Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

Rebuilding after Fire

Date: 1895
Description: Rebuilding of homes and barns after the fire in 1894.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 09 15 1957
Description: Mary Lynn Norton and Cathy Mess unveiling the Phillips Fire historical marker, while Avrid Bostrom and Alderman Victor Cress (seated) look on. Bostrom, a l...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Phillips Fire Historic Marker

Date: 12 09 1964
Description: Mrs. James Sima, a child when the Phillips Fire of 1894 raged, standing next to the historical marker documenting the horrific fire.
Photograph

Moose Statue at Concrete Park

Date: 
Description: Sculpture of a moose at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

View of Town after the fire of July 27, 1894

Date: 1894
Description: Elevated view of the town as it appeared following the fire of 1894.
Photograph

Normal School Building

Date: 
Description: Three-story brick building with two entrances, windows, and a hip roof. Signs above both entrances says: County Normal.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete park

Date: 
Description: Detail of a statue of a man at Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

Date: 
Description: View of several sculptures in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

Date: 
Description: View of several sculptures, including depictions of people, angels, and various animals in Fred Smith's Concrete Park.
Photograph

Concrete Sculpture

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Close-up view of one of the many concrete sculptures in "Fred Smith's Concrete Museum."
Photograph

Flambeau Milling Company Plant

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: View from railroad tracks of the Flambeau Milling Company Plant.
Postcard

Good Land Company Advertisement

Date: 
Description: Postcard advertising the Good Land Company with a photograph of a farm and information for "Homeseekers, Farmers and Investors."
Photograph

"Fred Smith's Concrete Museum"

Date: 09 18 1961
Description: Concrete sculpture museum. Caption on negative jacket reads, "Fred Smith's Concrete Museum. Mr. Smith builds these figures of wooden armature covered with ...
Print

Price County Treasurer Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Price County Treasurer's office, with a three-quarter view of the county building, and people walking and children playing outside. Text ...
Print

Crops of Peas and Rye

Date: 07 1897
Description: Promotional card depicting the prosperous farming in northern Wisconsin.

Caption: "Here is shown a mixed crop of peas and rye, the clover in the foregrou...

Print

The Oat Crop in Price County

Date: 1895
Description: Promotional card showing the tall oat that grow in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts three men standing in a tall oat field.

The caption reads, "THE ...

Print

John Hartman

Date: 1895
Description: Two men and two women pose outside the home of John Hartman. The caption reads, "This view, taken from the garden, shows the home of John Hartman, near Phi...
Print

Abe Eaton

Date: 1895
Description: Promotional card showing the abundance of oats in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Abe Eaton holding a rake in his tall fields. His hat rests on the s...
Print

Fields of Rye

Date: 07 1897
Description: A promotional card displaying a man in overalls standing by his large rye crops, near the road.

The caption reads, "This view made from a photograph take...

Photograph

The Result of Thrift and Energy

Date: 1895
Description: A promotional cards created to attract farmers to the agricultural land in northern Wisconsin. The image depicts Conrad Flicker and his family standing in ...

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: