Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Work
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Year of 1950-1959
Filter: Subject of special days
| Date: | 09 16 1951 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Dr. Morris Thomas, left, manager of the new Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison, greets Major General Carl R. Gray, Jr., administrator of veterans ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler is shown with his right hand raised while taking his oath of office, being administered by Chief Justice Edward Fairchild of the Wis... |
| Date: | 04 05 1956 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison Newspaper carrier boys were treated to breakfast at Felly's Restaurant at 927 South Park Street. Shown clockwise from lower left are: Michael Riede... |
| Date: | 04 04 1956 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison Newspaper carrier boys were treated to a breakfast at Felly's Restaurant, 927 South Park Street. Seated at the lower table are Charles Peschel (bac... |
| Date: | 04 11 1956 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison Newspaper carrier boys were treated to breakfast at Felly's Restaurant, 927 South Park Street. Shown seated clockwise are Ivan Hinrichs, James Buc... |
| Date: | 04 11 1956 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison Newspapers carrier boys were treated to breakfast at Felly's Restaurant, 927 South Park Street. Shown clockwise are: Bob Markham, John Washbush, Bi... |
| Date: | 05 18 1956 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Thirty carrier boys for Madison Newspapers wave goodbye before leaving on a train for a four-day vacation trip to Washington D.C. These boys won the trip b... |
| Date: | 08 30 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | While standing on the steps of a passenger car, North Western Railway conductor C.R. Odekirk is preparing for his final run on the Dakota 400. He is retiri... |
| Date: | 02 13 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Commissioner Melvin Larson presents honorary certificates for service to Catherine Griffith (five years) and Malitta Siebel (21 years). |
| Date: | 12 15 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Governor Vernon Thomson (left) and former Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. examine the oil portrait of Kohler which was unveiled in the Governor's private off... |
| Date: | 02 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Attending the State Historical Society Founder's Day banquet are, left to right: Walter and Marie Steuber and Clement Silvestro, executive secretary of the... |
| Date: | 02 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Attending the State Historical Society Founder's Day banquet are, left to right, W.B. Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin history professor; Dr. Donald R. ... |
| Date: | 08 29 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Portrait of seven women, all former students of pathologist Dr. Lester McGary. They are, left to right: Cleo Kreamer, Jane Worley, Evelyn Welch, Marion Smi... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group portrait of the outgoing board president of the Madison Real Estate Board with his successor and other newly installed officers. Seated are Robert ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison mayor Ivan Nestingen signing a proclamation designating April 26 through May 4 as Beautiful Madison Week, when residents are urged to spruce up the... |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Attorney General John Reynolds and Mrs. Reynolds receive congratulations at a reception during Governor Nelson's inauguration. |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Family group portrait of (left to right): Lt. Governor Philleo Nash; Mrs. Nash; Nash's sister, Jean Nash, Wisconsin Rapids; and Mrs. Nash's mother, Mrs. He... |
| Date: | 01 18 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Wearing an orchid corsage (far right) is Katherine Middleton at a tea in her honor at a private home. She retired on January 1st after almost 32 years of s... |
| Date: | 01 18 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Librarian friends at a tea in a private residence honoring Katherine Middleton who is retiring after almost 32 years with the Wisconsin Free Library Commis... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: