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| Date: | 11 14 1958 |
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| Description: | Ronald E. Johnson of Mount Sterling, with world champion cheddar cheese at the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association Contest. |
| 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: | 07 1959 |
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| Description: | Dickey Chapelle, photographer, on the same Milwaukee beach where she learned to swim as a young girl. She was covering "Operation Inland Seas" celebrating ... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a large, multi-generational Norwegian family and friends gathered for a picnic celebration. In the foreground are picnic baskets ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Belle Case La Follette, wife of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., addressing a group of farmers during a tour on the Chautauqua circuit during which she frequent... |
| Date: | 09 18 1984 |
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| Description: | Jennie Youn Haeng Seider, 4, of Milwaukee, used her father Jeffrey Seider's back to display her new certificate of naturalization. |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Eight men and women of a graduating class sit outdoors holding their diplomas. They are seated on the steps of the photographer's home at 131 East Montello... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Three boys purchase fireworks from the proprietor of a National Fireworks tent near Ogden Avenue. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Ag... |
| Date: | 07 15 1987 |
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| Description: | A woman finishes a display of Bay View High School photographs from the 1950s as part of an any-year reunion at the Festa Italiana on the Summerfest ground... |
| Date: | 08 1928 |
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| Description: | John P. Wood of Wausau, winner of the 1928 National Air Reliability Tour, with his "Waco from Wausau." Also in the photograph are Wood's prizes: the Edsel ... |
| Date: | 1951 |
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| Description: | Men in suits are sitting around an oval-shaped table while another man with his back to the camera gives a presentation. |
| Date: | 01 03 1944 |
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| Description: | United States Army safety award banner presented to the Wisconsin Power and Light Company. Employees are grouped around it. |
| Date: | 06 11 1941 |
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| Description: | Louis Gardner seated with Chicago paper and Louis L. "Speed" Gardner holding Sperry trophy. |
| Date: | 09 26 1935 |
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| Description: | Rev. Edwin O. Kennedy sitting at a desk writing a letter, Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue. There is a telephone on the desk, and books are... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry speaking in the Assembly Chamber during the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette, Sr., memorial ser... |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service. |
| Date: | 06 15 1935 |
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| Description: | U.S. Senator Gerald P. Nye of North Dakota, at the podium, speaking in the Assembly Chambers at the 10th annual Robert M. La Follette Sr. Memorial Service. |
| Date: | 03 31 1933 |
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| Description: | Elizabeth Dill, Mary Flynn, and Sarah Ann Wiley, in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre, 209 State Street, modeling clothing from Kessenich's Easter collectio... |
| Date: | 11 16 1932 |
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| Description: | University League benefit bridge tea at University of Wisconsin Pres. Glenn Frank's home, 130 N. Prospect Avenue, junior division in the President's librar... |
| Date: | 10 31 1931 |
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| Description: | Children posing in Halloween costumes at The Capital Times-RKO Strand Theatre Halloween party. |
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