Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 55

Photograph

World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Scrap drive at International Harvester dealer. Original caption: "C.J. Moericke, who is dealer at Marion in the Green Bay territory, was receiving scrap fr...
Photograph

Workers leaving Bettendorf Works

Date: 1944
Description: Employees leaving International Harvester's Bettendorf Works at the end of their work day. A sign in the background reads "Produce for Victory."
Photograph

U.S. Navy Ships Company

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Elevated group portrait of United States Navy, Ships Company.
Photograph

Sailor in Comedian Act

Date: 01 17 1944
Description: Navy sailor standing at a microphone performing a comedy act.
Photograph

Health for Victory Club Group Portrait

Date: 09 17 1942
Description: Group portrait of members of the Health for Victory Club. They are sitting in the Eastwood Theater, 2090 Atwood Avenue. The photograph was taken for the Os...
Photograph

American Legion Group in front of Parkway Theatre

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: To acquaint Madison with the horrors of World War I the American Legion was bringing the film "Hell's Holiday" to the Parkway Theater. Left to right: Lane ...
Photograph

Men Planning for World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: International Harvester dealer Charles Landaal signs a pledge to help collect scrap as part of Governor Julius P. Heil's "MacArthur Week" scrap drive. Milw...
Photograph

U.S. Coast Guard Women and Man with International Truck

Date: 1942
Description: Female members of the U.S. Coast Guard posing with a male officer and an International K-1 truck outside a garage. The Coast Guard had many International t...
Photograph

Female Employees Inspecting Ball Bearings

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female factory workers inspect ball bearings at an International Harvester factory. The factory produced aerial torpedoes for the U.S. Military.
Photograph

Female Employees Assembling Torpedo Parts

Date: 01 13 1943
Description: Female workers assembling torpedoes for the U.S. Military at an International Harvester factory. Original caption reads: "This large group of women employe...
Photograph

Group at USO Service Club

Date: 12 20 1945
Description: Group of 15 women and six men attending a meeting at USO Service Club. The group is predominantly African Americans. Probably taken in First Unitarian Soc...
Photograph

Two Women Praying

Date: 06 06 1944
Description: Adelaide and Mrs. August Knoche (Lucille Knoche), mother and daughter, praying at Holy Redeemer Catholic, 128 W. Johnson Street, for the soldiers in Europe...
Photograph

Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Four members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, including Mrs. Hazel Miller, the national president, in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Chic...
Photograph

Veterans of Foreign Wars at Flag Presentation

Date: 10 10 1944
Description: Group portrait of ten members of the Marion C. Cranefield post No. 1318 Veterans of Foreign Wars presenting a United States flag and staff for use at the D...
Photograph

World War II Bond Sale

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Men and women lined up along a sales counter at Manchester's Department Store to buy war bonds, while two clerks behind the counter are ringing up the sale...
Photograph

Wisconsin General Nurses Entering Military Service

Date: 03 29 1945
Description: Fifteen nurses from Wisconsin General Hospital, who are entering military service, standing in front of a plaque reading: "1920-1924 A memorial to those wh...
Photograph

United National Clothing Collection

Date: 04 20 1945
Description: Handing over bundles of clothing collected for the United National Clothing Drive are three Chinese children, Judy, Betty and Billy Lee, children of Mr. an...
Photograph

Women in War Production at Auburn Works

Date: 1944
Description: Female factory workers make parts for engine cowlings at International Harvester's Auburn Works. The cowlings were for Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando cargo p...
Photograph

Disarming of German Soldiers

Date: 05 1945
Description: Disarming of German soldiers after the war in Amsterdam.
Photograph

Two Men Converse on a Construction Site

Date: 1942
Description: Two men talking on a construction site, probably at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). A pile of bricks is in the foreground alon...

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: