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| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | The first Farmers Alliance — also known as the Southern Alliance — is shown in front of the cabin in which their first formal meeting was held in 1877 in P... |
| Date: | 01 14 1964 |
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| Description: | Civil rights group CORE picketing the Board of Realtors at Coach House Motor Inn for fairness and equality in housing. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,... |
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| Description: | A group of children and adults pose in blackface at a Masonic party. |
| Date: | 08 02 1971 |
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| Description: | Site of a demonstration by Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa against the Northern States Power Company dam on the Chippewa Flowage, Sawyer County. There is an A... |
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| Description: | Portraits appearing on medallions commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters. From left to right on top are ... |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Conservation Warden checking on beaver traps. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin wardens patrolling waters of Wisconsin in a canoe. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of the Shutterbugs Camera Club. First row, left to right: Suzy Dempsey, Jennie Dempsey; Second row, middle, Anna Dempsey; porch step, Libb... |
| Date: | 03 29 1962 |
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| Description: | Three women with leis around their necks. Caption reads: "It was Hawaiian night Wednesday for patients at the Sky-View nursing home, 901 S. 3rd St. Mrs. Ca... |
| Date: | 07 04 1918 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of young men and women posing in costumes, which are mostly drapery suggesting a Greco-Roman style. One man is dressed as a Roman so... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Parade float on which ten women are standing, some posing with knitting needles or behind a sewing machine. Two men and one woman are standing on the groun... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Seven women in white uniforms measuring five children, including one infant. Caption reads: "Lincoln School, Madison, Wis. Weighing and Measuring Campaign ... |
| Date: | 12 16 1956 |
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| Description: | Four children smile at a young man holding out checks. Caption reads: The year's savings of members of the Neighborhood Saving and Recreation organization ... |
| Date: | 10 23 1980 |
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| Description: | Several women and children are walking, riding bicycles, or on roller skates. Some are carrying signs that read: "Equality of rights under the law shall no... |
| Date: | 04 09 1970 |
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| Description: | Two women on the left are sitting at tables and talking into telephones. On the right are large show windows, and a bus and passers-by are visible through ... |
| Date: | 09 04 1958 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a suit and bow tie is standing at a podium, speaking and gesturing with his hands. A lectern scarf is draped over the podium with the word "P... |
| Date: | 04 06 1955 |
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| Description: | A man in the center is standing behind a sign for Toastmasters International with one hand raised up. Two other men are sitting and looking at pocket watch... |
| Date: | 10 01 1977 |
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| Description: | Several African-American teenagers are standing outside a building, some wearing coats and some under umbrellas. A sign reads: "Fight for the Right." Capti... |
| Date: | 01 24 1958 |
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| Description: | A man is posing in a leather fringed costume and fur cap, with what appears to be a fake beard. He is holding two dead animals up in his right hand. Two ot... |
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