Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 21-40 of 879

Photograph

Wisconsin Savings Bond Drive

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Governor Gaylord Nelson (right) receives his commission as honorary state chairman of the 1961 Savings Bond Drive from Harold F. Dickens, Milwaukee, who is...
Photograph

Madison Public Library Scenes

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Men and women crowd around two library tables while reading. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Public Library...
Photograph

Five Proud Eagle Scouts

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Five smiling Boy Scouts displaying their newly earned Eagle Scout badges which were awarded during a special ceremony held at the Church of Jesus Christ of...
Photograph

Matrix Banquet Honoring Outstanding Madison Women

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: The two co-chairmen and their advisor for the Matrix Banquet honoring outstanding Madison women pose for a group portrait. Pictured looking at The Matrix M...
Photograph

State High School Wrestling Tournament

Date: 02 24 1961
Description: Action shot of wrestlers Loren Nordahl of Amery High School (on top) and Phil Robbins, Richland Center High School, during the state tournament at the Fiel...
Photograph

Matrix Banquet Honoring Outstanding Madison Women

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Group portrait of the speakers for the Matrix banquet which honors outstanding Madison women. From left are: Pat McCarthy, Rockford, Illinois, president of...
Photograph

Madison Duo Tops State Bowling Meet

Date: 02 08 1961
Description: Emmett Rendahl, one part of the doubles team that still holds first place in the Minor doubles of the men's state bowling tournament. The other member of t...
Photograph

Matrix Banquet Honoring Outstanding Madison Women

Date: 03 14 1961
Description: Jeanne Bloomfield, Beaver Dam, pinning a corsage on Helen Matheson who was last year's toastmistress at the Matrix banquet honoring outstanding Madison wom...
Photograph

Officers of the YWCA Residence Girls Council

Date: 02 07 1961
Description: A group portrait of the officers of the YWCA Residence Girls Council includes, left to right: Mary Jo Boehmer, Prairie du Sac, treasurer; Willadene Netz, I...
Photograph

Dolphin Club Swim Show

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: A quartet of University of Wisconsin mermaids are splashing through its aquatic paces in a final dress rehearsal for the annual Dolphin Club Swim Show in t...
Photograph

Dane County Association for Mental Health Awards

Date: 02 08 1961
Description: Rev. Max Gabler, minister of the First Unitarian Society, shows a woman "Democratic Man," a book written by Edward C. Lindeman, during an award ceremony fo...
Photograph

Sara Houlton

Date: 02 21 1961
Description: Portrait of Sara Holton at the 4 year old's first birthday party.
Photograph

Fund Drive for the Monona Terrace Auditorium

Date: 03 21 1961
Description: Dr. Van R. Potter, assistant director of the McArdle Memorial Laboratory, argues for the Monona Terrace auditorium to a crowd of about 150 in the main hall...
Photograph

King Henry Wives Play Reading

Date: 03 19 1961
Description: Six women are sitting with their legs crossed on either side of a man who is wearing a bow tie. The original caption states "King Henry VIII and his wives ...
Photograph

Snow Storm through the Windshield

Date: 01 06 1962
Description: View of a snow storm through a windshield of an automobile while driving west down State Street. This was the first snow storm of the new year with 4 inche...
Photograph

Two Orangutans

Date: 01 11 1961
Description: Two orangutans clinging to one another inside an enclosure at the Vilas Zoo.
Photograph

Annual Scholarship Tea of the University League

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Two graduate students from Indonesia — right, Zanzawi Soejoeti of Java, and Jahja S. Lubis of Sumatra — will be among the musicians at the annual scholarsh...
Photograph

New West High School Swimming Pool

Date: 03 28 1961
Description: The new swimming pool at Madison West High School was recently filled with 125,000 gallons of water. In addition to use by the junior and senior high physi...
Photograph

Spring Election 1961

Date: 04 04 1961
Description: Long lines of voters gather at Midvale School for the spring 1961 election. Poll workers are sitting at two tables to register the voters.
Photograph

Edgewood High School Baseball Clinic

Date: 03 25 1961
Description: Phils' Scout Bill Freese demonstrates techniques at Edgewood High School baseball clinic.

Have Questions?

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: