Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Search: Madison
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
Filter: Year of 1950-1959
Filter: Year of 1955
| Date: | 06 26 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three Madison Boy Scouts received the Ad Altare Del medal at a retreat at the Dane County fairgrounds. Left to right: Reverend Wayne Turner, Tim Harrington... |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Aerial view of Atwood Avenue, looking west towards Winnebago Street and "Schenk's Corners." |
| Date: | 08 30 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Handbag display in Chandler's Shoes store, 10 West Mifflin Street, on the Square. |
| Date: | 06 08 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Mrs. Friede (?) sits in a chair while crocheting a doily. |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Originally the Charles Riley house, 21 West Gilman Street. Historian Frederick Jackson Turner lived in the house in 1890. |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | A woman stands beside a religious painting (of her own making?). |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Construction work in the Historical Society Library Reading Room in preparation for installing linoleum floor tiles. |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Joe Dottl standing in the Ideal Body Company on Park Street. |
| Date: | 11 23 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group portrait of the Edgewood High School boy's basketball team in uniform with a coach. |
| Date: | 03 09 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | During a meeting for 120 Madison and Dane County foster parents, Evelyn Owens of Sun Prairie, left, pins a name tag on Margaret Olson, a foster mother. The... |
| Date: | 01 10 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Assemblyman Carroll Metzner (R-West Madison) is listening to a presenter at a pre-session lawmaker's school for the freshman members of the 1955 Wisconsin ... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Madison West High School football player, Dave Koepcke (seated), is getting his blood pressure checked by Dr. William Walter, who is using a stethoscope du... |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Clothing outfits available at Madison stores being modeled by young women: Standing on a flight of steps, Margaret McDowell is wearing a black felt, full ... |
| Date: | 03 24 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Man smoking a cigarette and blowing a smoke ring towards the ceiling. |
| Date: | 03 22 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Close-up of a man welcoming spring with snow on his face and coat. |
| Date: | 08 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Nursing staff meeting at Mendota State Hospital. |
| Date: | 11 18 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Volunteer Kathleen Joachim looks after two unnamed children as they handle clay at a table. "As a philanthropic project, the Madison alumnae group of Kappa... |
| Date: | 02 13 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Three members of the Chicago Royalites Club at a cocktail and supper party in the Gold Room of the Playdium put on by the Madison Royalettes, an African Am... |
| Date: | 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Camp Randall Memorial Park cannon with an American flag flying in the background. |
| Date: | 02 27 1955 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Saint Raphael Cathedral, 216 West Main Street, showing the new bishop's seat. |
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: