Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 79

Photograph

Ohio State Fair Entrance

Date: 1946
Description: Police direct traffic through "Entrance A" at the Ohio State Fair while pedestrians walk nearby. Woman in uniforms sell concessions outside the entrance.
Photograph

Superior Bookmobile

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: A group of children lines up outside the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck), parked in a playground area. Other children holding ...
Photograph

Country Dirt Road

Date: 
Description: A view looking down a country dirt road, surrounded by a fence and trees.
Photograph

View of National Pike Highway

Date: 1920
Description: View looking down the National Pike Highway, featuring an oncoming car, and buildings in the distance.
Photograph

Mr. Barber's Farm

Date: 1910
Description: View across grounds toward a man standing in front of an enormous commercial barn on Mr. Barber's farm.
Photograph

Ely Park Soldiers Monument

Date: 
Description: Tall cylindrical Civil War memorial with multiple sculptures in Ely Square in downtown. A wrought iron fence surrounds the monument, trees dot the square a...
Photograph

Portrait of Man and Boy with Old Mill

Date: 
Description: View toward a man and a younger boy posed leaning on a fence in front of an old mill. The mill was built in 1822.
Photograph

The Diamond Match Company

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks and streets toward the Diamond Match Company, established in 1881 and the largest manufacturer of matches in the United ...
Photograph

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1957
Description: The racing hill at Derby Downs where the All-American Soap Box Derby championship is held each year. Taken from the Topside area by the parents (Mr. &...
Photograph

Remains of President Lincoln at Monument Square and Pavilion

Date: 1865
Description: The remains of President Lincoln lying in state in Monument Square and Pavilion. Lincoln's body was on its way from Washington, D.C. to Springfield, Illino...
Photograph

The Northwestern Ohio Normal School

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of the Northwestern Ohio Normal School, founded in 1871 by Henry Solomon Lehr. Groups of people pose on the school's lawn, and two men stand ...
Photograph

A Roller Coaster

Date: 
Description: View of an amusement park featuring a roller coaster, a dwelling with a porch on the right, a pavilion, and a fence. Several people stand along the fence.
Photograph

Cuyahoga County Fair Trotting Races

Date: 
Description: Horses pull wagons on a stretch of racetrack at the Cuyahoga County Fair while spectators gather around the track beside parked automobiles.
Photograph

Winter Sports at Virginia Kendall Park

Date: 
Description: View of people playing winter sports (sking and skating) at Virginia Kendall Park, a large, snow-covered area with a dwelling in the background.
Photograph

Horse Racing at Lima Driving Park

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of racing trotters lined up on the track at Lima Driving Park as spectators look on from the grandstand. Automobiles are parked near the judg...
Photograph

Boys Playing Baseball At Brunnerdale Seminary

Date: 1910
Description: Uniformed boys play baseball at Brunnerdale Seminary. A fence and trees stand in the background.
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

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 1951
Description: Madison, Wisconsin Champion Roddy Botts with a volunteer at the starting line of the All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs.
Photograph

Stump Removal

Date: 07 24 1923
Description: A man is using a 10-20(?) tractor and chain to remove a stump from a piece of land on the R.R. Robertson farm. Two other men are looking on.
Photograph

IH Cleveland Branch House

Date: 05 26 1928
Description: Exterior view of International Harvester Company's Cleveland branch building. Several automobiles and tractors are parked in a parking lot adjacent to a lo...

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: