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| Description: | August Derleth posed with part of his comic collection. The image is from a tinted photograph by Carmie Thompson. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A man is working at a drafting desk on a multi-panel comic strip titled "Henry." Caption reads: "Madison, Wis. 1950-4. Carl Anderson, cartoon artist of pop... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Comic actor Fred Stone holding the tiller of an early two-seat runabout. The automobile may be a Woods Electric or Woods Dual Power. Stone had been a circu... |
| Date: | 08 27 1956 |
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| Description: | Doris Ardelt, secretary of the Madison Civil defense office, hands out comic books to Mary Anthony, left, and Susan Peerenboom for distribution by the Girl... |
| Date: | 02 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Winners and entries in "Capital Times" Valentine contest. The Valentine with the court scene in the center, featuring comic actors in "Ladies of the Jury,"... |
| Date: | 05 25 1975 |
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| Description: | An image of a Harlequin (Arlecchino in Italian), a classical witty comic servant, on a terra cotta panel that decorates Lombardino's Restaurant at 2500 Uni... |
| Date: | 02 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Cartoonist Ken Ernst sketching Badger Beauty Ruth Schmitt whom he selected to represent a new character in his comic strip "Mary Worth". |
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| Description: | Still wearing his pajamas, "Milwaukee Sentinel" editor Alvin Steinkopf reads the newspaper. The popular comic strip, "Gasoline Alley," can be seen on the ... |
| Date: | 01 27 1965 |
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| Description: | Eight members of the Wisconsin Ballet, including Mrs. David Johnson who is facing the camera, dance in the final scene of Verdi's comic opera "Falstaff" wh... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Staged scene of a man pointing a rifle at another man, who has thrown his hands up and is leaning back. A third person is lying on the ground. A pond is be... |
| Date: | 12 20 1952 |
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| Description: | A Madison Exchange Club member giving an Elsie comic book to three girls after they put money in an old bathtub as a Christmas donation to the Salvation Ar... |
| Date: | 01 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Display of some of the 5,000 entries that came into the "Capital Times" office for the first "Cut Out Puzzle" contest of the "Boots" character from the "Bo... |
| Date: | 06 10 1959 |
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| Description: | Charlie Herbert, who played Pete McCauley on the television show Men Into Space, is seen sitting at a desk. He is holding a ball in one hand, a comi... |
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| Description: | Humorous picture of the "Joe Must Go" group in funny outfits sitting on a stairway. The "Joe Must Go" group was trying to get enough signatures to get Joe ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Harry Myers and Marie Prevost perform in a makeshift home theater with footlights made from candles on canned goods in a scene still for the silent drama "... |
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| Description: | Front page of the fake, humorous newsletter titled Dells Events. The front page includes a color picture of two girls (Katie and Jessica Trumble) po... |
| Date: | 02 05 1947 |
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| Description: | Cartoonist Ken Ernst and five University of Wisconsin Badger Beauties, one of whom he will select to be cast as one of the characters in his "Mary Worth" ... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of mischievous schoolboys in a classroom. One boy is reacting to something sharp on his desk chair and two boys are enjoying the results of the... |
| Date: | 08 14 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of children are holding up hand-made signs, demonstrating for "Snoopy for President." Several children are wearing Peanuts t-shirts and sweatshirts... |
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