Date: | 06 1944 |
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Description: | Portrait of Holocaust survivor Rabbi Mayer Relles during the time he worked in a refugee camp; Rabius, Switzerland. |
Date: | 1950 |
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Description: | Holocaust survivor Salvator Moshe and his wife, Thelma, picnicking at Southshore Park. |
Date: | 11 02 1949 |
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Description: | John Eisen of Waterloo shown with his father, William (center), and his son, Carl, after his father arrived at Truax Field in Madison to visit his son and ... |
Date: | 1879 |
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Description: | Blue cover design of an official report entitled "Wisconsin. What It Offers to the Immigrant". |
Date: | 1887 |
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Description: | Historic re-creation painting of two Pilgrims approaching an old fort converted into their first meeting house. Painted by W.L. Williams. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Brigit O'Keefe Quinney, Richard Quinney's great grandmother, sitting next to the family's farmhouse and flowering hollyhocks. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Seated studio portrait of Walter Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandfather. |
Date: | |
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Description: | Seated studio portrait of Rachel Baker Bray, Richard Quinney's great great grandmother. |
Date: | 1917 |
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Description: | World War I poster urging newly arrived immigrants to conserve food to aid the allied cause. People in ethnic costume being ushered into the United States ... |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | Man seated in an International model M truck loaded with sacks of flour, and with letters along the roof that read: "Crescent Roller Mills." Beside the tru... |
Date: | 12 30 1951 |
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Description: | Pietro Palumbo, seated at a table, visits with his sponsor Matt Lombardino about his plans for a "new life" in Madison after arriving here as a displaced p... |
Date: | 03 05 1952 |
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Description: | Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo... |
Date: | 03 06 1952 |
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Description: | Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi... |
Date: | 05 03 1804 |
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Description: | A certificate, signed by Joseph Wilson, that officially declares Matthias Varina a citizen of the United States of America. |
Date: | 06 11 1952 |
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Description: | George Tymorek, seated at a typewriter, is the son of Polish immigrants. He grew up in Chicago Heights, Illinois, and received his Master of Arts degree in... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | The Benedict Goldenberger family enjoying a wurst roast in the Madison vicinity. Ben Goldenberger is the leftmost standing man, he was a cooper and vinegar... |
Date: | 01 05 1954 |
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Description: | Portrait of Reverend Antonio Parroni standing at the altar of the Chiesa Italiana Methodist Church at 103 South Lake Street where he was minister from 1929... |
Date: | 03 10 1954 |
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Description: | Portrait of Rognald and Anna Larson noting their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple married in the Vinje church in Voss, Norway in 1904 and came to Madis... |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | Two maps of Wisconsin showing foreign born populations by county in 1890 and 1910. |
Date: | 10 20 1954 |
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Description: | Portrait of Fricis Brakmanis, age 41, and his bride-to-be Maija Smeils, 40, holding their wedding license. Both had spent time in Latvian forced-labor camp... |
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