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| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon coming down a cobblestone street in Milwaukee. The fact that automobiles are also in the photograph suggests that the transition to ... |
| Date: | 07 23 1955 |
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| Description: | The Soap Box Derby held on East Washington Avenue leading from the Wisconsin State Capitol. Shown are two racers heading down the course from the starting ... |
| Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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| Description: | A crowd looks on as boys in derby cars await the start of the Madison Soap Box Derby at the starting gate on East Gorham Street. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Governor Tommy G. Thompson waves from a Harley Davidson motorcycle as he rides on John Nolen Drive. Lake Monona and the Wisconsin State Capitol b... |
| Date: | 07 22 1951 |
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| Description: | Derby cars are checked prior to the race at the Soap Box Derby Shellubrication Station at 140 and 144 East Gorham Street. |
| Date: | 08 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison, Wisconsin Champion Roddy Botts with a volunteer at the starting line of the All-American Soap Box Derby at Derby Downs. |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | View down dirt road of field hands working to harvest cranberries in a flooded cranberry marsh, while men inspect newly harvested and crated cranberries. I... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | View of the starting line scene at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. Racers Ted Scherbert of Portage (left) and Gerald Flentje of Lodi adjust their helmets ... |
| Date: | 07 25 1954 |
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| Description: | Racer Ken Johnson of Mineral Point waits for the starting signal from city recreation director Glenn Pat Holmes at the 1954 Madison soap box derby. |
| Date: | 06 1987 |
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| Description: | Congressman David Obey of Wisconsin biking with the Wausau Wheelers. |
| Date: | 08 1996 |
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| Description: | "A lone biker glides off into the distance on a misty McArthur Road." |
| Date: | 05 26 1997 |
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| Description: | "Theresa American Legion Post 270 veterans visited seven cemeteries as they paid homage to departed comrades. Gary Erdman, Sargent-at-arms, stood at attent... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | A group of law enforcement officers wearing helmets hold rolled up paper, probably signs confiscated from demonstrators during a Freedom Summer protest out... |
| Date: | 08 25 1944 |
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| Description: | A roadside stop in Normandy, France. Two men are posing next to the parked jeep, which has "ADA" stenciled below the windshield. The man in front partially... |
| Date: | 09 1997 |
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| Description: | Paula Larsen competing in the World Duathlon in Gemika, Spain. A physical education teacher in Mayville, Paula was runner-up in the 50-54 age group. |
| Date: | 1977 |
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| Description: | View looking down dirt road of a man wearing a helmet driving a red Scout. All four wheels are in the air. |
| Date: | 05 1945 |
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| Description: | Soldier offering food to Japanese women and children gathered on a roadside in Okinawa. One woman wears a baby on her back. Other soldiers watch from a jee... |
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| Description: | Two men, dressed in driving clothes, posed sitting in a Kissel car parked in a field. They are wearing caps, and their goggles are pulled up. In the backgr... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Two companies of tanks attached to the 32nd Division (Red Arrow Division) on a dirt road approaching Juvigny, France. Some of the men are riding horses. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle parked along a gravel road near a stone wall. He is wearing leather gloves, a jacket, dark pants, lace-u... |
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