Weyerhaeuser, FrederickFirst-generation immigrant Frederick Weyerhaeuser transformed the American lumber industry and attained almost unimaginable wealth in the process. Today, the family-run Weyerhaeuser Company remains one of the largest lumber producers in the Pacific Northwest and in the world.
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick Portrait, n.d.Portrait of first-generation German-American lumber magnate Frederick Weyerhaeuser in American lumbermen: the personal history and public and business achievements of…
Why the Rath Packing Company FailedCreated By: Donnell, John D Publisher: Waterloo, IA: Grout Museum of History and Science, 1993
Window Display at Marshall FieldElizabeth Paepcke’s eye for design went a long way in convincing her husband to think seriously about the profitability of…
Wirtschaft und Politik als Herausforderung: die liberalen Unternehmer (von) Mallinckrodt im 19. JahrhundertCreated By: Franke, Christoph Publisher: Stuttgart: Franz Steiner, 1995
Wisconsin Immigration BrochureCover of a brochure in German designed to attract immigrants to Wisconsin, 1868
Wisconsin’s Deutsch-Amerikaner bis zum Schluß des neunzehnten JahrhundertCreated By: Hense-Jensen, Wilhelm Publisher: Milwaukee, WI: Die Deutsche Gesellschaft, 1900-1902
Wish You Were HereCreated By: Keister, Kim Source/Publisher: Historic Preservation 44.2 (1992): 54–61
Women of Two Countries: German-American Women, Women’s Rights, and Nativism 1848-1890Created By: Bank, Michaela Publisher: New York: Berghahn, 2012
Worker cottage on the grounds of the August Schell Brewing Company, 1990Worker cottage on the grounds of the August Schell Brewing Company, 1990.
Workers making sand molds to produce pig iron at a blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ca. 1905Workers making sand molds to produce pig iron at a blast furnace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. ca. 1905. Copyright Keystone View…
Wurlitzer Company Records, 1860-1984Created By: Wurlitzer Company Publisher: The Archives Center of the National Museum of American History
Wurlitzer Instrument Repair DepartmentA corner of the musical instrument Repair Department of the Wurlitzer Cincinnati store, 1898.
Wurlitzer Jukeboxes and Other Nice Things 1934-1974Created By: Adams, Frank Publisher: Seattle: AMR Pub. Co., 1983
Wurlitzer, RudolphRudolph Wurlitzer established a substantial music trade and manufacturing company, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, which sold a wide range of goods, including musical instruments for marching bands, violins, harps, and pianos.
Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WisconsinThe Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, photographed between 1928 and 1932.
