Date: | 05 22 1954 |
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Description: | Madison housing development at the corner of McKenna Boulevard and Gilbert Road in the Orchard Ridge neighborhood. Shows homes, sprawling backyards and tel... |
Date: | 08 26 1954 |
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Description: | Houses along a Madison neighborhood street where carriers deliver the Wisconsin State Journal. One house on this paper route has a front yard enclos... |
Date: | 07 1955 |
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Description: | Parents and children sitting on a blanket on a lawn and looking down over the swimming pool, which is enclosed by a chain-link fence at Badger Park. |
Date: | 06 04 1957 |
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Description: | Den Mother J. E. Maddrell carries a try of cupcakes with den chief assistant John Carrier who has a jug of grapeade. The Cub Scouts are (left to right): To... |
Date: | 06 15 1957 |
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Description: | A packed crowd of children are watching from behind a white fence towards an arena of horseback riders. A large speaker is on a pole for announcements. ... |
Date: | 08 10 1957 |
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Description: | Edward H. Unger at 4606 Wallace Avenue on the East Side picks a peach from a tree in his backyard that he planted as a peach stone four years ago. His harv... |
Date: | 04 15 1958 |
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Description: | A man playing tennis in a Madison city park. |
Date: | 05 08 1958 |
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Description: | New home, located at 4121 Chippewa Drive, designed by owners Martin and Ann Wolman to meet the needs of their large family of five children. Shown is the e... |
Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th... |
Date: | 06 21 1958 |
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Description: | Children and parents waiting their turn to ride the new Vilas Park merry-go-round during the grand-opening event for the ride on June 21, 1958. In the back... |
Date: | 07 23 1958 |
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Description: | Switch-throwing ceremony for the new electric sub-station in Sun Prairie on Market Street. Five men are standing in front of the transformer and other equi... |
Date: | 10 31 1958 |
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Description: | Halloween vandals use black spray paint on east side homes. Paint was sprayed on at least 13 cars and 15 homes on Coolidge, Dahle and Moland Streets. Four ... |
Date: | 11 29 1958 |
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Description: | Two twin brothers, Dan and Dave Westbury are turning their backs to the wind coming off Lake Mendota at Conklin (James Madison) park. |
Date: | 02 02 1959 |
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Description: | Animals at the Henry Vilas Zoo keep active during winter weather. |
Date: | 02 23 1959 |
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Description: | Cars driving through puddles from melting snow along North Shore drive near the Chicago & North Western railroad tracks. |
Date: | 03 12 1959 |
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Description: | Jerry Clarke, 217 Division Street, and William Frosch, 1134 Pauline Street, employees of Olson Glass Company, 625 Williamson Street, install a glass pane i... |
Date: | 05 19 1959 |
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Description: | Kathy Cramer, an eighth-grader at Cherkokee Heights school demonstrates "what not to do" on the Illinois Central railroad tracks near the school by crossin... |
Date: | 06 06 1960 |
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Description: | Zoo keeper Almar Baker drags a baby alligator from its winter pen in the lion house basement at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
Date: | 06 06 1960 |
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Description: | Three zoo keepers move a 45-year-old, one-hundred-fifty pound alligator from its winter pen to an outside pen at the Vilas Park Zoo. |
Date: | 08 06 1960 |
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Description: | Golfers playing the miniature golf course at George Vitense's Golfland; a combination of a miniature course, a par-three 18-hole layout, a driving range an... |
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