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| Date: | 10 14 1934 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Gardner Baking Co. drivers/salesmen from out of town, taken outdoors near 849 E. Washington Avenue. Breese Stevens Field is in the backgr... |
| Date: | 03 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Connie Schwoegler, world's champion bowler, and Roundy Coughlin, Wisconsin State Journal columnist, wearing "world champion" hats at a Kiwanis Club ... |
| Date: | 11 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison youth organization the LOFT honored Madison high school football players who were selected previously for All-City berths by handing out certificat... |
| Date: | 05 01 1938 |
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| Description: | May Day parade with a closeup of a "memorial" float for company unions. A man leans on the parked float. The float features a faux grave and the gravestone... |
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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... |
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| Description: | Two-sided playing card used for advertising by magician Howard Thurston (d. 1936), arguably the greatest magician of his day. The reverse side of the card ... |
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| Description: | During his career as an entertainer and magician, Ben Bergor of Madison also booked the acts and served as master of ceremonies for many sports shows aroun... |
| Date: | 08 04 1942 |
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| Description: | A state agent arrests three women and one man, a bartender, in Jeanne's Chateau. A sweeping raid was staged on many Hurley area establishments. The arrest ... |
| Date: | 1979 |
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| Description: | Press photographers set up their equipment in the press area before they cover a visit by President Jimmy Carter. A scoreboard hangs on the wall in the bac... |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Schlitz Park Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with halftone views of the park gateway and a two-story open-air pavilion with an overlook,... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a calliope and chariot riders in a circus parade, probably the Ringl... |
| Date: | 08 17 1892 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the intersection of First and Main Streets to watch a bell wagon pass in a circus parade, probably the Ringling Brothe... |
| Date: | 1985 |
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| Description: | Jim Widmer accepts an award for his service to the athletic program at Lomira High School. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a large group of people posing in a field. There are five men on five McCormick binders. A child is standing in front of one of t... |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of employees of Conklin & Son Company posing in their baseball uniforms. There are nine unidentified baseball players flanked on eit... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of the Madison Branch of the Madison Saddlery Company located at 313-317 E. Wilson Street. The event may be a recreational gathering... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Brooks McCormick standing outdoors next to an unidentified man who is holding an International Pay Hauler toy truck in his hands. Behind them a man stands ... |
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| Description: | A line of female contestants at a local beauty pageant for Wisconsin-wide media outlets and community organizations. They are standing before a turquoise c... |
| Date: | 09 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing outdoors and holding onto a plaque, which reads: "CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ALBERT TROSTEL & SONS COMPANY ON ITS 100TH ANNIVERSARY. WE, T... |
| 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... |
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