Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 42

Photograph

Wisconsin State Journal Midget League Baseball Team

Date: 06 12 1947
Description: Group portrait of Wisconsin State Journal Midget League Baseball Team in uniform. Front row, left to right: Gary Melcher, Tom Miller, Lee Remus, Ch...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Parade

Date: 07 24 1949
Description: Seventy-six derby car drivers march behind leader Frankie Meyers on East Gorham Street during the Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth.
Photograph

Group Looking over Fence

Date: 1906
Description: A group of adults, including Harry E. Cole (center), stand behind a fence. A sign on the fence reads, "YOU CAN'T PLAY IN OUR BACK YARD."
Photograph

Jacks on the Sidewalk

Date: 
Description: A group of girls playing jacks on a city sidewalk. All the girls are wearing dresses, and two infants are present, one in a carriage and one in the lap of ...
Photograph

A Game of Cards

Date: 
Description: A group of boys play a game of cards while sitting on the ground between the steps of some houses. At least four boys wear caps, three are wearing pants wi...
Photograph

A Stone Fight

Date: 
Description: Children having a stone fight in an unpaved alley or street in an underprivileged neighborhood. Some of the boys are holding trash can lids as protection, ...
Photograph

Montgomery Ward Bicycle Safety Parade Costume Winners

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: Boy costume winners in the Montgomery Ward Bicycle Safety Parade pose for a portrait with their bikes on a football field. Pictured left to right are: Jon...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: Finish line on East Washington Avenue of one of the heats at the 1957 Madison Soap Box Derby. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
Photograph

F.D. Eyerley and Daughter

Date: 1897
Description: F.D. Eyerley crouches down to give his daughter a kiss. A bicycle is propped against a wooden fence which runs the perimeter of the front yard of the West ...
Photograph

Syl on Horseback

Date: 12 1901
Description: Side view of Syl sitting on the back of a small horse, while a handler stands behind him holding the reins. In the background is a wooden fence, with the t...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Soap Box Derby starting line at 140 East Gorham Street.
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Derby cars are checked prior to the race at the Soap Box Derby Shellubrication Station at 140 and 144 East Gorham Street.
Photograph

Young Children in Littered Backyard

Date: 1924
Description: Three young children standing in a backyard in very poor condition, including the lack of a lawn, exposed trash piles, and other litter.
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 25 1954
Description: Finish line of the Soap Box Derby on Midvale Boulevard. Two cars are about to cross the line with crowds of people watching from behind fences along the si...
Photograph

Children in Squalor

Date: 03 22 1912
Description: Two young girls standing with their arms around each other in the debris-strewn yard of a run-down home. The original caption identifies the location as th...
Photograph

Street Scene Looking North

Date: 
Description: View down street with homes and shops on either side. In the street is a man on a horse, a dog, and two horses and carriages. On the left by Doctor Ruby's ...
Postcard

Three Boys with Wagon in Snow

Date: 
Description: Three boys pose outdoors in a field with snow. Two boys, one holding a stick or a whip, are sitting in a miniature wagon. The other boy is standing holding...
Photograph

Madison Recreation Boys Baseball

Date: 06 18 1956
Description: Ground rules are explained to Bob Annen (left) of the Lancers and Ron Estervig of H & J Stores prior to the baseball game in the West Midget Vilas No. 3 Le...
Photograph

Comstock-Johnson Baseball Team

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: Group portrait of the Comstock-Johnson boys baseball team that is in the semi-finals of the West Side Midget championship series after winning the Cherokee...
Photograph

Midget Baseball Leagues

Date: 08 1958
Description: Group portrait of Badeau Plumbing's Midget baseball team, winners of the East Midget Central No. 3 championship. Batboy seated in front: Steve Badeau. Knee...

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: