Stanley K. Schultz, Professor of History
William P. Tishler, Producer
Shane Hamilton, Web Editor
Indexed by Name || Indexed by Subject
| Name | Subject | Caption |
| "Pilgrims of the Plains" | The 'Old West' | Photograph of wood engraving, "Pilgrims of the Plains" by A. Bobbit after Alfred R. Waughn from Harper's Weekly |
| 1948 Democratic Convention | Politics | Barry Goldwater (1909- ) |
| 1948 election cartoon | Politics | "The Campaign Begins in Earnest," cartoon by Walt Kelly in the New York Star (depicts Thomas Dewey, Harry Truman, and Henry A. Wallace) |
| Addams, Jane | Reformers | Jane Addams with a group of immigrant children |
| Alleyball | Immigration | Children play ball in a New York immigrant district |
| Allis Chalmers strike | Labor | Allias Reliance Works under the protection of the State Militia during the first general labor strike in Milwaukee, May 4-11, 1886 |
| Anthony, Susan B. | Feminism | Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906) |
| Apollo2 Saturn5 | Technology | Apollo II Saturn V rocket about to liftoff from Kennedy Space Center, FL |
| Arapaho chief | Native Americans | Chief of the Northern Arapahos |
| Berger, Victor | Politics | Victor Berger as a young man |
| Berger, Victor | Politics | Campaign poster for Victor Berger's socialist campaign for U.S. Senate |
| Berger, Victor | Politics | Victor Berger (1860-1929), Milwaukee Socialist |
| Billboards--1920s | Advertising | The growth of consumerism |
| Blaine, James G. | Politics | James G. Blaine, the "Plumed Knight", Harper's cover art by Thomas Nast |
| Blaine, James G. | Politics | James Gillespie Blaine, the "Plumed Knight" (1830-1893) |
| Bloomers | Feminism | Young women wearing bloomers in UW-Madison Woman's Gymnasium |
| Bonus Army | Protests | "Bonus Army" WWI Veterans making camp in Washington, D.C., to protest unpaid pensions |
| Bonus Army | Protests | "Bonus Army" WWI Veterans protesting unpaid pensions |
| Bonus Army | Protests | Handpainted sign on Bonus Army truck states: "We Done a Good Job in France, Now You Do a Good Job in America" |
| Bowery (NYC) | Urbanization | New York tenement district popularly known as the Pig Market |
| Bryan, William Jennings | Politics | Cartoon depicts William Jennings Bryan "Trying to Paint Out the Old Sign" of 1896 (Free Silver) with the new issue "Imperialism" |
| Bryan, William Jennings | Politics | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), Populist leader |
| Bryan, William Jennings | Politics | William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925), Populist leader |
| Carnegie, Andrew | Industrialization | Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), industrialist and philanthropist |
| Catt, Carrie Chapman | Feminism | Carrie Lane Chapman Catt (1859-1947), women's suffrage leader |
| Chicago's Dearborn St., 1910 | Urbanization | Postcard of "A busy day on Dearborn and Randolph Streets, Chicago" |
| Chicago, 1915 | Urbanization | Postcard showing State St., 1915 |
| Civil rights rally (Madison) | African Americans | Civil rights rally held at the Wisconsin State Capitol, June 1961 |
| Cleveland, Grover | Presidents | Grover Cleveland (1837-1908) |
| Coal mine worker | Labor | A lonely job for a child working in the coal mines |
| Cody, "Buffalo Bill" | The 'Old West' | William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (1846-1917) |
| Columbian Exposition | Technology | Postcard depicting Machinery Hall at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
| Columbian Exposition | Technology | Postcard depicting Machinery Hall at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
| Columbian Exposition | Technology | Postcard depicting Agricultural Building at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
| Columbian Exposition | Technology | Postcard depicting Horticultural Building at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
| Columbian Exposition | Technology | Postcard depicting Horticultural Building at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
| Columbian Exposition | Technology | Postcard depicting Agricultural Building at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 |
| Coolidge, Calvin | Presidents | Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), fishing on the Brule River in northern Wisconsin |
| Cotton mill | Industrialization | Carding cotton in Great Olympian Cotton Mill (U.S. South) |
| Cotton mill | Industrialization | Great Olympian Cotton Mill in Georgia |
| Cotton picking | The South | Cotton picking in Mississippi |
| Coughlin, Charles | Politics | Father Charles Coughlin (1891-1979), Catholic radio personality and political activist |
| Cowboy | The 'Old West' | Color postcard of cowboys and cattle ranchers in Montana |
| Cowboys | The 'Old West' | Color postcard of cowboys and cattle ranchers in Montana |
| Custer, George A. | The 'Old West' | General George Armstrong Custer (1839-1876) |
| Darrow, Clarence | Intellectuals | Clarence Darrow (1857-1938), labor lawyer, reformer, and social critic |
| Darwin, Charles | Scientists & Inventors | Charles Darwin |
| Davis, Jefferson | War | William Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), president of the Confederate States of America |
| Depression couple | Social Issues | Family lives on public relief funds (1936) |
| Discing | Rural America | Mechanization of agriculture |
| Dow Days | Protests | University of Wisconsin-Madison students confront police during Dow Chemical demonstrations on campus |
| DuBois, W.E.B. | African Americans | Dr. DuBois at his desk at Atlanta University where he initiated and edited the famous Atlanta University Studies on Negro Americans |
| Edison, Thomas | Scientists & Inventors | Thomas A. Edison (1847-1931), inventor |
| Eisenhower, Dwight | Presidents | "Ike" and four brothers proudly exhibit muskies and northern pike caught on Wisconsin Lake |
| Eisenhower, Dwight | Presidents | Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) |
| Ellis Island | Immigration | Postcard of Ellis Island, New York |
| Eugenics | Social Issues | A group of poor men hold signs given to them by eugenics supporters on Wall Street (NY) |
| FEPC | African Americans | Photograph of billboard promoting legislation for fair employment practices |
| Fiske, John | Intellectuals | John Fiske (1842-1901), philosopher and historian and popularizer of evolutionary theory |
| Ford plant | Industrialization | Assembly line production of Ford cars at the Ford "Rouge Plant" |
| Ford, Henry | Industrialization | Henry Ford (1863-1947), industrialist |
| Garfield, James A. | Presidents | James A. Garfield (1831-1881) |
| Garvey, Marcus | African Americans | Marcus Garvey (1887-1940), head of UNIA |
| Goldwater bumper sticker | Politics | Bumper sticker states: "Goldwater my [picture of an ass]" |
| Goldwater, Barry | Politics | Barry Goldwater (1909- ) |
| Gompers, Samuel | Labor | Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) |
| Gompers, Samuel | Labor | Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) |
| Gompers, Samuel | Labor | Samuel Gompers (1850-1924) |
| Grain Steamer | Rural America | Loading a grain steamer at Milwaukee--linking Midwestern farmers with the world economy |
| Grangers | Rural America | The last meeting of the First Farmers Alliance at their First House |
| Grant, U.S. | Presidents | Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) |
| Great West | The 'Old West' | Photograph of lithograph by Gaylord Watson, 1881, depicting a romantic land known as the "Great West" |
| Harding, Warren G. | Presidents | Warren G. Harding (1865-1923) |
| Hickok, "Wild Bill" | The 'Old West' | James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok (1837-1876) |
| Hill, James J. | Industrialization | James Jerome Hill (1838-1916), financier and railroad magnate |
| Home Economics Class (UW) | Feminism | Students at work in University of Wisconsin "home economics laboratory" |
| Hoover, Herbert | Presidents | Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) |
| Hull House children | Immigration | Immigrant children at Jane Addams' Hull House in Chicago |
| Humphrey, Hubert H. | Politics | Hubert Humphrey (1911-1979) |
| Immigrants | Immigration | Immigrants receive tickets from official |
| Immigrants (Ellis Island) | Immigration | Examination of immigrants at Ellis Island |
| Immigrants (Slav) | Immigration | Slav immigrants |
| Imperialism cartoon | Politics | Political cartoon: "What the United States Has Fought For" |
| Indian girl's school | Native Americans | Boarding house for "assimilating" young Native American girls |
| IWW cartoon | Labor | Cartoon predicts direct action of radical groups will bring about capitalism's demise |
| Johnson, Lyndon Baines | Presidents | Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908-1973) |
| Kennan, George F. | War | George F. Kennan (1904- ), diplomat and historian |
| Kennedy, John F. | Presidents | John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) |
| Kennedy, Robert | Politics | Robert Kennedy (1925-1968) |
| Ku Klux Klan (Madison) | African Americans | Postcard sent by KKK to Paul A. King, 316 N. Ingersoll, Madison, WI |
| Ku Klux Klan (Milwaukee) | African Americans | Poster for the Milwaukee KKK inviting citizens to a summer 1924 rally |
| Ku Klux Klan cartoon | African Americans | Harper's Weekly cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting the plight of African Americans in the Reconstruction South |
| La Follette, Robert M. | Politics | Photo of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925) speaking before an audience of 12,000 in Los Angeles, 1907 |
| La Follette, Robert M. | Politics | Robert "Fighting Bob" La Follette (1855-1925) in a classic pose |
| Lewis, Sinclair | Intellectuals | Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951), author |
| Lincoln, Abraham | Presidents | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| Lincoln, Abraham | Presidents | Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) |
| McArthur, Douglas | War | General Douglas McArthur (1880-1964) and wife (far left) with unidentified man |
| McCarthy (Army hearings) | Politics | G. David Schine, Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn at the June 1954 Army hearings |
| McCarthy, Joseph | Politics | Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957), anti-Communist crusader |
| McGovern, George | Politics | George McGovern (1922- ), public official |
| McKinley and Roosevelt | Presidents | Campaign poster for William McKinley and Teddy Roosevelt |
| McKinley, William | Presidents | William McKinley (1843-1901) |
| Mencken, H.L. | Intellectuals | H.L. Mencken (1880-1956), journalist, editor, and critic |
| Model T Ford | Technology | 1920s Ford Model T |
| Moon landing | Technology | "Buzz" Aldrin stands by Passive Seismic Experiment Package |
| Mott, Lucretia | Feminism | Lucretia Mott (1793-1880) |
| Native American family | Native Americans | Group of Native Americans near Laramie, Wyoming |
| NAWSA march | Feminism | Crowd gathers in Washington, D.C., on March 3, 1913 to witness a parade for women's suffrage |
| Nixon, Richard M. | Presidents | "Control Pollution: Dump or Flush [Nixon] 1972 Sanitary Gasket" |
| Nixon, Richard M. | Presidents | Richard M. Nixon (1913-1996) |
| Nixon-Kennedy Debate | Politics | Negatives from the Milwaukee Journal's coverage of Sept. 26, 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate |
| Ouray and chiefs | Native Americans | Ouray and chiefs, from Utah |
| Paper mill | Industrialization | Kimberly-Clark paper mill in Wisconsin (in Appleton, Kimberly, Neenah, or Niagara) |
| Paper mill (Niagara) | Industrialization | Kimberly-Clark Co. paper mill in Niagara, Wisconsin |
| Paul, Alice | Feminism | Alice Paul (1885-1977), women's suffrage leader |
| Phillips, Wendell | Reformers | Wendell Phillips (1811-1824), social reformer |
| Piecework | Labor | Finishing men's trousers at wages of two or three cents a pair in New York City |
| Pig | Rural America | Hog |
| Pigs | Rural America | Prize-winning hogs, 1884 |
| Prohibition cartoon | Social Issues | Caricature of Herbert Hoover and the "noble experiment" of Prohibition |
| Radio broadcasting | Technology | Radio broadcasting from the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse during a basketball game |
| Railroad | Industrialization | Early view of the Illinois Central Railroad |
| Rockefeller, John D. | Industrialization | John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937), industrialist and philanthropist |
| Roosevelt, Eleanor | Reformers | Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) |
| Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | Presidents | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) |
| Roosevelt, Franklin Delano | Presidents | Cover to sheet music of "Welcome Mr. Roosevelt," by Eric Karll |
| Roosevelt, Teddy | Presidents | Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) |
| Roosevelt, Teddy | Presidents | TR is "Dee-Lighted" to throw his hat into the ring of the 1912 presidential election |
| Rosie the Riveter | War | Enola O'Connell, only woman welder at Heil Co., Milwaukee, WI |
| Rough Riders | War | Teddy Roosevelt and the "Rough Riders" at San Juan Hill, lithograph by V.G. Read |
| Russian peasants | Immigration | Russian peasants |
| Sac and Fox chiefs | Native Americans | Sac and Fox chiefs pose for a photograph |
| Saturn rocket | Technology | Saturn Rocket immediately prior to ignition and liftoff at Cape Canaveral, Florida |
| Schurz, Carl | Politics | Carl Schurz (1829-1906), editor and public official |
| Sinclair, Upton | Intellectuals | Upton Sinclair 1878-1968 ), Socialist author |
| Singer advertising card | Advertising | Card from Singer Mfg. Co.'s series depicting life in countries importing Singer sewing machines |
| Singer advertising card | Advertising | Card from Singer Mfg. Co.'s series depicting life in countries importing Singer sewing machines |
| Singer advertising card | Advertising | Card from Singer Mfg. Co.'s series depicting life in countries importing Singer sewing machines |
| Singer advertising card | Advertising | Card from Singer Mfg. Co.'s series depicting life in countries importing Singer sewing machines |
| Sitting Bull | Native Americans | Sitting Bull (1831?-1890), Sioux Chief |
| Smith, Al | Politics | Al Smith and his National Chairman, John J. Raskob on the porch of the Raskob home at Claymount, Delaware |
| Smith, Al | Politics | Political cartoon depicting bigotry displayed against Al Smith (a Catholic Prohibition opponent) |
| Spencer, Herbert | Intellectuals | Herbert Spencer (1820-1903), English philosopher |
| Stanton, Elizabeth Cady | Feminism | Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815-1902), suffrage leader |
| Stevenson, Adlai | Politics | Adlai Stevenson at a Madison, WI banquet during Presidential campaign |
| Stevenson, Adlai | Politics | Campaign poster for Adlai Stevenson and Estes Kefauver |
| Stone, Lucy | Feminism | Lucy Stone (1815-1903), suffrage leader |
| Strike-Bayview rolling mills | Labor | North Chicago Rolling Mills at Bay View, Wisconsin, site of 1886 confrontation between militia and striking laborers |
| Sumner, Charles | Politics | Charles Sumner (1811-1874), public official |
| Sumner, William Graham | Intellectuals | William Graham Sumner (1840-1910), Yale social scientist |
| Sunday, Billy | Reformers | Billy Sunday and wife leaving the home of Mrs. Alexander in New York where the evangelist had preached a sermon to a select four hundred |
| Sweatshop | Labor | Children and young people working in vegetable cannery |
| Taft, William Howard | Presidents | Postcard states "Here's to the Man the New Dixie Counts On" |
| Taft, William Howard | Presidents | William Howard Taft (1857-1930) |
| Temperance singers | Social Issues | The "Ladies of Logan" sing hymns in front of bars in aid of the temperance movement |
| Tenant Farmer | Social Issues | Sam Nichols, tenant farmer, Boone County, Arkansas, October 1935 |
| Tenement district | Urbanization | An entirely enclosed court in a tenement district in Baltimore |
| Thresher--"Little Giant" | Rural America | The "Little Giant" thresher, like other farm machinery, reduces farm labor needs, but increases capital costs |
| Threshing | Rural America | Wisconsin threshing scene, September |
| Tractor | Rural America | Postcard depicts four farmers and their pride for their new labor-saving farm machinery |
| Train | Technology | Green Bay-Western locomotive #15, circa 1879 |
| Truman, Harry | Presidents | Cartoon depicts Harry Truman asking Congress for powers he is not big enough to handle |
| Truman, Harry S | Presidents | Harry S Truman (1884-1972) |
| Truman, Harry S | Presidents | Harry S Truman in Madison with Governor Rennebohm |
| Turner, Frederick Jackson | The 'Old West' | Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932) with a group of UW-Madison seminar students in the WI Historical Library |
| Turner, Frederick Jackson | The 'Old West' | Frederick Jackson Turner (1861-1932), UW-Madison historian |
| Twain, Mark | Intellectuals | Samuel Longhorne Clemens (1835-1910) |
| Unemployment insurance | Social Issues | "Wisconsin Unemployment Insurance," drawing by Charles Silver |
| Vanderbilt, Cornelius | Industrialization | Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877), financier and industrialist |
| Veblen, Thorstein | Intellectuals | Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929), social scientist and critic |
| Vietnam choppers | War | American "choppers" fly over a Vietnamese rice paddies |
| Vietnam mothers | War | Wisconsin mothers of soldiers in Vietnam implore: "For Mother's Day, Give us back our sons" |
| Warets and Shavano | Native Americans | Warets and Shavano, of Utah |
| Washington, Booker T. | African Americans | Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) and family |
| WERA-Milwaukee County | Social Issues | City of Milwaukee work project for the Depression-era WERA (Wisconsin Emergency Relief Administration) |
| Wilson, Woodrow | Presidents | Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924) |
| Women's suffrage poster | Feminism | Poster warns: "Danger! Woman's Suffrage Would Double the Irresponsible Vote" |
| Woodhull, Victoria C. | Feminism | Victoria Claflin Woodhull (1838-1927), social reformer |
| Woolworth's lunch counter | African Americans | Three students endure taunts as they stage a sit-in at a Woolworth's lunch counter in Jackson, MS |
| Wright, Frank Lloyd | Intellectuals | Frank Lloyd Wright (1869-1959), architect |
| WWII bond truck | War | Oscar Meyer Co. delivery truck implores citizens to "Invest 10% of your income in War Bonds for Victory!" |
| Yalta conference | War | Churchill, FDR, and Stalin on the patio of Livadia Palace, Yalta, Crimea, Russia in February 1945 |
| Youmans, [Mrs. Henry M.] | Feminism | Mrs. Henry M. Youmans of Waukesha, WI, president of Wisconsin Women's Suffrage Association |
| Zedong, Mao | Politics | Mao Zedong, Communist leader of China, with unidentified man |
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