Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections

Searching for

Refine by

Results 1-20 of 40

Photograph

Crowd on State Street

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of crowd along sidewalks on State Street, and the Masonic Temple from Madison Street. Streetcars and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street.
Photograph

Memorial Day Parade

Date: 1902
Description: Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade. During the 1890s and 1900s, most of the 45 to 65 age group of men were Civil War veterans, and belonged ...
Photograph

Face-off between Police and NAACP Members

Date: 
Description: The Milwaukee police approach a line of NAACP Youth Council members in an attempt to break up a demonstration.
Photograph

Wisconsin Knights of Columbus Golden Jubilee Parade

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: The Madison 4th degree team of the Knights of Columbus, wearing formal clothing with top hats, vests and capes and carrying walking sticks, marching in for...
Photograph

Fourth of July Celebration

Date: 07 04 1907
Description: Elevated view of a Fourth of July street scene taken in front of Eagle's Hall. The Hall was built by the Fraternal Order of Eagles, a group founded in 1898...
Photograph

Fourth of July ESBMA Parade

Date: 07 04 1952
Description: "Comely young women" ride the float of the Four Lakes Yachting Club in the 1952 Fourth of July parade on Capitol Square for the East Side Businessmen's Ass...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: Two racers streak down the soap box derby track on E. Gorham Street as a large crowd watches from behind a fence along the sidewalk.
Photograph

Parade Celebrating 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church

Date: 07 01 1953
Description: Horse-drawn float in the parade celebrating the 100th Anniversary of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Cross Plains. On the float are five members of ...
Photograph

In the Starting Gate

Date: 07 23 1949
Description: View from behind of a soap box racer in the starting gate at the top of the E. Gorham Street hill between N. Butler and N. Pinckney Streets. A man with a f...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby Finish Line

Date: 07 19 1953
Description: Two Madison soap box derby contestants are racing toward the finish line on South Midvale Boulevard as a large crowd watches from behind a fence. The 1953 ...
Photograph

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 08 11 1940
Description: Thirteen year-old James Borden (standing in the middle) of Madison, Wisconsin, the 1940 Madison, Wisconsin soap box derby champion, waiting for his turn to...
Photograph

Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 28 1940
Description: Paul Johnson (left) and James Borden (right) racing down Gorham Street at Madison's (Wisconsin) 1940 soap box derby. They have just left the starting ramp....
Photograph

First National ACORN Convention

Date: 12 1978
Description: A crowd of people with signs march to the Democratic Party mid-term convention during the first national ACORN convention.
Photograph

American Legion Parade

Date: 07 17 1954
Description: The Racine Post No. 76 drum and bugle corps receives a salute as they pass the reviewing stand during the American Legion parade around the Capitol Square....
Photograph

American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Wisconsin's Thirty-second Division drill unit take part in the American Legion parade around Capitol Square.
Photograph

American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: An old truck operated by the Richard Mulcahy Post 47 of Portage spraying water on the crowd at the American Legion parade around Capitol Square. The view i...
Photograph

American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: The La Crosse Drum and Bugle Corps takes part in the American Legion parade around Capitol Square. The Park Hotel is in the background.
Photograph

American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: The crowd watches a marching unit along East Main Street during the American Legion parade around the Capitol Square. Miller's and Penny's are in the backg...
Photograph

MGM Trackless Train

Date: 08 1925
Description: The Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer "Trackless Train" parked in front of the Hotel Loraine on West Washington Avenue. The YMCA can be seen on the right. The "Trackless...
Magazine or Periodical

Wheelmen in Boston

Date: 05 30 1881
Description: Engraving of a sketch by Joseph Pennell showing a parade of League of American Wheelmen bicyclists along Commonwealth Avenue between Dartmouth Street and W...

Have Questions?

If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.

Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at: