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| Date: | 04 30 1961 |
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| Description: | Pictured left to right are James Dombrowski, Carl and Anne Braden, Frank Wilkinson, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta King at a reception in Atlanta, Geo... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster showing color illustration of pioneers on a bluff overlooking a McCormick binder harvesting grain in the valley below. The poster bears ... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Advertising lithograph depicting the first public demonstration of a mechanical reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steeles Tavern, Virginia, in 1831. The sc... |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of Soldiers' Orphans Home, formerly Harvey Hospital. The octagon house was originally built for Governor Leonard J. Farwell and designed by Aug... |
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| Description: | Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Back of painting reads: "Madison in June 1837 after photo taken by E.E. Bailey" and "Peck's cabin by Dengel." The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built... |
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| Description: | The Eben Peck cabin was the first house built in Madison. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of people posing on and around horse-drawn sleds. There is a man on the porch of the building in the background. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Vilas Park, filled with groups of people on the lawn, and horse-drawn carriages on the drive. |
| Date: | 10 31 1935 |
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| Description: | Group of people posing in Halloween costumes at the Italian Workingmen's Club at 914 Regent Street in the Greenbush neighborhood. |
| Date: | 09 11 1937 |
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| Description: | A male soda jerk is standing behind the semi-circular counter in the Bancroft Dairy fountain room, with seven customers eating ice cream. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building. |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | This is a family photograph of Nels Wickstrom with his wife Anna (born Anna Stoel) and their children in front of their log home. The oldest child, wearing... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Four men and three women posing on Hull's tennis court. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group of five people, (includes Jesse Stone, Mrs. Abernathy, A.G. Hull, Leo Capser, and Captain Angus) standing in front of Cedar Bark Lodge on Hermit Isla... |
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| Description: | The World's First Typist, Lillian Sholes, daughter of Christopher Sholes, who invented the first successful typewriter. It was during Mr. Sholes' residence... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Kleinstueber's Machine Shop, where Christopher Latham Sholes perfected his typewriter. The sign on the top of the building reads: "Brass F... |
| Date: | 08 12 1948 |
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| Description: | One of the many demonstrations organized by the People's Progressive Party in Milwaukee to fight the ever-rising cost of living. The campaign includes the ... |
| Date: | 09 03 1945 |
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| Description: | The 6th Ward Contingent represented a community on the march. Black men, women and children from the CIO and AF of L, from small business, brought a messa... |
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