Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-12 of 12

Photograph

Workers Load Wagon Components onto Railroad Car

Date: 04 17 1918
Description: Workers loading wooden crates containing components for wagons or possibly "machine gun carts" onto railroad cars at International Harvester's McCormick Wo...
Photograph

Boxed Artillery Cart Ready for Shipment

Date: 05 17 1918
Description: Boxed 240 mm mortar cart ready for shipment to the U.S. military from International Harvester's McCormick Works. Includes a trench mortar barrel. A man is ...
Photograph

Pawling & Harnischfeger Co. Truck with Artillery Gun Mounted on Bed

Date: 
Description: A Pawling and Harnischfeger Company truck, with an artillery gun mounted on the bed, decorated with banners and flags. Two soldiers are standing on the bac...
Photograph

Seven Men Pushing a 155mm Cannon up a Hill

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Slightly elevated view of seven men helping to push a 155mm cannon up a hill while trying to get it unstuck. Captioned: "A '155' (6-inch) stuck in the mud ...
Poster

War and Business

Date: 1918
Description: Poster with red text overlaying illustrations in blue. The top left illustration is of soldiers with cannons on battlefront. At the bottom right is an illu...
Photograph

Work at the "Cannon Hospital"

Date: 
Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. Even the best constructed artillery pieces must be refurbished from time to time. That is why the introduc...
Photograph

Repairing Cannons at the "Cannon Hospital"

Date: 
Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. Even the best constructed artillery pieces must be refurbished from time to time. That is why the introduc...
Photograph

Cleaning the Firing Tube at the "Cannon Hospital"

Date: 
Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. The firing tube is being cleaned.
Photograph

View of the "Cannon Hospital"

Date: 
Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. A view of the yard.
Photograph

View of the "Cannon Hospital"

Date: 
Description: At a "cannon hospital" on the Carpathian front. A view of the yard.
Photograph

Captured Russian Artillery in Berlin

Date: 1914
Description: Captured Russian cannon are paraded through Berlin for all to see.
Photograph

Wounded Soldiers in the Royal Palace

Date: 
Description: Wounded German soldiers in front of the Royal Palace in Berlin viewing captured Russian cannon.

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:

feedback@wisconsinhistory.org