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Book or Pamphlet

International Light-Duty C-Line Trucks

Date: 1961
Description: Front cover of an advertising brochure for the International C-Line of light-duty trucks. Cover features a color illustration of people engaged in a variet...
Book or Pamphlet

International C-Line Light-Duty Trucks

Date: 1962
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for International C series light-duty trucks. Features a color illustration of various professionals lined up behind a Tra...
Photograph

Father Groppi at School Boycott

Date: 
Description: Father James Groppi and students from Boniface School join the public school boycott. They're clapping their hands and appear to be chanting.
Photograph

Milo Weinschenker in Sunglasses

Date: 1947
Description: Portrait of a refugee child, Milo Weinschenker, wearing sunglasses. He is standing next to a train, as he and his family were about to leave Germany to sai...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Champion

Date: 07 28 1957
Description: The car and driver that won the Madison Soap Box Derby in 1957 at the starting line. The car is called "Phillipson Garage" and the driver is Van Steiner of...
Photograph

Salty's Seafood & Spirits — Exterior

Date: 01 15 1999
Description: "The Wilz family of Appleton join us at noon, at Salty's in Fond du Lac. Salty's Seafood & Spirits is at 503 N. Park Avenue in F.D.L."
Photograph

Justman Barn — Exterior

Date: 2004
Description: The Justmans purchased the farm in 1976. They last milked cows in January 1998. They farm previously was in the possession of Ron's parents, Marvin and Van...
Photograph

River View Mobile Home Park

Date: 11 1987
Description: "Andy Schnitzler, Jr. posed with shovel, broke ground for the River View Mobile Home Park."
Photograph

Brotherton Lumberjacks

Date: 1925
Description: Chief Niles and other Brotherton men sawing logs.
Photograph

Two Kiriwina Island Children

Date: 08 28 1943
Description: View looking up at an upset indigenous toddler wearing a banner around his middle with "1944" pasted on it. He is holding a pair of sunglasses and standing...
Photograph

Happy Days!

Date: 1944
Description: A photograghic card created by Robert Doyle to wish friends and family "Iamu Mwasawa!" A smiling, quarter-length portrait of Robert Doyle in uniform appear...
Photograph

Child Enjoying Lilacs at the Arboretum

Date: 05 16 1959
Description: A man holding Kim Kuether (15-months-old) who is looking at lilacs at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
Photograph

Pipe Dyer's Indian Village

Date: 
Description: View across grass towards a group of Ho-Chunk people sitting together at their summertime village, which was managed by Roland "Pipe" Dyer. There are trees...
Photograph

Meal at Camp Douglas

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of a number of soldiers, and a young boy, at Camp Douglas having a meal on an improvised table near a tree. One of the men has a dog on his ...
Photograph

Sailing School

Date: 08 08 1941
Description: View across water of women and children sitting on the deck of the Sailing School Ship on Lake Geneva. Herb Taylor, partly obscured on the afterdeck, was t...
Photograph

At Kilby Lake

Date: 1910
Description: Six women and girls are reflected in the water as they model their swimming costumes on the beach. Another woman observes from behind. The caption reads: ...
Photograph

Equinox Festival

Date: 09 09 1978
Description: A group portrait of musicians posing with a banner at the Equinox Festival. Seated in front from left to right are Tony Castaneda, drummer Ken Koepler (kne...
Photograph

Edgerton Lions Club

Date: 05 14 1976
Description: A person costumed in a Lion suit is riding a motorcycle as part of the Edgerton Lions Club. Onlookers are sitting along the side of the road and in parked ...
Photograph

Ojibwa Wedding

Date: 
Description: A large, outdoor, group wedding portrait of group of people posing on a lawn. [name of family to come] The bride is sitting in the center on the ground, wi...
Photograph

Truck in Parade

Date: 1974
Description: Stuart (husband of Frances Decorah) driving a truck in a street parade. The truck is draped with blankets displaying a Native American motif. A woman in tr...

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