click zoom to display a high-res image
Publication Information
Physical Description
Collection Information
Copyright Information
W014EY1
WHi 72978
Image
Digital Collections
Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
Attribution
For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier.
The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.
For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.
Accessing Collections
The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.
Spraying in Maple Bluff for Dutch Elm Disease
November 1, 1958
All elm trees in Maple Bluff are sprayed for Dutch elm disease in accordance with the village's compulsory spraying ordinance. Charles Webster, 2740 Milwaukee Street, a tree service man, is shown s...
Spraying Elms with DDT
1967
Worker spraying Elm trees with DDT pumped from a tank hitched to the back of a vehicle equipped with a snow plow.
Two Women Near Campers
April 7, 1968
Two women in bikinis are walking their dogs by a row of campers at Terry Andrae State Park.
Citizens Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin Letter
July 21, 1957
Letter from Harold Kruse, President of Citizens Natural Resources Association of Wisconsin, to L.P. Voigt of the Wisconsin Conservation Department regarding the use of DDT to control Dutch Elm Dise...
Trees and Snow
1920
Winter scene with tree branches bowing under the weight of snow.
