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| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | "Kildare", home of Mary Virginia McCormick. A large crowd is gathered on the lawn in front of the house, possibly as part of a birthday celebration for Mar... |
| Date: | 07 1931 |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a celebration to commemorate the 640th anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Switzerland and the 86th anniversary of the foundin... |
| Date: | 04 22 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium on Earth Day with a flag partially visible in the background. |
| Date: | 04 22 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium on Earth Day. |
| Date: | 04 1970 |
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| Description: | Gaylord Nelson speaking at a podium during Earth Week with an American flag in the foreground, and the Earth Day flag behind it. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Decorated for the 250th celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River. The ribbons and banners are all American flag themed. The storefront to the ... |
| Date: | 04 1973 |
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| Description: | The city of Burlington is visited by Gaylord Nelson during an Earth Week celebration. The photograph shows a horse-drawn carriage riding down main street, ... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Peltz family (head table) at son Andre's Bar Mitzvah at the Jewish Community Center. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A Purim party at the Warburg Children's Home; Blankenesse (a suburb of Hamburg), Germany. |
| Date: | 07 1965 |
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| Description: | Curtis and his friend Pete Sandberg escort Queen of the prom, Marcy Smith and her friend (? Cole), alternate queen. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Seven men are holding the original flag from Perry's Victory. The men are standing on the flagship "Niagara" to celebrate the centennial of the victory. Th... |
| Date: | 03 13 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster advertising Earth Week, held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus from April 20-25. The poster calls for volunteers to "help us with our fe... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Male and female students from Freedom Academy sit outdoors with two teachers. A larger group sits on platform while a smaller group looks on from the foreg... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowds of people and cars in the street on Farmers' Day. Caption reads: "Farmers' Day, Somerset, PA." |
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| Description: | View of children swinging around maypoles on May Day at Hampton Institute, established 1868. Campus buildings are in the background. |
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| Description: | Students kneel in the grass and wave banners during a May Day ceremony at Wilson College while faculty and students gather on the lawn to watch. The colleg... |
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| Description: | A woman on horseback leads a group of women carrying banners down a road at Wilson College as a crowd follows. A school building is in the background. |
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| Description: | View of a parade for Old Homecoming Week. A man leads a group of boys in uniform down a road. Behind them, a cart carries passengers and children hold onto... |
| Date: | 08 19 1906 |
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| Description: | View of a parade for Old Homecoming Week. A marching band led by a man on horseback marches down a crowded commercial street, decorated with flags and bunt... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Main Street during the Sweet Pea Carnival. Horse-drawn carriages process down the crowded streets past stores and other buildings. Caption... |
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