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| Date: | 08 23 1933 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of six customers celebrating Bootleg Days at Arthur Janik's tavern "The Balcony Inn" at Lincoln and 33rd Streets. Arthur Janik was the propri... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
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| Description: | Carson Gulley, the well-known University of Wisconsin-Madison chef, serving a catered meal at the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeti... |
| Date: | 05 01 1951 |
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| Description: | Two officials of the Madison General Hospital Association and a workman are pictured with Mayor George Forester, far right, at the cornerstone laying prior... |
| Date: | 03 21 2003 |
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| Description: | Proprietor Joel Bernhard joins the picture. This is the 200th fish fry that the group participated in. Andrea Hanson, second from the left, wrote an articl... |
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| Description: | Local Unions 154, 182 and 802 posed in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Includes Madison Locals of Brewery Workmen, Carpenters & Joiners, Cigar Makers... |
| Date: | 03 31 1959 |
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| Description: | Four Madison Newspapers, Inc., carrier salesmen (or newspaper home delivery boys) looking over possible awards for new subscriptions, such as prizes, cash,... |
| Date: | 06 30 1999 |
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| Description: | Menu for a reception at L'Etoile Restaurant for the School of Organic Farming and Cooking at Taliesin, with the school logo and a background photograph of ... |
| Date: | 10 19 1898 |
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| Description: | Front cover, first illustration, and menu page for the "National Peace Jubilee Banquet tendered to The President of the United States and distinguished gue... |
| Date: | 08 22 1966 |
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| Description: | Workers, managers, and officials look on as the 4,000,000th truck produced at Springfield Works is celebrated. |
| Date: | 08 22 1966 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of plant officials exchanging handshakes in front of the 4,000,000th truck built at Springfield as it rolls off the assembly line. Loadstar M... |
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| Description: | Man operating a Drott Skid-Shovel to move a tree trunk near a grave. Houses are in the background. |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | As part of the "Outdoor Living Day" event, sponsored by the Madison Chamber of Commerce, model Marlyn Sachtjen reclines on an inflated beach mattress in th... |
| Date: | 05 18 1959 |
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| Description: | Model Marlyn Sachtjen paddling around in the 16 by 32 foot pool which was constructed on the Capitol Park overlooking State Street. Ruth Andres sits at the... |
| Date: | 06 04 1959 |
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| Description: | A man in a pharmacist smock is examining a large toy as two other men are looking on. They are at the Hotel Loraine at a merchandise display for all mercha... |
| Date: | 07 05 1989 |
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| Description: | A man with a backpack-powered leaf blower is blowing trash along the ground between picnic tables. Another man with a similar blower is in the background. ... |
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