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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A group of farmers gathered in a rural church for a community dinner. |
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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. |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Ben Bergor, a Madison magician, receiving the Houdini Award from the widow of Harry Houdini. Behind him is the trunk from which Bergor had escaped, and fou... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Professional magician Dick DeYoung of Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on a stage with three other people. DeYoung had over five decades of experience as a club and s... |
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| Description: | View from street of Madison magician Ben Bergor being raised feet first (upside down) and in a straightjacket to perform an escape act outside a LaCrosse, ... |
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| Description: | Advertising brochure for Dell O'Dell, one of a few professional female magicians. |
| Date: | 05 19 1954 |
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| Description: | The head table at a dinner marking the 75th anniversary of the First Unitarian Society of Madison. Seated at the table are Frank Lloyd Wright and, next to ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | At the center stands Father Antonio Gonzales, a former migrant worker from Rio Grande City, Texas, who is visiting his parents in Wautoma. In 1966, he led ... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | A crowd of migrant workers, children and nuns attending at pre-march rally listening to Jesus Salas, union leader, speak in front of the Waushara County Co... |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Marchers of Obreros Unidos (United Workers) leaving Wautoma and walking towards Madison along Highway 21 to petition lawmakers to hold farms and food indus... |
| Date: | 08 15 1966 |
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| Description: | A woman and man, members of Obreros Unidos, (United Workers) sit crossed legged on a roadside of Highway 21 eating lunch. They are resting from a march to... |
| Date: | 04 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon W. Thomson receives a gavel made by school children in Israel upon his signing of a proclamation of World Jewish Child's Day. Members of th... |
| Date: | 01 31 1958 |
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| Description: | Chef Carson Gulley (left), Helen Fagan and Angela Esser planning a roast beef dinner that will be held during the upcoming Fun-o-rama. The Fun-o-rama is a ... |
| Date: | 03 12 1959 |
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| Description: | Newly elected officers of the State Commission on Human Rights. "They are, left to right, the Rev. Perry Saito, pastor of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Stev... |
| Date: | 09 03 1959 |
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| Description: | Among the models for the membership tea and fashion show of the Madison B'nai B'rith chapter are Elizabeth Jacobs, left, and Roslyn Kopelberg. |
| Date: | 02 03 1961 |
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| Description: | Models for the style show feature of the annual card party of the Queen's Guild of Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church are Mary Conlin, left, and Mrs. ... |
| Date: | 05 1961 |
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| Description: | Two models, Cathy Rogers (left) and Beth Goodman, attend "Fiesta for Santa Cruz," a benefit sponsored by the Edgewood Flamethrowers. The Flamethrowers are ... |
| Date: | 11 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Madison Youth Council vice-president Judy Vander Meulen, a student at East High School, presents scrolls of appreciation to two retiring advisers to the co... |
| Date: | 05 19 1965 |
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| Description: | Four women interested in migrant workers are shown examining foods picked annually by migrants. They will participate in a meeting sponsored by Covenant Pr... |
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