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Date: | 1876 |
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Description: | Home of Governor Cadwallader C. Washburn on Monroe Street at the east end of what is now the Edgewood College campus. Washburn is probably the man at left. |
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Description: | Bill Payne driving a herd of large hogs through town on Main Street, possibly on the way to Adam Best's Butcher's Shop. Storefronts identified, from left t... |
Date: | 08 15 1945 |
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Description: | Seaman 1st class Tom Teeley with newsboy, Bernard Ehrmann, holding a copy of the Wisconsin State Journal with headline declaring peace in the Pacific. Cele... |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | Families gathered in front of large tents at a Chautauqua meeting. |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Krueger family husking corn. From right to left are: Mary, Sarah, August, Florentina, and Jennie Krueger. A dog is lying on the ground... |
Date: | 07 15 1961 |
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Description: | Bart Starr of the Green Bay Packers receives a new 1961 Ford Falcon from a Green Bay Ford dealer. The compact Falcon was introduced by Ford in 1959 to appe... |
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Description: | A crew of farm laborers taking a break from harvesting wheat while a young woman is offering food and drinks. They are posing in front of a reaper with the... |
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Description: | Dr. Eugene Krohn driving his medicine wagon. The man behind the wagon is either Rufus Jones or Warren C. Jones. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ... |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc... |
Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | Parishioners gather at the entrance outside New Fellowship Church of God In Christ at North Eighth Street. |
Date: | 03 14 1957 |
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Description: | Elevated view across street towards the storefront and delivery vehicles of Spic and Span Dry Cleaning. |
Date: | 09 28 1942 |
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Description: | Highway billboard advertising Wisconsin cheese for the Department of Agriculture and Markets. |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | John Roach, director of the state beverage and cigarette tax division, using a sledge hammer to smash illegal slot machines. |
Date: | 07 1927 |
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Description: | Car parked underneath the entrance gate to the Island Resort at the Wisconsin Dells, 25 miles from the Dells on Highway 12-16 near Mauston. Entrance gate a... |
Date: | 12 1905 |
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Description: | Edgar and Jennie Krueger are sitting on the front porch of the Krueger home with an Edison Standard phonograph sitting on a chair between them. Two Edison ... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Text on front reads: "Main Street Looking South, Lone Rock, Wis." Unpaved street with sidewalks, dwellings and buildings on both sides. Horse drawn vehicle... |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | Winter scene with people walking in the snow past a lamppost down State and Henry Streets, Madison, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the backgr... |
Date: | 1873 |
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Description: | Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Winter scene of Fitchburg depot with train at platform, and a group of men and women waiting outdoors. |
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