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| Date: | 08 18 1963 |
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| Description: | Old houses in a residential neighborhood with women and children at play. |
| Date: | 11 15 1926 |
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| Description: | Window display of the Schmidt Hardware Company showing Mirro Aluminum toy sets: dishes and silverware. |
| Date: | 11 15 1926 |
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| Description: | Window display of Schmidt Hardware Comany showing Mirro Aluminum toy sets: dishes, silverware. |
| Date: | 12 02 1962 |
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| Description: | A group of Madison residents, l-r. Mrs. Arthur Freeman, JoAnn Brandt, Scott Freeman, and Mrs. Mary Engler set up their own "refreshment headquarters" on th... |
| Date: | 06 02 1944 |
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| Description: | Fourth of July refreshment tent in Westmorland neighborhood, with Mrs. Vincent Domini, William T. Hammill, Mrs. Hammill, and Mrs. Elmer Nielson. |
| Date: | 1881 |
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| Description: | Watercolor painting of farm and farmhouse, residence of Mr. Daniel Lewis. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A construction worker sits on a wooden beam near a fence and eats his lunch. Behind him is the construction site with debris. |
| Date: | 07 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Interior bedroom in the Winfield Martin house, 2906 Lakeland Avenue. Built as a carriage house for James and Minnie Corry, in 1911, it was remodeled as a r... |
| Date: | 06 21 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison Community Chest sponsored Farley tract community garden. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond C. Thompson are having a picnic with their children, Charles (11) and... |
| Date: | 08 15 1942 |
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| Description: | Women and men preparing hot dogs in crock pots at a booth at the Civilian Defense Rally. |
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| Description: | Children and adults seated at a large make-shift picnic table in a field near a tree. In the background on the left is a carriage, and on the right a horse... |
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| Description: | Log driving crew sitting down for lunch on the bank of a river (probably the Trap River or Rib River). There is a batteau at the water's edge, and one man ... |
| Date: | 06 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms (standing), uncle of Lewis Arms, shares a picnic with his neighbors Mr. and Mrs. (Betsy) Nofsinger. |
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| Description: | Black and white postcard of an indoor scene with a loom, spinning wheel, skeiner, garments and two dolls seated in a chair at Little Norway. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of the main living area of a Norwegian dwelling at Little Norway showing a fireplace, cradle and spinning wheel. Pictures and household ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Children joining hands while playing in an alleyway between brick buildings in an area of tenement housing. A line of laundry suspended over the alley is h... |
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| Description: | View of a woman posing sitting on the porch of a wooden building and sewing a hat, probably a milliner in front of her shop. A small girl is sitting in a r... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of M. Quinn, "Dealer in Pine Lands," with two men in front of a tent at a campsite, one of whom is cooking over a campfire and the other is sitt... |
| Date: | 07 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Page from the log book of bike hosteling trips sponsored by Neighborhood House. Trip participants were Anita Genna, Florence Quartuccio, Lily Caruso, Franc... |
| Date: | 1996 |
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| Description: | "Evangeline Koll and Arlene Beck ride the float in the Allenton Firemen's Picnic Parade." |
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