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| Date: | 12 24 1948 |
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| Description: | John Steinhaus's children (a boy and a girl) sitting on Santa's lap. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini, world famous escape artist who spent his boyhood in Appleton, Wisconsin, sitting in a chair wrapped in chains in a scene from the silent fil... |
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| Description: | Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | The mixer in a sound booth talks to actor Ramon Novarro and director Jacques Feyder as they record dialogue for the film "Son of India." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a man seated at a roll-top desk in his office. |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a woman flanked by two men, all standing, wearing minstrel costumes and blackface makeup. The men are pl... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Scene still of a fictional camera and sound crew shooting Frederic March (playing actor Norman Maine) and Janet Gaynor (as Vicki Lester) on set in David O.... |
| Date: | 07 08 1959 |
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| Description: | William Lundigan is seen with his daughter on the set of the television show Men Into Space. He is wearing a spacesuit and helmet. His daughter is t... |
| Date: | 03 03 1958 |
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| Description: | Howard Olson poses as "Chester LeRoy" with three of his wooden puppets: Mr. Zino, Cowboy Eddie, and Sandy McAndy. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Ruth Chatterton and Henry Miller are shown in a scene from the play La Tendresse. Chatterton sits in a chair while Miller stands above her with his ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1994 |
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| Description: | The flag raising during the Fourth of July ceremony, with a group of the local Knights of Columbus on the left. In the foreground on the right is a photogr... |
| Date: | 01 26 1959 |
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| Description: | Four members of the Madison Skating Cub have trained skaters that will take part in the club's annual ice show. Winifred Balsley performs a graceful turn i... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Northey School, District No. 7, pose with their parents at a Halloween "Hard-time" party at the school. Many in the group wear ragged or outd... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of the Amsterdam Square set of the film "Foreign Correspondent." Scaffolding and lights are in the background, and many members of the cast an... |
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| Description: | Leo Gordon, Neville Brand and Joel Fluellen stand in front of Robert Osterloh, sitting, who is holding a pencil in one hand and a cigarette in the other. A... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of a young European American man posed standing with his left arm resting on the back of a chair on the righ... |
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| Description: | Studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of three European American men, posing sitting. The men are wearing blackface make-up, and playing a guitar ... |
| Date: | 12 1906 |
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| Description: | Sarah Krueger and Henry Bigalk playing cards at a table set up outdoors next to the porch. Henry is smoking a pipe and has a large bottle of alcohol sticki... |
| Date: | 12 1906 |
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| Description: | Double exposure image of Henry Bigalk playing cards with himself at a table placed outside next to the porch. Alcohol bottles, cards, a mug, and a bag of t... |
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