Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 61

Photograph

Cyrus Hall McCormick

Date: 1879
Description: Portrait of Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884). McCormick was a Chicago industrialist and inventor in 1831 of the first commercially successful reaper, a hor...
Photograph

Magnus Swenson (1855-1936)

Date: 1900
Description: Studio portrait of Magnus Swenson. He was a Norwegian immigrant who made his name in business and as an inventor. He served on the Wisconsin Capitol Buil...
Postcard

Victorian Era Postcard

Date: 11 17 1909
Description: Colorized view depicting men and women office workers taking a break in a celebratory mode. Two of the women are taking a sheet off the calendar on the wal...
Photograph

Office Baby

Date: 05 19 1965
Description: Mother brings baby to secretarial job.
Photograph

Shooting for the Moon

Date: 05 14 1963
Description: Lunar trajectory paths and computations on a blackboard are discussed by employees of Milwaukee's Astronautics, Inc.
Photograph

International Harvester's First General Office Building

Date: 1902
Description: International Harvester's first headquarters building at 7 Monroe Street on the northwest corner of Michigan Avenue. IHC later sold the building and proper...
Photograph

Wells Printing Company

Date: 03 04 1937
Description: Wells Printing Company's new plant interior. There are many pieces of letterpress equipment; type cabinets, a composing stone with set type on it and a pro...
Photograph

Confined to Bed

Date: 08 28 1960
Description: An insurance executive carries on with work after he was hit by a car, dictating letters to his secretary from his hospital bed, with his leg in traction.
Photograph

International Harvester Office

Date: 
Description: Three men meeting at a desk in a cubicle in an International Harvester Company office.
Photograph

East Isling Auto Graveyard

Date: 
Description: View looking down into the chaotic heaps of twisted metal and tires at the H. Gutkin Co. auto wrecking yard.
Photograph

Hotel Loraine Lobby

Date: 09 21 1928
Description: Loraine Hotel lobby with local business directory next to registration desk, male customer at registration counter and two clerks in front of Western Union...
Photograph

A.L. Dahl's Photography Studio

Date: 1877
Description: A view from the roof across an unpaved road towards a building across the street from A.L. Dahl's photography studio. The two-story storefront is a general...
Photograph

Edwards Truck Line Owners

Date: 1935
Description: Dorothy Edwards sits at a desk while her husband, H.L. Edwards, stands beside her. The couple were operators of Edwards Truck Line and owned six Internatio...
Photograph

Madison Business Association Members

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Louis Heindel (left), Madison Business Association president, presented plaques to Edwin J. Connor, Emery Oliver, and Louis Hirsig in recognition of outsta...
Photograph

The Milwaukee Journal Building

Date: 1924
Description: The Milwaukee Journal Building located at 734 North 4th Street. To the right of the building in an alley are circulation trucks. Newsboys and customers are...
Photograph

West Side Business Men's Association

Date: 08 17 1948
Description: Members of the West Side Business Men's Association shown as they met for the first time at the future site of their new clubhouse and community center on ...
Photograph

Hamburg Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Office workers at desks in International Harvester's Hamburg branch house in Germany.
Photograph

Breslau Branch House Office Interior

Date: 1935
Description: Workers at desks in the head office ("hauptburo") of International Harvester's branch house in Breslau, Germany.
Photograph

Muncie International Co.

Date: 1929
Description: Showroom of the Muncie International Company, an International Harvester dealership. The showroom includes a truck, furniture, a desk area, and farm equipm...
Photograph

IH Comptroller and President in Office

Date: 1937
Description: International Harvester President Sidney G. McAllister sits at a desk in his office while Comptroller C.E. Jarchow stands on the left.

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: