Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Lieutenant Governor Philleo Nash, a Democrat, riding on an elephant during the annual Circus Parade. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Merrie Barney, the 1959 Alice in Dairyland, helps a young boy eating a cream puff, always a favorite treat at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance in Madison, introduces Patti, his first dancing granddaughter. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Elevated view of street with bridge in Darlington. Cars are parked in the center of the street at an angle. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Aerial view of the church (built in 1928), the rectory (built in 1876), the school (built in 1958), and the convent (built in 1941). Also includes a view ... |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | The Kilbourn Hydroelectric Plant of the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Caption reads: "Old Indian Burying Grounds LaPointe Wisconsin." |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | As part of a statewide boycott of Wilson products, delegates to the State Federation of Labor in Cedar Rapids participate in an automobile parade. One car-... |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | John and Stanta Bordner at their Crestwood home. Perhaps their 50th Anniversary party. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Exterior view of Taliesin showing garages with several parked cars. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Interstate construction at the Colley Road and I-90 overpass in Rock County. The contractor is Shappert Engineering Company. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | An employee of the Fox Valley Paving Company pulls the pin from the concrete form during work on Interstate Highway I-90 in Rock County. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | View looking over Fort Dells, with cars parked in the foreground. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Woman's Building, one of the oldest buildings in the city. It is believed to have been built in 1842 by John Folsom, an early settler and farmer on the hei... |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | View from street of the Purdy house, Portage, Wisconsin. A stone wall runs along the sidewalk, topped with an iron fence. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Paul Spencer, a member of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 in Memphis, reminds citizens of his locals' strike against Wilson & Co. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Striking members of United Packinghouse Workers Local 270 stand near the Swift & Co., plant in membership in an attempt to prevent Wilson products being lo... |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Adlai Stevenson and Governor Gaylord Nelson seated together at an unidentified event, probably a sporting event. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Scaffolding in the Historical Society Library Reading Room used to replace the art glass in the skylights and the original brass ceiling lights. Flouresce... |
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