Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 44

Photograph

Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
Photograph

Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Caboose

Date: 
Description: Brakeman Clarence Commingore (left) and Philip C. Haag on Wisconsin Central Railroad's caboose No #171. The shield caboose markers were exclusive with the ...
Photograph

Railroad Engineer and Fireman

Date: 
Description: An unidentified engineer and fireman in the cab of a Wisconsin & Michigan locomotive.
Photograph

Sigrid Schultz, War Correspondent

Date: 1930
Description: Studio portrait of Sigrid Schultz in her U.S. War Correspondent uniform.
Manuscript

First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry Roster

Date: 
Description: Commemorative Civil War roster of First Regiment Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry, Wisconsin Hussars Squadron "G." Depicts "Our Country as it was in 1860" with ...
Photograph

Beatrice Orvold, Manager of the Western Union Office

Date: 1923
Description: Beatrice Orvold, the manager of the Western Union office. Beatrice later married Leon Lamoreux, and they both taught at the U.S. Naval Training School (Rad...
Photograph

Lewis Arms with Kayser Motors Truck

Date: 
Description: Bill Mootz (left) and Lewis Arms pose with a truck that advertises "Kayser's, 702 E. Wash. Ave., Madison" on the door. Both men were employees at Kayser Mo...
Photograph

Woman and Very Tall Man

Date: 
Description: A young woman and a very tall man stand together in front of the cookhouse wagon. She is holding a bottle of soda and offering him a hotdog; he has his arm...
Photograph

Holter Studio

Date: 
Description: Wood carver Jerry Holter outside his studio in Clam Lake.
Photograph

Sleight of Hand

Date: 
Description: Outdoor portrait of Madison magician Ben Bergor, who performed as Bennie Golden Berger during the early years of his career. He billed himself as the faste...
Photograph

Mandu the Magician

Date: 
Description: Doc Mann of Beloit, Wisconsin, who performed novelty entertainment and "top hat magic" as Mandu the magician.
Photograph

Ben Bergor Billboard

Date: 
Description: Madison magician Ben Bergor standing in front of the Leota Theatre. Bergor was born Ben Goldenberger, and first performed in vaudeville as Bennie Golden Be...
Photograph

Engine No. 812

Date: 
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ...
Document

Schlitz Park Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Schlitz Park Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with halftone views of the park gateway and a two-story open-air pavilion with an overlook,...
Photograph

Doyle Filling Jeep with Gasoline

Date: 09 05 1943
Description: A smiling Robert Doyle holds the nozzle to the gas pump with one hand and gives the "thumbs up" sign with the other at the Kangaroo Korner Gas Station near...
Photograph

Robert Doyle in Trash Box

Date: 07 1943
Description: Gag photo of Robert Doyle with his head seemingly sticking out of a box. Above the box is a sign that reads: "TRASH BOX." The box and sign are attached to ...
Photograph

Lieutenant M.K. Whyte

Date: 1918
Description: Indoor portrait of Lieutenant M.K. Whyte from Company B, of the 310th United States Engineer Corps, in uniform, sitting at his desk near a large window.
Photograph

Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, the commanding officer of the 310th United States Army Engineer Corps, in uniform and sitting at his desk.
Photograph

Robert Doyle

Date: 1944
Description: An outdoor casual three-quarter length portrait of Robert Doyle in his war correspondent's uniform. He is holding a cigarette. Sky, clouds and countryside ...

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: