Date: | 02 09 1954 |
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Description: | African-American bookmobile driver, Bert Rogers, checking for carbon monoxide in the bookmobile because the motor is kept running for heat. The bookmobile ... |
Date: | 02 09 1954 |
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Description: | Sylvia Nuckles checking out a book from Bert Rogers, the driver and circulation staff for the Madison Free Library bookmobile. |
Date: | 03 04 1954 |
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Description: | Duke Ellington at the keyboard at a jazz big band concert in the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion. |
Date: | 03 04 1954 |
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Description: | Ray Nance singing into a microphone at the Duke Ellington jazz big band concert in the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion. |
Date: | 03 04 1954 |
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Description: | Duke Ellington jazz big band performing at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion. Pictured are clarinetist Jimmy Hamilton and bassist Wendell Marshall... |
Date: | 07 28 1954 |
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Description: | Two African American cooks standing by a stone hearth in the kitchen at the New Pines restaurant located at 2413 Parmenter Street. One of the cooks might ... |
Date: | 08 25 1955 |
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Description: | Leaders of the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street. Pastor B. W. Vann is with Rev... |
Date: | 09 12 1962 |
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Description: | Local celebrity chef, Carson Gulley, posing with the sign for his new restaurant and catering firm at 5522 University Avenue. |
Date: | 04 16 1957 |
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Description: | Madison Women's Club presents an original play "Man and His God' to raise money for scholarships. Members of one of the play's choirs provides musical back... |
Date: | 04 27 1964 |
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Description: | Twenty-seven members of the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) are linking arms and singing "We Shall Overcome" in the balcony of the Wisconsin Assembly Ch... |
Date: | 09 28 1957 |
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Description: | Two fishermen reflected in Monona Bay while standing on a dock. One man is wearing a hat and leaning on a long fishing pole, and the other man is standing... |
Date: | 12 19 1957 |
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Description: | Milwaukee Braves outfielder, Hank Aaron, talks to the Rounder's Club and makes a donation to the Wisconsin State Journal's Empty Stocking Club. Shown with ... |
Date: | 01 15 1958 |
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Description: | Professional wrestler, "Lil" Arthur Thomas, tensing his biceps at the Madison Health Studio at 235 West Gilman Street. |
Date: | 03 05 1958 |
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Description: | The Madison Bookmobile makes eleven stops in the city. Shown in the bookmobile are (left to right): Mrs. Tom Newport and son, Jim (5437 Dahlen Drive); libr... |
Date: | 10 23 1958 |
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Description: | The planning committee for the 6th annual state conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meets to discuss the c... |
Date: | 09 05 1960 |
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Description: | More than 300 people attend the annual Labor Day program sponsored by the Madison Federation of Labor at the Labor Temple, 1602 S. Park Street. Hilton Hann... |
Date: | 01 11 1961 |
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Description: | Standing on a desk in the Assembly Chamber is Beth Coggs, four-year-old daughter of Assemblyman Isaac Coggs, a Democrat from Milwaukee. She is holding a do... |
Date: | 02 15 1961 |
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Description: | The Dane County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Brotherhood Week display, including books, recordings and other material... |
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