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| Date: | 11 08 1947 |
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| Description: | Prize winners at a costume dance sponsored by Local 1114, United Steelworkers of America (Harnischfeger Corporation). |
| Date: | 10 1971 |
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| Description: | Poster publicizing an exhibition of art by John Risseeuw, at the 7th floor gallery, in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Humanities Building. Features mo... |
| Date: | 04 17 1950 |
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| Description: | Newlyweds George and Lorna Homes decorate their first apartment at 1028 Erin Street. George places his oil painting "Russian Spring" on the wall as Lorna i... |
| Date: | 04 25 1970 |
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| Description: | A high point of the weekend was the marriage on Sunday of Robert Leslie and Barbara Swenson of the band Northern Comfort. Overhead view of the couple, eith... |
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| Description: | Magician Ben Bergor of Madison performing a trick on stage. With him are his wife, who performed as Madame Alva, and an assistant. |
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| Description: | Ben Bergor, Madison magician, ventriloquist, and entertainment agent, performing with Jerry O'Reilly at a farm show. With Bergor is his wife Alva who often... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Jodie "Butterbeans" Edwards and his wife "Suzy," a vaudeville comedy act. After Suzy died in 1962, Edwards continued to tour until the time of his death in... |
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| Description: | Magicians Dave (left) and Pauline Coleman performing their famous "Hindu Torture Board" trick using an anvil on a board full of nails positioned on the abd... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis. |
| Date: | 08 27 1910 |
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| Description: | A group portrait of members and families of the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry, Local 118. The g... |
| Date: | 11 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Anne Collins packs a parka into the knapsack worn by her husband Edward Collins at a fashion show for the Madison YWCA Ski Club. Both are modeling ski appa... |
| Date: | 01 27 1960 |
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| Description: | The Farm Short Course is a 74-year-old institution at the University of Wisconsin which has enrolled 12,414 students over the years. Attending the reunion ... |
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| Description: | Wilma and Norman Erway working in their glassblowing shop. |
| Date: | 08 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Preparing to have their picture taken at the university summer prom at the Memorial Union are Gloria Wruck and John R. Detter, both from Madison. Gloria is... |
| Date: | 04 17 1957 |
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| Description: | Staged visit to a divorce attorney in his office by a married couple. The husband is acted by Francis Fay, and posing as the wife, Miriam Leifer, vice-pres... |
| Date: | 06 1980 |
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| Description: | Ava and Max Fernekes at the Pendarvis Spring Open House. A vase of tulips and various artworks is along the windowsill behind the couple. |
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