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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | The "Spirit of St. Louis," flown by Charles Lindbergh, was the first airplane to fly non-stop from New York to Paris in 1927. Lindbergh returned to Madison... |
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| Description: | Elevated view from railing of immigrants boarding a ferry to depart Ellis Island. |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Two men and two boys standing on ice in front of a windsled. All four are holding lake trout. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Three men at the University of Wisconsin, with tent and sign that reads "People of Madison! Vets in tent need rooms to rent". |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elmer Nelson sorting through boxes of goods being transported on the "Dream Sled" windsled. |
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| Description: | Man driving windsled on frozen Lake Superior. The windsled is an open boat fitted with an engine and rudder. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Captain F.A. Bishoff and engineer Dan Cook on board the ferry "Plowboy." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Ole Christinson, Dick Hanson, Fred Hanson, and Herman Johnson, Sr., onboard sailboat "Louis Moe" along the shore of Sand Island. |
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| Description: | Two men standing in wooden rowboat along shore of Madeline Island. There are sailboats in the background. Behind them is a large rock just off the shoreli... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | View from shoreline of the steamboat "Plowboy" approaching the Mission Dock at La Pointe. The Plowboy was the first steam ferry to go to Madeline Island. T... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Group of people on board the steamboat "Byng I" sometime prior to 1930. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Sailboat Lizzie W. at the Mission Dock. Captain Daniel Russell Angus, in the white sleeves, is at the tiller. The boat was named after Elizabeth Woo... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group of people on sailboat "Alpha" at dock on Madeline Island. Captain Daniel Angus is at the tiller. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Uniformed soldiers marching in a World War I homecoming parade. Many men are carrying flags, and the street is heavily decorated with U.S. flags. The soldi... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Two men pose on a boat docked at the Askew Steamboat Landing on Lake Monona off South Carroll Street. The old Governor Harvey residence is in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | People standing and posing outdoors. Caption reads: "Lexington Market." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Men and boys with wagonloads of milk at the Rockdale Creamery. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Site of the Battle to Antietam, The Dunker Church. A group of men stand among trees on the left. Horse-drawn carriages are under trees on the right. |
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