Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 24

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

National Monument to the Forefathers

Date: 
Description: A view of the National Monument to the Forefathers, formerly the Pilgrims monument. The stone structure has three pedestals at the base with seated statues...
Photograph

Myles Standish Statue

Date: 1892
Description: Close-up of a statue of Captain Myles Standish, a military leader of the Plymouth Colony. Begun in 1892, the statue depicts Standish grasping his sword in...
Photograph

Pilgrim Meeting House

Date: 1887
Description: Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams.
Print

Elmer E. Ellsworth

Date: 
Description: Carte-de-visite featuring a full-length hand-drawn portrait of Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, F & S, 11th New York Infantry in full Union uniform, leaning on ...
Photograph

Carlos W. Wellman

Date: 
Description: Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of Lieutenant Carlos W. Wellman (or Willman), Companies A and K, 37th Massachusetts Infantry, standing in full uniform...
Photograph

Winslow Relics

Date: 
Description: Group of relics of Edward Winslow, pilgrim leader and governor of Plymouth Colony. Features sword, crest, portrait, book, a locking box, a set of baby shoe...
Print

Ambrose Burnside

Date: 
Description: Head and shoulders engraved portrait of General Burnside.
Photograph

Ambrose Burnside

Date: 
Description: Three-quarter length carte-de-visite portrait of General Ambrose Burnside, wearing gauntlet gloves and holding a sword.
Print

John C. Fremont

Date: 
Description: Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Major General John C. Fremont in officer uniform. During the war he commanded the Department of the West.
Photograph

John Hendrickson

Date: 
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Colonel John Hendrickson, 13th Veteran Reserve Corps. The regiment was organized on October 10, 1863. Hendrickson was...
Photograph

Camp Devens

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a platoon of men in two rows and their officers on a drill field at Camp Devens, built in 1917. Other soldiers and military buildings are ...
Photograph

Camp Devens

Date: 
Description: A formation of uniformed men holding musical instruments in a field at Camp Devens, established in 1917.
Photograph

Company E

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the assembled military men of Company E and the military band on a town street. Other people stand and observe behind the formation of sol...
Photograph

Memorial Day Military Parade

Date: 05 30 1907
Description: Elevated view of a military parade marching through a town street. A band leads the soldiers of Company E, and spectators can be seen on either side of the...
Photograph

Civil War Monument

Date: 
Description: View of a Civil War Monument on Cape Cod Canal, erected by the town of Bourne in 1914. The text reads, "In memory of the soldiers and sailors who served in...
Print

No Traitor's Flag Shall Tarnish Thy Golden Dome With Its Rebellious Shadows

Date: 1861
Description: The State House of Massachusetts in Boston with the Union flag flying over it. Men and women walk in front of it. The caption below reads, "No traitor's fl...
Postcard

Avec Vous Place Dans Votre Coeur Pour Nous?

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday postcard of a girl seated on stones, with a boy resting his head on her lap. Burned-out buildings along a street can be seen behind them. The image...
Photograph

Plymouth in 1622

Date: 
Description: Men work outside dwellings along a shoreline in a reproduction of a painting by W.L. Williams. Copyright by A.S. Burbank, 1891.
Photograph

Concord Chapter House

Date: 
Description: View of a colonial home which became the Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter House in 1894. Tombstones can be seen to the left behind the home.

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: