Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Community of Florence
| Date: | 02 10 1915 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Professor C.W. Farr standing on an elevated platform at the front of a classroom at the Burrell School while presenting on the subject of agricultural dive... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View down hill of Wilson Dam, which opened in 1924. Located on the Tennessee River, boats and buildings are near the dam on the opposite shoreline. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction, looking south. Three large cranes can be seen on the dam over the Tennessee River. Caption reads: "Wilson D... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction. Three large cranes are on the dam over the Tennessee River. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of Wilson Dam under construction. Three large cranes are on the dam over the Tennessee River. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Tomb of General John Coffee (1772-1833), who fought in the Indian Wars and the War of 1812. Published by Joseph Milner & Son, Druggists. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Exterior frontal view of The Forks of Cypress, a Greek Revival style plantation designed by architect William Nichols and completed in 1830. The main resi... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A woman uses a spinning wheel outdoors while a barefoot girl stands on a porch behind her. Published by Jos. Milner & Son. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Letterhead of M.H. Wheeler, a lumberman from Florence, Wisconsin, with a man standing on a load of logs, holding the reins for two horses harnessed to the ... |
| Date: | 08 02 1895 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A hardwood forest ten miles southwest of Florence, containing hard maple, birch, elm, oak, hemlock, and other types of timber. Two men are leaning against ... |
| Date: | 08 02 1895 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Two men stand waist-high in the cabbage, pea, and oat fields of the C.C. Washburn homestead, twelve miles southwest of Florence. Wooden houses or outbuildi... |
| Date: | 08 02 1895 |
|---|---|
| Description: | On the farm of C.W. Washburn, two men pose by a apple tree in full fruit. A man (with his back to the camera) and a farm building are in the background. |
| Date: | 08 02 1895 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Ephraim Watt, his wife Rhoda Adelaide Watt (née Mosher), and their daughter, Glendora Eunice Watt, pose in front of their log home, 14 miles southwest of F... |
| Date: | 1895 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group of surveyors from the Agricultural Department at the University of Wisconsin posing on the back platform of their railroad car 404, "the Palace Car."... |
| Date: | 1890 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Thirteen men and boys pose in a line with their bicycles. Most of the group poses with similar bicycles, except for one man standing with a penny-farthing ... |
| Date: | 1934 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Public building improvement under the state Civil Works Administration, project number 14. Carpenter and painter at work. |
| Date: | 1880 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View along Central Avenue. There are a number of commercial buildings with false fronts. Groups of people stand near the road on the left and right. |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Letterhead of the Prophylactic Brush Company, with examples of a hair brush, a tooth brush, and a hand brush, in or alongside the boxed packaging. |
| Date: | 1909 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A group of men driving logs down the Brule. Caption reads: "Log Drive on Brule River, Near Florence, Wis." |
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:
