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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Painting by N.C. Wyeth depicting the public demonstration of the first reaper by Cyrus Hall McCormick at Steele's Tavern, Virginia in 1831. The painting sh... |
| Date: | 04 12 1930 |
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| Description: | Cyrus McCormick III riding the 100,000th Farmall tractor off the Farmall Works assembly line. The tractor was painted silver to mark the occasion. At the f... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ... |
| Date: | 09 16 1951 |
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| Description: | Dr. Morris Thomas, left, manager of the new Veterans Administration Hospital in Madison, greets Major General Carl R. Gray, Jr., administrator of veterans ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ... |
| Date: | 01 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler is shown with his right hand raised while taking his oath of office, being administered by Chief Justice Edward Fairchild of the Wis... |
| Date: | 08 1995 |
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| Description: | "Jean Howarth, photographer for 'Country Weekly,' prepared to photograph the Theresa State Bank groundbreaking in Lomira." |
| Date: | 02 13 1958 |
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| Description: | Commissioner Melvin Larson presents honorary certificates for service to Catherine Griffith (five years) and Malitta Siebel (21 years). |
| Date: | 12 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Governor Vernon Thomson (left) and former Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. examine the oil portrait of Kohler which was unveiled in the Governor's private off... |
| Date: | 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Attending the State Historical Society Founder's Day banquet are, left to right: Walter and Marie Steuber and Clement Silvestro, executive secretary of the... |
| Date: | 02 1959 |
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| Description: | Attending the State Historical Society Founder's Day banquet are, left to right, W.B. Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin history professor; Dr. Donald R. ... |
| Date: | 01 16 1961 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 17 insurance men, each who have been named by his agency as "Man of the Year." They are at the Madison Association of General Agents and ... |
| Date: | 05 02 1961 |
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| Description: | Three men examining a plaque. The original caption states: "F.J. Williams, left, Portage theater owner and longtime Wisconsin showman, receives a plaque co... |
| Date: | 04 07 1961 |
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| Description: | Two men posing holding plaques. The original caption states: "Happy winners, Arthur Behling, Milwaukee, left, and G.D. Simonds, Clintonville, displaying aw... |
| Date: | 10 29 1964 |
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| Description: | Two politicians and three labor officials are standing behind a campaign sign that says: "Elect Ken Luedtke State Senator." Exchanging greetings are Willia... |
| Date: | 05 26 1965 |
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| Description: | Jerry Haywood, Donald Lyons, and James Kruger were each named the best member of their various class years. The sheet metal apprentice honorees were select... |
| Date: | 09 16 1965 |
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| Description: | Two members of the state Conservation Department being honored at their retirement. George Sprecher, left, assistant department director; and Lew Laughlin,... |
| Date: | 08 12 1965 |
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| Description: | A man standing and holding a coffee cup. Edmund A. Dix was sworn in as United States attorney for the western half of Wisconsin in a brief Federal Court ce... |
| Date: | 01 08 1958 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the outgoing board president of the Madison Real Estate Board with his successor and other newly installed officers. Seated are Robert ... |
| Date: | 05 20 1970 |
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| Description: | Two smiling men are standing together, both wearing baseball caps with an "M" on them. The man on the left has just thrown a baseball. Caption reads: "BREW... |
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