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| Date: | 07 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t... |
| Date: | 08 18 1948 |
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| Description: | The delegation of state, county, city, university, and business officials is shown as the caravan is about to leave from the Dane County Courthouse, 207 We... |
| Date: | 09 25 1948 |
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| Description: | Governor Oscar Rennebohm signing a proclamation for Newspaperboy Day. Observing the signing ceremony are four newspaper boys. From left to right are: Ken ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L... |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson acknowledges the applause of the Wisconsin Legislature at an event held in the Wisconsin State Capitol to mark the second ... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Crowd around fountain at Wisconsin State Capitol for a 50-year celebration. There are decorations hanging from the fountain, and flower arrangements are ar... |
| Date: | 05 1970 |
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| Description: | The front page of "The Gaylord Nelson Newsletter" announcing Earth Day 1970, with the headline: "Mass Movement Begins." |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Peltz family (head table) at son Andre's Bar Mitzvah at the Jewish Community Center. |
| 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: | 1941 |
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| Description: | A man stands at a podium speaking into a microphone. There is a cake with the number 10 on it, and letters on the curtain behind him spell out "...gratulat... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Tourists look on as a group of Ho-Chunk dressed in traditional regalia are walking down the street during the Homecoming Celebration. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | A Ho-Chunk man dressed in a mix of native and contemporary clothing dancing around singers seated around a drum. Ho-Chunk men are sitting and standing arou... |
| Date: | 06 13 1950 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of William B. Cantwell and his seven children, each of whom holds a necktie to give him for Father's Day. Sitting on the arm of the chair a... |
| Date: | 06 19 1950 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred (left) accepts a $6,000 Steinway concert grand piano from the Class of 1925 on Alumni Day. John L. Bergstresser... |
| Date: | 09 19 1950 |
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| Description: | Head table guests shown include Attorney General Thomas E. Fairchild; the Reverend Robert G. Borgwardt, pastor of the Trinity Lutheran church; Governor Ren... |
| Date: | 02 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Shown at the speakers' table at the University of Wisconsin Founders' Day banquet are, (left to right): Walter Frautschi, member of the board of the Madiso... |
| Date: | 09 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Dr. Morris Thomas, left, manager of the new Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison, greets Major General Carl R. Gray, Jr., administrator of veterans ... |
| Date: | 02 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Father and daughter Theodore and Janet Weiss setting up bowling pins on Dads Day at Milwaukee-Downer College. |
| Date: | 01 23 1952 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of officials who took part in the dedication program for the new University of Wisconsin cancer research hospital. Left to right are Former ... |
| Date: | 06 10 1952 |
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| Description: | Stanley N. Davidson, 5670 Lake Mendota Drive, is shown sitting on the floor while feeding his twin sons, Dannie and Donnie. The photograph was part of a ne... |
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