Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 92

Photograph

Buckhorn Tavern

Date: 1949
Description: Customers sitting at the bar in the Buckhorn Tavern. There are five mounted deerheads above the bar. The bartender is standing behind the bar.
Photograph

Joe's Place

Date: 05 20 1931
Description: Interior of Joe's Place with bartender, possibly Joseph Puccio. The bar was located at 786 W. Washington Avenue in what was known as the Greenbush neighbor...
Photograph

Alexander Legge

Date: 1929
Description: Alexander Legge (1866-1933) signing a statement titled "Quality and Costs" for an advertising poster. Legge was president of International Harvester Compan...
Photograph

International Harvester Office Workers

Date: 1914
Description: Women and men at work inside an office. The women are using typewriters. A large advertisement for International motor trucks is on one wall.
Photograph

Madison Public Library

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing...
Photograph

Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau, 16-20 E. Doty Street, Card Typing Department, with women at typewriters and male supervisor.
Photograph

Auto License Bureau

Date: 05 17 1939
Description: Wisconsin Auto License Bureau Card Typing Department, located at 16-20 East Doty Street. Women government employees are sitting at desks, while a male supe...
Photograph

CUNA Credit Union Office

Date: 12 05 1935
Description: Three female employees in the CUNA (Credit Union National Association) general office. 142 E. Gilman Street.
Photograph

Madison Cafeteria Interior

Date: 10 30 1935
Description: Interior view of Madison Cafeteria, 215 W. Washington Avenue. There are seven servers behind the counter, and two customers are sitting at tables.
Photograph

Shorthand at Dickinson Secretarial School

Date: 01 15 1931
Description: A women dictates to another student practicing for ABC shorthand at the Dickinson Secretarial School, 105 Monona Avenue.
Photograph

Joseph M. Boyd Co. Booth

Date: 04 08 1927
Description: Joseph M. Boyd Co. booth at home show, set up as an office with a sign that reads: "Let us finance the building of your home."
Photograph

Gorman at AFL-CIO Convention

Date: 1969
Description: Patrick Gorman, president of the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen, at the 1969 AFL-CIO convention. Gorman is seated at a table with other leade...
Photograph

International Harvester Dealership

Date: 04 1929
Description: Elevated view of a customer at the sales counter of O.T. Kercheval's International Harvester dealership. Advertising posters and a calender are on the wall...
Photograph

Harvester House

Date: 1947
Description: A female receptionist sits at a desk near a Farmall tractor in the entryway of "Harvester House" in Melbourne, Australia. Two large staircases are on the r...
Photograph

International Model F Truck Operated by A.F. Burtt Company

Date: 1917
Description: Three men loading a piece of furniture onto the bed of an International Model F (or 31) truck. The truck was operated by the A.F. Burtt Company. On the tru...
Photograph

Offices at Osborne Works

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: Offices at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as "Auburn Works"). The offices are empty except for a lone switchboard operator. A sign ha...
Photograph

International Moving Van

Date: 1929
Description: Two men load or unload furniture from an Allied Van Lines moving truck parked in a residential driveway. The truck's lettering reads: "Long Distance Moving...
Photograph

Butcher Shop Interior

Date: 1903
Description: Interior view of the butcher shop section of the Fowler and Holmes Store. There is wood paneling and cabinetry throughout the room, shelving and hooks on t...
Photograph

Staff Working in the Joint Distribution Committee's Emigration Office

Date: 1950
Description: Staff of the Joint Distribution Committtee's emigration office; Hamburg, 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...

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: