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| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade. Elevated view of the crowd as the U.S. Army 32nd Division passes along Main Street. The Tenney Building is in the background. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Lansing Wilcox, 102-years of age, the last surviving Wisconsin veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic, is seated in a crowd of people attending a Wiscon... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade. The City of Stoughton float depicts it as "the Wagon City." The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade. On the street is the University of Wisconsin Bands bass drum on wheels with a depiction of Paul Bunyan on the side. In the bac... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Eighth grade students from Dane County rural schools attending a mass commencement ceremony at Madison West High School auditorium. The ceremony was part o... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Reviewing stand for the Wisconsin centennial parade being built on Monona Avenue. Visible in the background are the Woolworth store in the Pioneer Building... |
| Date: | 04 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A large group of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are marching, each with an American flag. In the ... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A float of a Viking ship is being pulled by a vehicle decorated as a fish, "the Spirit of Sca... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | A group of B-25s fly over the Wisconsin State Capitol dome during the Wisconsin Centennial Parade. |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | The viewing stand for the new voter ceremonies at the King Street entrance of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Admiral William D. Leahy (in uniform) is shown i... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Mazomanie float is titled: "John F. Appleby Invents Twine Knotter in Mazomanie," and is p... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Oscar Rennebohm shown receiving an album containing the first sheet of Wisconsin Centennial stamps from Joseph J. Lawler, third Assistan... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. An old Oldsmobile automobile, filled with people, is commemorating "America's Oldest Motor Ca... |
| Date: | 06 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Madison alumnae of Zeta Phi Eta honorary speech sorority, will entertain in a skit, "An Afternoon at Squire Pethrick's." Proceeds from the Centennial tea w... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. The Blue Mounds float depicting Dane County's first settler, Ebenezer Brigham, is coming down... |
| Date: | 04 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A float is coming down the street, and is depicting the state flag and states: "100 Years of ... |
| Date: | 05 29 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A gondola float with a band playing Italian music is coming down the street. |
| Date: | 06 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Officers of the East Side Womens' Club are, left to right: Mrs. Alfred (Bessie) Olson, 2029 Jenifer Street, treasurer; Miss Esther Weddig, 1702 Yahara Plac... |
| Date: | 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library. |
| Date: | 09 02 1957 |
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| Description: | 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot... |
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