a Horse-Drawn Buggy near House

Date: 
Description: View across snow-covered field towards two women standing together. Behind them a man is sitting in a horse-drawn buggy. A house, windmill and farm buildin...

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: