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Description: | Fourth of July flag drill at Vilas Park, choreographed by F.W. Kehl in Madison. The land for Vilas Park was donated to the Madison Park and Pleasure Drive ... |
Date: | 10 04 1936 |
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Description: | View over crowd towards Senator Robert M. La Follette, Jr., speaking to a Progressive Party rally at Mauston, Wisconsin. Bob, Jr., became senator after the... |
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Description: | Thousands of employees appear in a composite photograph representing 50,000 employees of the Ford Motor Company. A company building reading "Ford Motor Com... |
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Description: | Elevated view of crowd outside the entrance to the Grandstand at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
Date: | 08 24 1940 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the dedication of the Junior Fair barn at the Wisconsin State Fair, the construction of which was a WPA project. A Scout band provides the... |
Date: | 1859 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the fairgrounds in Milwaukee, the year when Abraham Lincoln spoke. The fairgrounds were located at the Brockway Grounds near Twelfth and S... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Harness race at the Wisconsin State Fairgrounds. Caption at top left reads: "Partial view, Grand Stand and Race Track, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee." |
Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | The Joseph Clauder Marching Band from Milwaukee pose in front of the Wisconsin Building at the St. Louis World's Fair. Clauder's band was one of the most p... |
Date: | 06 28 1865 |
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Description: | The Great Fair held at Milwaukee for the benefit of the Wisconsin Soldiers Home. The 130x130 foot building was constructed especially for the ten-day fair.... |
Date: | 05 14 1950 |
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Description: | President Harry S. Truman rides in a car in a parade on the Capitol Square. He came for a 5 1/2 hour visit, gave a "peace" address to the nation from the U... |
Date: | 06 14 1928 |
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Description: | The Aupaumut Memorial Tablet unveiling ceremony. The memorial is for Captain Hendrick Aupaumut, a Revolutionary War soldier, born 1757, died 1830. The tabl... |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | View looking South down Third Street near Scott. The street is filled with a large crowd, bikes and automobiles. Banners and flags are along the sidewalk i... |
Date: | 11 11 1952 |
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Description: | Representatives of veterans' and patriotic groups, holding flags and paying tribute to the city's war dead by laying wreaths around a cenotaph at the Stat... |
Date: | 05 29 1931 |
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Description: | A large numbers of cars are shown parked at Peninsula State Park during the reburial ceremony for Potawatomi Chief Simon Onanguisse Kahquados. A crowd of p... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Interior view of the Milwaukee Auditorium during an event. |
Date: | 12 21 1944 |
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Description: | General Vincent J. Meloy, Truax Field commanding officer, draws war bond No. 96,358,797, which means a war bond for Mrs. Lily Clements, a cook at Hamilton ... |
Date: | 1906 |
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Description: | The land and house were donated to the village. The club house is still in use (1964) as a publicaly owned building for recreation and meetings. Image show... |
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Description: | Men approaching a train at the railroad depot carrying farm machinery from the J.I. Case Company. |
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Description: | Crowd at station listening to a whistle-stop speaker at the railroad station, probably William McKinley. |
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Description: | Crowd at railroad station listening to a whistle-stop speaker standing on the back of a caboose. Probably William McKinley. |
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