Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 61-80 of 1646

Photograph

Soldiers Off to Camp

Date: 08 01 1917
Description: National Guard troops unloading their supplies from New York Central railroad cars into a transport wagon to be taken to camp.
Photograph

Armistice Day Celebration

Date: 11 11 1918
Description: Armistice Day celebration (mock funeral of Kaiser Wilhelm II). Soldier identified is William Carlson, who was disabled by the chemical agent mustard gas an...
Photograph

Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton

Date: 08 03 1944
Description: Portrait of Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton, a professor of guidance and director of guidance at the University of Wisconsin. His special interests lie in the stud...
Photograph

Charles W. Piper and his Two Sons

Date: 08 12 1944
Description: Charles W. Piper, veteran of World War I, discussing tactics of the two World Wars with his sons, Seaman Vincent on the left, and Marine Private Charles on...
Photograph

War Departmental Trial

Date: 1918
Description: Captain Alexander E. Williams of the War Department testing the experimental truck that the Four Wheel Drive Company hoped to manufacture for the army. In ...
Photograph

Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
Photograph

K. Peter Yust, Tailor

Date: 02 28 1945
Description: K. Peter Yust, 205 Division Street, a tailor at C.W. Andres Company, looking at a bust of Adolph Hitler.
Photograph

VFW Post on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 05 21 1946
Description: Group portrait of members of the newly established Veterans of Foreign Wars Post at the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, the first of its kind on a ...
Photograph

Madison Alderman William E. Huntley

Date: 01 27 1947
Description: Portrait of William E. Huntley, fireman for the Northwestern Railroad, present 7th ward city council representative and city council president. Huntley is...
Photograph

District No. 2 Ready to Depart for Camp Taylor

Date: 07 26 1918
Description: Panoramic view of enlisted men from district no. 2, readying to depart for Camp Taylor. Most are wearing suits and ties, and holding hats. The Dun Clothin...
Photograph

Camp Custer, 85th Division Field Meeting

Date: 10 1917
Description: Panoramic view of the 8th Division Field Meeting at Camp Custer. Hundreds of soldiers in overcoats and hats with a wooden wall used for training visible in...
Photograph

Army Regiment on International Model F Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Large group of soldiers posing on an International Harvester Model F (or 31) truck.
Photograph

Mogul 10-20 H.P. Tractor Pulling a U.S. Army Trailer

Date: 1917
Description: An International Harvester Mogul 10-20 H.P. tractor pulling a trailer for the Aviation Section No. 507 of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. The trailer appears t...
Photograph

Armistice Day Ceremonies

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony with Mrs. Ella M. Bresee, representing the Grand Army of the Republic and the Daughters of 1812, shown placing a wreath at the cenot...
Photograph

Armistice Day Ceremony

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen...
Postcard

World War I Soldier and Woman

Date: 
Description: Full-length studio portrait of a woman seated in a chair, and a soldier dressed in a First World War uniform sitting on the arm of the chair. They are posi...
Photograph

World War I Chaplains

Date: 04 15 1948
Description: Six World War I veterans at a "Red Arrow" veterans dinner honoring Bishop William P. O'Connor who was a chaplain of Wisconsin's 32nd division in World War ...
Photograph

Bakery Trucks

Date: 1918
Description: Two bakery trucks reading "American-Maid Bread," "...ansfield Bakery," and "New England Bakery Co." are parked side by side in a paved lot.
Photograph

World War I Draftees

Date: 
Description: Group portrait of World War I draftees dressed in suits, posing in front of the Court House.
Photograph

Trench Warfare

Date: 07 1917
Description: ROTC engineers at Fort Leavenworth learn about trench work, an important skill for World War I combat.

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: