Date: | 05 04 1949 |
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Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated at his desk in the foreground, signs a bill into law ending segregation in the Wisconsin National Guard because of race, c... |
Date: | 05 06 1949 |
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Description: | Cadet William C. Bowden, also of Madison, won the Army Transportation Corps Award as the outstanding senior in the Transportation Corps. He is shown being ... |
Date: | 06 14 1949 |
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Description: | Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild gives the keynote address at the flag day ceremony at the Madison Elks Lodge, 120 Monona Drive. At the left is Kenneth... |
Date: | 06 05 1949 |
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Description: | Four Maple Bluff Country Club women golfers who will participate in the Wisconsin Women's Golf Association state tournament to be held at the country club.... |
Date: | 07 16 1949 |
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Description: | Funeral cortege of veteran Frank "Bud" Willman at the railroad depot in Edgerton. The cortege included a color guard, Legionnaires and marching men of the... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | A crowd looks on as boys in derby cars await the start of the Madison Soap Box Derby at the starting gate on East Gorham Street. |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby Parade of Youth with the VFW Drum and Bugle Corps on East Washington Avenue. Club Royal and Blied Printing Company is visible in the... |
Date: | 07 24 1949 |
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Description: | Madison Soap Box Derby Parade with the VFW Color Guard. Kroger Super Market and Uptown Liquor Store, located on the 100 block of East Washington Avenue, ar... |
Date: | 07 27 1949 |
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Description: | Lieut. Walter Thompson, an officer with the Madison police force, receiving the $650 Kemper Foundation fellowship check to attend the traffic police admini... |
Date: | 07 28 1949 |
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Description: | The committee for the sixth annual Knights of Columbus-Zor Shriner softball charity event planning last minute details of the event. Seated left to right: ... |
Date: | 07 29 1949 |
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Description: | Governor Rennebohm signing an appropriation bill for $1,000,000 that will fund 94 added positions at the state's mental institutions. Watching him sign are... |
Date: | 08 04 1949 |
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Description: | Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th... |
Date: | 08 03 1949 |
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Description: | Mrs. Patrick (Bess) Lahiff (left) of 111 West Wilson Street, chairman of the tournament committee of the Nakoma Guest Day, and Mrs. Peter (Iris) Henter of ... |
Date: | 09 05 1949 |
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Description: | Elevated view of Madison's Labor Day parade, showing the electrical workers' unit, the largest unit in the parade, and the Brotherhood of Electrical Worker... |
Date: | 09 17 1949 |
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Description: | 24 staff and command officers of the 184th Airborne reserve division posing for a group portrait during a regional conference. |
Date: | 09 20 1949 |
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Description: | Guests sitting at the head table at the Madison Lions Club Constitution Day Luncheon at the Park Hotel. Left to right are Rev. Charles R. Bell, Jr., pastor... |
Date: | 10 29 1949 |
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Description: | Standing before the portrait of the late Governor Elect Orland S. Loomis, presented to the State in the assembly chambers, are (from left) Laura Jean Loomi... |
Date: | 11 02 1949 |
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Description: | Madison City Manager Howell (right) signs a proclamation declaring the following week to be Optimist Week. Looking on, from the Madison Optimist Chapter, (... |
Date: | 10 11 1949 |
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Description: | A crowd gathers to participate in a service to observe Armistice Day at the State Street entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol building. At center left, ... |
Date: | 11 11 1949 |
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Description: | A community service to observe Armistice Day at the State Street's entrance to the Wisconsin State Capitol building. Flag bearers and a crowd of people sur... |
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