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| Date: | 06 26 1933 |
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| Description: | U.S. weather observer, Oscar E. Olson, sitting at his desk, looking at a thermometer and wiping the sweat from the back of his neck on a hot summer day. |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Ottoman Parrhysius, cold meat cook at the Loraine Hotel, posing with a parrot ice sculpture that he created. |
| Date: | 11 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Thora Thorbergson, "mermaid" from Iceland, a Fanchon & Marco showgirl, posing in a swimming suit on a block of ice. |
| Date: | 06 16 1931 |
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| Description: | Albert Lorenz, assistant U.S. meteorologist, is reading a wind velocity instrument in the laboratory at North Hall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. |
| Date: | 07 16 1931 |
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| Description: | Potentiometer Thermometer being read by Albert Lorenz, assistant meteorologist, U.S. Weather Bureau, North Hall, University of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Color advertising photograph of a man operating a 1450 Cub Cadet lawn tractor with snowblower attachment in a studio with fake snow. |
| Date: | 02 18 1953 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Toories, the women's auxilliary of the Madison Curling Club, pose with their brooms and stones. Left to right: Frances Sanford, Char... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Curlers sweep in front of a stone during a curling match. |
| Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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| Description: | Staff Sergeant Johnnie White celebrating Christmas at Truax Field hospital. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of a young girl, clothed in a winter coat, bonnet, and muff, with fake snow on the ground and falling all around her. |
| Date: | 01 21 1948 |
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| Description: | William L. Doudna, Wisconsin State Journal staffer, interviews movie actress Esther Williams during her visit to Madison. In the background is the W... |
| Date: | 01 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Members of the winning rinks in the intra-club bonspiel, are, standing, the Wellman Rink: left to right, Walter Wellman, Jim Cottrell, Dr. L. F. Fundell, a... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing with an International A tractor owned by the City of Bloomington. The tractor has a grader and front loader attached. The men are prep... |
| Date: | 01 17 1950 |
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| Description: | Dorothy Bell, a member of the Madison Skating Club's Junior Club, is shown spinning while wearing a skirted skating costume at their indoor rink at Truax F... |
| Date: | 12 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of men at the Reynolds rink of Lodi, taken at the annual Midwest Curling Association bonspiel held in Madison. Pictured are, left to right i... |
| Date: | 12 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Esther Onstad releases the "stone" on the curling court. Onstad is a member of the Madison Toories, a women's curling group. |
| Date: | 12 03 1951 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Stephen Resan of Route 1 (left) and Agnes Gurney "sweep a stone" on a curling rink. The women are members of the Madison Toories, a women's curling gr... |
| Date: | 01 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Bill Owens and Mr. and Mrs. William Mohr, members of the Bill Owens curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel sponso... |
| Date: | 01 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kimball, members of the John Rogers curling rink of Portage, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spo... |
| Date: | 01 04 1952 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Deane Woody and Mr. and Mrs. D.B. Sanford, members of the Deane Woody curling rink of Madison, posing at the second annual mixed bonspiel spon... |
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