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| Date: | 08 24 1934 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Margaret Phillips, secretary of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, seamstress, writer, and a Madison activist. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Peter Engelmann (1823-1874), Wisconsin educator and naturalist. Engelman founded the German-English Academy in Milwau... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of John L. Russell (1808-1873), Botanist. From 1831-1854, Russell served as a Unitarian minister in a number of cities. Served as... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Samuel Foster Haven (1806-1881), Massachusetts anthropologist, librarian, and archaeologist. Haven is best known as t... |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite portrait of John Tyndall (1820-1893), Irish natural philosopher. Tyndall was one of the leading figures in Victorian science and a member o... |
| Date: | 04 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Phoebe Hayes, librarian for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) and representative from the Madison Feder... |
| Date: | 06 14 1950 |
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| Description: | Hildur Hanson, receptionist in the "Wisconsin State Journal" editorial rooms, looks over the 25-piece tool kit which will be awarded for the best construct... |
| Date: | 07 07 1950 |
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| Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby racer John Bock of 19 Paget Road, right, is shown prizes to be awarded to the top racers by Jean Behling, staff writer for the "Wisc... |
| Date: | 03 20 1956 |
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| Description: | Attending the annual Matrix Banquet are Helen Worden Erskine (left), guest speaker, and Jane Johannsen, president of the U.W. Chapter of Theta Sigma Phi, t... |
| Date: | 03 20 1956 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J. George Crownhart and Marion P. Crownhart attend the annual Matrix banquet. Theda Sigma Phi, sponsor of the event, is a national honorary and profes... |
| Date: | 07 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Clifford Lee Lord, director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, sitting at his desk. |
| Date: | 03 12 1957 |
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| Description: | Attending the annual banquet for members of Matrix, an organization for women journalists, are Alice Kearby, Milwaukee, left, a Theta Sigma Phi journalism ... |
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| Description: | Actress Audrey Hepburn, then a representative of UNICEF, visiting Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey in his office. She was in Washington to testify on b... |
| Date: | 04 13 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Robert Mixson, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student, at his swearing-in ceremony as a Justice of the Peace. A fraternity prank resulte... |
| Date: | 09 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Marine Corps reserve unit adviser, Major E.G. Usher, is shown at his desk. Usher was in the news because he advised a change from a separate effort to help... |
| Date: | 08 22 1961 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Krafft A. Ehricke, program director of the astronautics division of General Dynamics Corporation. He spoke at the Wisconsin Union Theater t... |
| Date: | 09 15 1965 |
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| Description: | John A. McIlnay, former Madison resident and vice-president of sales for Ray-O-Vac addressing a banquet of the Sales and Marketing Executives. He warned ab... |
| Date: | 04 26 1954 |
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| Description: | Visiting in the atrium of University of Wisconsin Union Theater prior to the performance of the musical comedy, "Wait and See," are (left to right): Dave W... |
| Date: | 02 28 1958 |
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| Description: | Phil Koepcke is holding a plaque awarded to Koepcke Travel Agency for its outstanding contributions to the development of civil air transportation. With hi... |
| Date: | 05 09 1958 |
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| Description: | Women attending the convention of the Credit Union National Association (CUNA) collected a total of $38.37 and donated it to the Wisconsin State Journal... |
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