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Date: | 09 10 1879 |
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Description: | The Madison Brass Band performing at the Wisconsin State Fair at Camp Randall. The view is facing east toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. |
Date: | 1870 |
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Description: | Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc... |
Date: | 1874 |
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Description: | Halvor Nerison Hauge (1830-1906) had much to be proud of in 1874: an imposing brick house, modern harvesting equipment and a growing family. When Dahl publ... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
Date: | 1939 |
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Description: | View down sidewalk along West Washington Avenue, looking toward the Capitol. A man is crossing the street and there is a car at the corner that has the wor... |
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Description: | A beech tree with the inscription, "D. Boon cilled a bar. 1760" carved into it. The tree was located up to the 1880s near Boone's Creek, Tennessee. |
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Description: | Candid shot of the writer, perhaps Upton Sinclair or Clement Wood, wearing a hat and a tweed suit. |
Date: | 1915 |
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Description: | Boardwalk bridge through the woods leading to Lake Superior from Coole Park Manor. |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | World War I soldiers standing in front and on the back of an International truck with a recruiting poster. |
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Description: | Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times". |
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Description: | Homer Bigart, (1907-1991) award-winning journalist with the "New York Herald-Tribune" and the "New York Times" on far right in group portrait. |
Date: | 1903 |
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Description: | Agnes Moorehead is shown at about 4 years of age. She wears a white dress stands beside a flowering bush. |
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Description: | Elevated view looking down West Washington Avenue at the Congregational Church (on the left) and the Grace Episcopal Church, two of the era's large and lav... |
Date: | 11 1883 |
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Description: | View of the third Wisconsin State Capitol showing the ruins of the South Wing addition after it collapsed during construction. |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet. |
Date: | 1880 |
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Description: | Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin... |
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Description: | A fishing boat coming in from the mouth of the harbor. |
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Description: | View downriver from the State Street Bridge showing a large sailing vessel. |
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Description: | Exterior view of the Layton Art Gallery, with three people on the front steps, and a large bicycle parked nearby. |
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