Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 41

Photograph

Middleton Railroad Crossing

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th...
Photograph

The Grand Regatta at Devil's Lake

Date: 1877
Description: "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, Sauk County, June 21st & 22nd, 1877", with spectators watching rowing shells race.
Photograph

Football Team; Whitewater State College

Date: 1895
Description: The Whitewater State College football team posing in a snap formation on a hill just outside the college. People are watching from a college building at th...
Photograph

Men Washing a Surrey

Date: 1900
Description: View across yard towards four men washing a surrey using metal buckets in front of a stable. A boy wearing a suit, necktie and straw hat is standing behind...
Photograph

Husking Corn

Date: 1903
Description: Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground...
Photograph

Students of Eastman School

Date: 05 17 1905
Description: Outdoor group portrait of students and teachers of an integrated class at Eastman School. They are posing in front of the schoolhouse, and a flag is displa...
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1911
Description: Men, possibly postal workers, standing on the front steps of the local post office with crates and barrels in the foreground.
Photograph

Grand Rapids Municipal Swimming Pool

Date: 1920
Description: View across the water near the shoreline of the municipal swimming pool. The pool may have been along the Wisconsin River with slides and sandy beaches. A ...
Photograph

Skiing on the University Campus

Date: 1945
Description: A skier makes a turn coming down a hill on the University campus. In the background are Birch trees.
Photograph

Devil's Lake State Park

Date: 1945
Description: University students on a field trip to Devil's Lake State Park climb the trail up through the piles of talus (broken rocks) on the slope. A couple in the f...
Photograph

Sliding Down Hill

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: View across river of a large crowd of people on a sledding hill, and also gathered around a shelter building. Houses are in the background atop the hill.
Photograph

Summer Time on Miles Lake

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of a man fishing in a rowboat seen through a stand of Birch trees on Miles Lake.
Photograph

Kettle Moraine State Park

Date: 1950
Description: View looking down hill towards people walking through trees in deep snow towards a picnic area below at Kettle Moraine State park.
Photograph

Harvest

Date: 1952
Description: A man driving a tractor, pulling a chopper filling a forage wagon, over gently rolling hills.
Photograph

The Big Jump

Date: 01 1952
Description: Ski jumping at Timber Coulee. A large crowd is gathered to watch. Today it is named Snowflake Ski & Golf Club. It is host to a ski jumping tournament since...
Photograph

First Leaves

Date: 1955
Description: Elevated view towards a woman posing on a spit of land jutting into a lake, seen through birch trees in the spring. Caption reads: "Spring comes suddenly t...
Photograph

Sport Illustrated

Date: 1956
Description: An adult and a child riding a toboggan down the slide at Iverson Park.
Photograph

Old Lead Trail

Date: 1960
Description: A man is running his dog on a trail in an old lead mining area. The trees are bare and fallen leaves are covering the ground.
Photograph

Ice on Old Man River

Date: 1961
Description: People ice fishing on the frozen Mississippi River. Hills can be seen on the shoreline in the background.
Photograph

Easy Riders

Date: 1962
Description: Skiers ascending Mt. Telemark on a T-Bar ski lift.

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: