Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 25

Photograph

First Veterans Day Proclamation in Wisconsin

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ...
Photograph

University Service Flag

Date: 1918
Description: The large service flag that honored all University of Wisconsin students who served during World War I on display in the Reading Room. The students themsel...
Photograph

Patriotic Lodge Hall Meeting

Date: 1900
Description: Men gather at lodge hall, probably in Watertown, Wisconsin. American flags are hanging from the light fixtures, draped over tables and on the wall. There i...
Photograph

Flag Raising Ceremony

Date: 1934
Description: A flag-raising ceremony at Villa Louis, with a group of people standing on the lawn around the flagpole.
Photograph

Patriotic Parade

Date: 
Description: View across unpaved road towards a group of people on a stagecoach patriotically decorated for a parade on a town street.
Photograph

American Flag on Front Door

Date: 2006
Description: An American flag is hanging on the front door of a red brick house.
Photograph

DAR Citizenship Winners

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: Madison's four DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizenship winners receive their pins. They are (left to right): Francesca Axley, who made ...
Photograph

Americanization Pageant Donation Bottles

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Marie Oakey, left, and children Genevieve and Jacques du Vair place coins into collection bottles to support a patriotic drive held by the Madison Women's ...
Photograph

Girl at Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 28 2007
Description: A young girl dressed in red, white, and blue is watching the Memorial Day parade while holding an American flag and sitting in a chair on the sidewalk.
Photograph

Americanization Pageant

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Three members of the Madison Council of Church Women executive board examine brochures with Jessie Kriel, the Americanism chairman of the Madison Woman's C...
Photograph

New U.S. Citizens Celebrate at Citizenship Ceremony

Date: 11 14 1961
Description: Forty-one men, women, and children receiving their U.S. citizenship from Federal Judge Patrick T. Stone. The Lawyers' Wives of Dane County entertain the ne...
Photograph

Children of the American Revolution

Date: 03 13 1951
Description: Members of the Timothy Hatch Society of the Children of the American Revolution take part in the commemoration ceremony in recognition of the founding of M...
Photograph

DiSalvo's Spaghetti House Bar

Date: 04 12 1944
Description: Interior view of DiSalvo's Spaghetti House bar, located at 810 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood. Family portraits, including servicemen, are on ...
Photograph

WAVES Leaving with Bags

Date: 
Description: Five women dressed in WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) uniforms saluting and carrying suitcases, probably at the University of Wiscon...
Photograph

Two Children Hold a Flag

Date: 
Description: Two young children on the top step of a porch are holding an American Flag. One is standing and the other is sitting. They are wearing dresses, stockings, ...
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 
Description: Elevated panoramic view of the Memorial Day Parade, from the corner of Main and 1st Streets. Men carrying musical instruments, including a trombone, trumpe...
Photograph

Bicentennial Display, Non-denominational Church

Date: 1976
Description: Interior view of the front of a church, with patriotic decorations. A table in the chancel has an open book surrounded by flags. On the east wall are trico...
Photograph

Woman in Patriotic Costume

Date: 
Description: A woman wearing a striped patriotic costume poses outdoors with an American Flag. Her hat is topped with a metallic star, her ankles and shoes are wrapped ...
Photograph

Man and Woman with Flags

Date: 
Description: A man and a woman stand in a yard behind a white picket fence. The man is leaning towards her while holding an American flag. She is wearing a light-colore...
Photograph

Fourth of July at Park Falls

Date: 07 04 1994
Description: The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photogr...

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: