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Historical Essay

The Cassville Photographs of Frank W. Feiker - Image Gallery Essay

View many photographs of Cassville Wisconsin's varied river life, taken by Frank W. Feiker
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Gerhard Gesell's Alma - Image Gallery Essay

Mississippi River Town
View 19th century photographs of life on the Mississippi River logging town of Alma, Wisconsin.
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Native American Portraits by De Lancey Gill - Image Gallery Essay

Photographic portraits of Native Americans dating from 1898.
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Photo Copy Service Photographers Capture the Essence of Madison - Image Gallery Essay

View the online collection of Photo Copy Service photographs taken in Madison from the 1920s through 1960s.
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Simon L. Stein's Portraits of Leading Citizens - Image Gallery Essay

Read about the career of Milwaukee-based photographer Simon L. Stein who is known for his portraits of prominent Wisconsin citizens.
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Images of the Underground - Image Gallery Essay

Underground Newspapers of the 1960s and 1970s
Images of the Wisconsin Historical Society's collection of underground newspapers.
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Wisconsin Place File - Image Gallery Essay

Documenting a Sense of Place
View more than 8,000 images of Wisconsin communities: main streets, the built environment, prominent points of interests and some rural scenes.
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Construction of the World Trade Center, 1969 - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs by Richard Quinney
View photographs of the 1969 construction of the New York City World Trade Center.
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C. L. Harrington: A Lifelong Love of the Wisconsin Northwoods - Image Gallery

View images from Cornelius (Neal) L. Harrington’s collection of photographs highlighting Wisconsin state parks, preserves and forests.
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Let's Go to the Circus! - Image Gallery Essay

Circus images from the 1860s to the 1960s.
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Ephraim Burt Trimpey, 'Photo Artist' from Baraboo - Image Gallery Essay

Learn about the life and career of self-proclaimed 'Photo Artist' from Baraboo who had a vast range of photographic abilities.
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Paul Vanderbilt's Landscapes - Image Gallery Essay

Rural Wisconsin
View the landscapes of rural Wisconsin through the eyes of photographer Paul Vanderbilt.
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An Earth Day Gallery in Gaylord Nelson's Honor - Image Gallery Essay

Read about Earth Day's founder, Gaylord Nelson, a Wisconsin senator and early environmentalist.
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George Barnard's Photographic Views of Sherman's Campaign - Image Gallery Essay

Black-and-white photographs taken and printed by Civil War-era photographer George N. Barnard.
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William Donahey's Teenie Weenies - Image Gallery Essay

The "Teenie Weenies" cartoons enchanted readers of all ages for more than 50 years. View this selection of cartoons by William Donahey.
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McCormick-International Harvester Collection — Image Gallery Essay

Farming in America
Discover the history of the International Harvester Company through the Wisconsin Historical Society's images
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Northwoods Photographer - Image Gallery Essay

Allan Born, The Born Collection
Allan Born's photographs of Northern Wisconsin during the 1930's and beyond.
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Theresa Township Over Time - Image Gallery Essay

Jim Widmer's "Spirit of Rural Wisconsin," Part I
Explore Jim Widmer's photographs of Theresa, Wisconsin.
Historical Essay

H.H. Bennett - Image Gallery Essay

An Inventive and Imaginative Photographer
Learn about H.H. Bennett, the 19th-century photographer of Wisconsin Dells landscapes.
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Madison People's Poster and Propaganda Collection - Image Gallery Essay

This image gallery depicts Madison, Wisconsin, as a hub of dynamic social, political and cultrual change from the 1960s through the mid-1970s.

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