Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-18 of 18

Photograph

Circus Performers Gather to View Eclipse

Date: 
Description: Ringling Brothers-Barnum & Bailey circus performers gathered in front of a circus tent to view a solar eclipse. Some are wearing protective eyeglasses.
Photograph

Westgate Parking Lot

Date: 07 30 1960
Description: Elevated view of the parking lot at the Westgate Shopping Center. The storefronts are on the left, and include Ragatz Shoes, Three Sisters, ?obil Shoes, S....
Photograph

Ho-Chunk Couple Posed on Rocky Area

Date: 
Description: View of a Ho-Chunk man posing standing, and a Ho-Chunk woman posing sitting on a rocky outcrop near a tree. Far below in the background are fields, hills, ...
Photograph

Grandson Arriving by Airplane to Visit Grandparents

Date: 07 26 1950
Description: Ricky Pollock of Arlington, Virginia, steps off the plane at the Madison airport for a visit with his grandparents, Charles and Anna Pollock.
Photograph

Seaside Cottages

Date: 
Description: Two children pose for a portrait while standing along a shoreline next to a row of cottages. Several rowboats are pulled ashore, and people are on the cott...
Photograph

Lake Monona Dock

Date: 1905
Description: The lake steamer "Alice" approaches the Madison dock on Lake Monona. Two boys wearing caps stand at the end of the pier. At the time of this photograph, t...
Photograph

Spring Valley Road

Date: 07 05 1959
Description: "Shirley Widmer reminisces on Spring Valley Road."
Photograph

Chicken at Bintzler Farm

Date: 06 1949
Description: "Pat Bintzler displays one of her prize chickens."
Photograph

Woman Walking Dog

Date: 
Description: Eunice Lamers and her pet are silloutted by the late afternoon sun.
Photograph

Marge Walsch

Date: 1949
Description: "Marge Walsch."
Photograph

1978 International Scout II on Sand Dune

Date: 1978
Description: Low angle view up dune towards a man and woman driving a yellow and black International Scout II coming down the side of a sand dune.
Photograph

1978 International Scout II Driving Down a Sand Dune

Date: 1978
Description: A man and woman are driving a black and yellow International Scout II down a steep sand dune.
Photograph

Sundown Softball

Date: 08 1987
Description: Girls playing softball at sundown.
Photograph

Dandelions at Dusk

Date: 
Description: A woman is standing and bending over in a field of dandelions gone to seed under a large tree. The sun is setting in the background.
Photograph

Blue Mound State Park

Date: 09 07 2014
Description: View from the top of a hill looking out to a valley, with clouds in the blue sky. Trees are framing the view, and in the foreground, a woman, the photograp...
Photograph

Paddling

Date: 10 1938
Description: View across water towards two men in a canoe on the left, and a man and woman in a duckboat on the right paddling down the Clam River. Trees and shrubs cov...
Photograph

Horseback Riding

Date: 1940
Description: View towards a line of several dozen men and women, in equestrian attire and on horseback, riding single file up a hill from a large arena style building s...
Photograph

Skiing at the Pink Panther

Date: 1970
Description: Skiers at a ski hill with the sun overhead. The flags in the snow at the top of the hill indicate that this may be a competition.

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: