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Postcard

Town Hall and Church

Date: 1932
Description: Photographic postcard view of a man sitting on the steps of Town Hall. The Catholic church is in the background. Caption reads: "Town Hall and Church, La P...
Photograph

Lee's Oshkosh Airplane

Date: 1932
Description: In order to undertake a trans-Atlantic flight to Norway, Clyde Allen Lee sought financial support from the local Oshkosh clothing company. The sign painted...
Photograph

Lee with Passenger

Date: 1932
Description: Clyde Allen Lee (left), who grew up in Larsen, Wisconsin, and John Bochkon, a last-minute passenger, before they took off to attempt a trans-Atlantic fligh...
Photograph

Lee and Stinson Airplane

Date: 1932
Description: A publicity photograph of Clyde Allen Lee of Larsen, Wisconsin, standing beside the Stinson airplane he rebuilt to attempt a trans-Atlantic crossing to Osl...
Photograph

Kohler at Press Club Outing

Date: 1932
Description: Former Republican Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., at the Milwaukee Press Club outing.
Photograph

Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Field Camp

Date: 1932
Description: A man and a woman standing next to a tent in the Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory field camp.
Photograph

Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory Crew

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait of a group of Wisconsin Land Economic Inventory workers. John Bordner is in the center of the top row. Stanta Bordner is beside him. Uppe...
Photograph

Four Wheel Drive Special

Date: 1932
Description: The Miller Engine-Four Wheel Drive Special and executives of the Four Wheel Drive Company of Clintonville at the Indianapolis Speedway in 1932. FWD person...
Photograph

Portrait of Rosa Goldberg Katz with Brother and Sister

Date: 1932
Description: From left: Nechama Goldberg Ojzer (sister), Rosa Goldberg Katz, Moishe Goldberg (brother); Lodz, Poland.
Photograph

Doublewide Sidecar Prototype

Date: 1932
Description: Ralph Hilgers, wearing sunglasses, is seated on his 74 Harley-Davidson twin cylinder, late 1920's model motorcycle. His motorcycle is shown with a prototyp...
Photograph

Magda Herzberger and Kindergarten Class

Date: 1932
Description: Magda Moses Herzberger (front row, far right) and her kindergarten class dressed in Romanian folk dress in Cluj, Romania. They are wearing caps or scarves ...
Print

The Seasons Greetings

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a woman, a reindeer and various foliage and flowers inside an ornate border. The illustration is done in the medieval style. At the foot is...
Print

Hard Times Have Had a Dreary Stay

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a hobo in a jacket and hat seated in front of a campfire, warming his hands. His bundle of belongings is on a stick by his side. His footpr...
Print

Nativity Holiday Card

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a silhouette of a nativity scene with Jesus in the manger, the Virgin Mary and Joseph. The Christmas star shines overhead. The nativity sce...
Print

Merry Christmas

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card of a carriage drawn by two horses. Snow and trees are in the background. A man in a coat, scarf and top hat is driving. It is snowing. At the ...
Print

With Best Wishes

Date: 1932
Description: Holiday card with a silhouette of a couple and their three Scottie dogs walking in front of a big picture window with red drapes and a pine tree decorated ...
Historical Object

FDR Campaign Banner

Date: 1932
Description: Campaign banner in support of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for President. The banner bears Roosevelt's image and the phrases "God Bless America" and "our next...
Photograph

Peter Wolfe and William Wolfe

Date: 1932
Description: Outdoor portrait of Peter Wolfe, chief of Lac Courte d'Oreilles band of Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indians, with his son William Wolfe, who was Secretary of Lac Cou...
Photograph

Friday Nighters

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait of John R. Commons and his students during a Friday Nighters gathering at Ho Cheera. There is a doll on the floor at the front of the group ...
Photograph

Anna Mae Davis

Date: 1932
Description: Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney, economist, and perennial candidate for attorney general on the Wisconsin Socialist Party ticket. This portrait is from ...

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