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| Date: | 1879 |
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| Description: | Norwegian Sunday School Picnic at Mendota steamboat landing. Small lake steamer "Mendota" could reach speeds of up to 18 mph. The barge "Uncle Sam" was 75f... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Camp Randall Field from the top of Bascom Hall, with University Heights in the background. A crowd is in the stands at the stadium, and a ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A parade turning the corner from Wisconsin Avenue on to the Capitol Square. A horse-drawn wagon in the foreground carries a May Pole and dancers from the K... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View from stands of crowd gathered for the arrival of Charles Lindbergh and his famed airplane the "Spirit of St. Louis". |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on. |
| Date: | 06 14 1940 |
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| Description: | Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium. |
| Date: | 07 20 1944 |
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| Description: | Young people dance in the street on Bowen Court as part of city Recreation Department summer activities. Girls are dancing with girls and boys are dancing ... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a University of Wisconsin-sponsored parade rolling down Mifflin Street on the Capitol Square. One of the banners appears to be about socia... |
| Date: | 05 06 1934 |
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| Description: | Pilot Orland G. Corben accepts the winner's trophy at the Kroger Air Show in Madison from Kroger Manager D.V. McPeek. Also in the photograph is Tommy Hain... |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd watching a formation flight by military aircraft at a Truax Field air show. |
| Date: | 05 16 1959 |
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| Description: | A crowd waiting to get a glimpse inside a military jet on display at an air show at Truax Field. The air show was part of the Armed Forces Day celebration ... |
| Date: | 10 30 1915 |
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| Description: | Eighty-five Nakoma lot buyers enjoy a picnic in Nakoma, an outlying residential district. A quote on the print reads, "Go westward and grow up with Nakoma"... |
| Date: | 07 14 1935 |
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| Description: | View across field towards a crowd at Royal Airport for Jimmie Allen model airplane flight contest and Air Circus at Royal Airport. |
| Date: | 06 24 1925 |
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| Description: | Dignitaries and speakers on podium at University of Wisconsin-Madison graduation in the Field House. |
| Date: | 10 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by. |
| Date: | 10 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, standing in the doorway of a train car and signing autographs. |
| Date: | 10 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from stands of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band in "I" formation on the Camp Randall football field for U.W. - Iowa game. Th... |
| Date: | 10 08 1932 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from stands of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Marching Band in "DAD" formation on the Camp Randall football field for U.W. - Iowa game -... |
| Date: | 07 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of children from the South Side Franklin playground dressed as Indians surrounding a small tipi (teepee) prior to the Lantern Parade. |
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