Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 23

Photograph

"The Beautification Consultant at Work"

Date: 
Description: An Austrian soldier is getting his hair cut outdoors.
Photograph

Soldiers Sharpening a Saber

Date: 
Description: Two German soldiers using the services of a field carpentry detachment to sharpen a saber using a hand cranked sharpening wheel outdoors next to a shed.
Photograph

Collection Box for Cigars

Date: 1914
Description: A man is standing on a sidewalk in front of a storefront and donating a cigar to a collection box. A sign on the collection box reads: "Cigarren für unsere...
Photograph

Soldiers Repairing Roads

Date: 1914
Description: Austrian soldiers are using the stones of a destroyed factory to repair and improve a roadbed. The walls of the destroyed factory are in the background.
Photograph

Loading Bricks for Use in Roadbuilding

Date: 1915
Description: Bricks from a destroyed factory building are being collected for use in the improvement of poor roadways in Serbia during World War I.
Photograph

Folgaria Hotel

Date: 
Description: Soldiers relaxing in front of the Folgaria Hotel in Italy. Three men on the left are smoking cigarettes, and a man in the center is sitting in a horse-draw...
Photograph

Ration Stamps for Wounded Soldiers

Date: 
Description: German soldiers receiving a distribution of ration stamps at the "Kaisereck" convalescence home for wounded soldiers on Hartenbergstrasse 16 (Berlin). Her ...
Photograph

Cigars and Newspapers to be Sent to Soldiers

Date: 
Description: Collection point in Berlin for cigars and newspapers for distribution to soldiers.
Photograph

Town Crier of Schirmeck

Date: 
Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. The town crier of Schirmeck in the Alsace announcing out new regulations to German troops.
Photograph

Saales in Ruins

Date: 
Description: Town of Saales in Alsace, with damaged buildings and debris lying on the ground. A ladder in front of the damaged building in the foreground reaches the ro...
Photograph

Bavarians Grilling Sausages

Date: 
Description: Our Bavarians in the Vosges. Grilling sausages over an open fire.
Photograph

Sawing Firewood

Date: 
Description: Getting ready for winter.
Photograph

Sawing Firewood

Date: 
Description: Austrian soldiers getting ready for winter.
Photograph

Austrian Steam Roller

Date: 1915
Description: Austrian steam roller intended to be used to even out bad roads in Russian Poland and Galicia.
Photograph

Transporting Wood in the Streets of Constantinople

Date: 
Description: Soldier leading a donkey transporting wood in Constantinople.
Photograph

Passing the Time of Day in the Streets of Constantinople

Date: 
Description: Soldiers passing the time in Constantinople by talking and conversing with one another.
Photograph

Austrian Officers in a Bunker on the Lavarone Plateau

Date: 
Description: The plateau of Lavarone was located along the pre-war boundary between Austria-Hungary and Italy.
Photograph

In Front of the Hut

Date: 
Description: A soldier eating a snack in front of a pile of wood on a break from duty.
Photograph

Resupplying on the Glacier

Date: 
Description: Provisioning soldiers fighting against the enemy and nature at over 3000 meters in elevation can only be accomplished through human effort. Soldiers are ca...
Photograph

Provisioning Firewood

Date: 
Description: Provisioning our highest battlefield with firewood.

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