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Description: | Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, a nationally prominent journalist, whose papers are part of the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society, chatting with Pr... |
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Description: | American journalist Esther Van Wagoner Tufty arriving in Seoul, Korea, at Kimpo (Gimbo) Airport, on a Northwest Orient Airlines airplane. Captions on album... |
Date: | 10 11 1966 |
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Description: | American journalist Esther Van Wagoner Tufty, who covered three wars, taking notes on an interview with Major Kim Pil Dal, a Korean nurse in Vietnam. Capti... |
Date: | 05 1926 |
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Description: | A woman wearing a beaded dress and necklace is sitting at a table to eat canned corn and peaches. |
Date: | 1936 |
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Description: | Holiday card for the Bancroft Dairy Company in Madison, Wisconsin. The card is folded so that as you open each panel, you see a new scene. Many different e... |
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Description: | Five women circus performers in full costume pose behind a clothesline upon which bras, underwear, gloves and socks hang to dry. |
Date: | 10 06 1953 |
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Description: | Elizabeth Stemp (right), owner of the Stemp Typewriter Company, shows a typewriter to customer Mildred Subey, associated with the Herfurth Insurance Agenc... |
Date: | 1898 |
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Description: | Miss Graumann, far left, poses with four dressmakers in front of her shop. A sign on the right side of the door states "Dressmaking, Miss Annie Graumann".... |
Date: | 1960 |
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Description: | Jack Paar, comedian and host of NBC's "Tonight Show," and his wife during a visit to Japan. During their visit Paar was hosted by journalist Cecil Brown, h... |
Date: | 1932 |
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Description: | Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney, economist, and perennial candidate for attorney general on the Wisconsin Socialist Party ticket. This portrait is from ... |
Date: | 1972 |
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Description: | Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo... |
Date: | 1930 |
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Description: | Magician Ben Bergor of Madison with the stage equipment he used for his performances. |
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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: | 1937 |
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Description: | Ben Bergor, a Madison area magician (standing third from the left), with a group of Chicago area magicians. Identified individuals are (seated, left to rig... |
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Description: | The Johnson Brothers, billed as "Clean, Fast, Swedish Comedy," was a musical comedy act based in Racine, Wisconsin. |
Date: | 1922 |
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Description: | Quarter-length publicity portrait of renowned escape artist Harry Houdini. |
Date: | 1919 |
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Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of the renowned escape artist Harry Houdini. |
Date: | 1926 |
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Description: | Harry and Bess (Beatrice) Houdini in formal attire, the year of his death from acute appendicitis. |
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Description: | Joe Berg, a professional magician and magic dealer, who was based in Chicago. This autographed picture was presented to Ben Bergor, a Madison area magician... |
Date: | 1929 |
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Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Werner "Dorny" Dornfeld, a Chicago area magician who was a leader in several national organizations of magicians. The "Be... |
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