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| Date: | 08 23 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri... |
| Date: | 02 21 1882 |
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| Description: | Chromolithograph poster advertising a Milwaukee Mardi Gras celebration, arranged by the Turnverein and Milwaukee Musical Societies, and held at the Exposit... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Homecoming and bridge dedication program, featuring an image of the approach to the Wisconsin River Bridge, and a listing of the celebration's planned even... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Friends of Lewis Arms enjoy beer at a party at Brittingham Park. Seated on the ground from left to right are: Elinora (mother of Lewis Arms, Jr.), Hattie, ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Bernard Arms holding a firearm poses on a parade float decorated in an autumn theme, including a stuffed bear, fox, and squirrel. The parade was a part of ... |
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| Description: | A group of people stand together during La Follette Day at Tower Hill. |
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| Description: | That time of year. Let's go watch the big wheels The Saint, the King of Breakup with his Fool, parade the tarot Jack of Dice, their drumme... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a crowd of teenage boys racing down the street during the Hustler Harvest Festival. Both sides of the street are lined with crowd... |
| Date: | 07 20 2013 |
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| Description: | Country/folk/rock band playing and singing, prior to the Merle Haggard and the Strangers performance at the Southside Oktoberfest Grounds. They are wearing... |
| Date: | 08 2013 |
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| Description: | La Crosse Fire Chief Greg Cleveland, standing along 2nd Street, at the Oktoberfest Parade. He is wearing his dress uniform and sunglasses. On the sidewalk,... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| Description: | Oktoberfest frolickers on parade during the Mapleleaf Parade on 2nd Street. Carie Ann (Schlichenmeyer) Finch and man in the foreground are wearing ethnic c... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Letterhead for the Pfister & Vogel Leather Co., with an engraving of a bird's-eye view of the city (signed Ma-- Richards, Mil Wis) advertising the "Nationa... |
| Date: | 09 29 1964 |
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| Description: | Beatrice Forso is offering a free sample of French perfume to a passerby during Festival de France on the Capitol Square in Madison. |
| Date: | 01 1968 |
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| Description: | Groups of people are walking or standing downtown along the snow-covered street at night. Snowmobiles are parked in the right foreground. A banner stretchi... |
| Date: | 01 1968 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd of people with snowmobiles standing on both sides of a snowy street downtown. There is a sign for a barbershop on the left, and a ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A group of people wearing costumes are performing a Norwegian dance at the Song of Norway Festival. A group of people are dancing in a round, while a coupl... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A troupe of dancers are performing a Norwegian dance in pairs at the Song of Norway Festival. The men are wearing red hats, red vests over a white shirt, a... |
| Date: | 09 16 1968 |
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| Description: | A boy is smiling while wearing a sombrero. He is holding a large lollipop in front of his mouth. Caption reads: "Wearing a big sombrero, Anthony Berrones, ... |
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