Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 78

Photograph

Portrait of Samuel Marshall

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length formal oval painting of Samuel Marshall, (1820-1907), banker, co-founder and President of the Marshall & Ilsley Bank.
Photograph

Vince Lombardi at the Pro Football Writers Dinner

Date: 02 10 1969
Description: Green Bay Packers football coach, Vince Lombardi, being interviewed at the professional football writers dinner.
Photograph

Steelworkers Costume Party Winners

Date: 11 08 1947
Description: Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation).
Photograph

Band Playing at Allis-Chalmers Strike Picnic

Date: 1946
Description: "The Harmonians" performing at a picnic to raise money for striking Allis-Chalmers workers.
Photograph

Playing Cards

Date: 05 10 1955
Description: Members of a musician's union playing cards together.
Photograph

Louis J. Petit

Date: 10 23 1913
Description: Quarter-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Louis J. Petit, Milwaukee banker.
Photograph

Workers Relaxing Outside Milwaukee Works

Date: 1914
Description: Workers relaxing outside International Harvester's Milwaukee Works. One group is crowded around a stage listening to a band while others are playing baseba...
Book or Pamphlet

Milwaukee Harvester Company Catalog

Date: 1895
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op...
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
Photograph

Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Date: 11 1887
Description: Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting t...
Photograph

Workers with Newspaper Photographs

Date: 
Description: Newspaper workers perusing hundreds of photographs. There are three men holding some of the photographs and the rest are mounted on the walls around them.
Photograph

Centennial Fair Preparations

Date: 08 1948
Description: Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair.
Photograph

Centennial Fair Preparations

Date: 08 1948
Description: Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba...
Photograph

Group Posing with Motorcycles and Cars

Date: 
Description: Eleven motorcyclists wearing sashes are standing in between two news service cars in front of the Milwaukee Journal building. Another row of men are...
Photograph

Francis Bloodgood

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Francis Bloodgood, Milwaukee lawyer.
Photograph

Frank P. Blumenfeld

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait of Frank P. Blumenfeld, Milwaukee company president, standing in front of a painted backdrop.
Photograph

John W. Campsie

Date: 
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of John W. Campsie, Milwaukee company manager.
Photograph

William King Coffin

Date: 10 09 1914
Description: Waist-up studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of William King Coffin, Eau Claire banker.
Photograph

Lawrence Fitch

Date: 06 15 1921
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Lawrence Fitch, Beaver Dam company president.
Photograph

Granville D. Jones

Date: 10 20 1913
Description: Waist-up seated studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Granville D. Jones, Wausau attorney.

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: