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| Date: | 10 26 1945 |
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| Description: | The silver service, which was a gift of the State to the USS "Wisconsin," on display during the presentation ceremony. |
| Date: | 10 26 1945 |
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| Description: | The official delegation party with their wives at the ceremony of silver service presentation aboard the USS "Wisconsin". Seated left to right are Judge Ro... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Arnold Gesell and friends at breakfast in California during the time they built a rustic cottage called "Casa Verduga." Box of Corn Flakes is visible at ri... |
| Date: | 1998 |
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| Description: | Courtney Ott, Alice in Dairyland '97, at the Great Wisconsin Tailgate party with actress/comedienne Kathy Griffin. The tailgate party, which was sponsored ... |
| Date: | 12 19 1967 |
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| Description: | President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with soldiers stationed at Travis Air Force Base. Johnson was beginning a trip around the world that would include a ... |
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| Description: | Interior of a dining room at Casa Del Desierto, opened in 1911 by Fred Harvey. The room features tables, chairs, a chandelier, and decoration in a Spanish ... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still exterior of a group of people at a picnic. A man is holding a bear with a chain in the center of the image. Booths can be seen in background, on... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Film still of a group outdoors at a Fourth of July picnic. A man is chasing a small pig in the center of a group of people. |
| Date: | 03 31 1971 |
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| Description: | Front cover and menu page of a reception at Perino's restaurant in honor of champion figure skater and screen star Sonja Henie, given by her widower, Niels... |
| Date: | 06 25 1912 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a menu from a breakfast given by the Pacific Coast Women's Press Association in honor of visiting members of the General Federation of Women... |
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| Description: | Front cover and partial menu listing with drinks overleaf. Front cover has a porthole view of pairs of men in three boats with mountains and palm trees in ... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | Front and back of one-page menu from the Scandia Restaurant, with a whimsical cartoon map rendering by Hakon Mielche of the Scandinavian countries and the ... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | William Otto Petersen and his wife Jane Jordan Browne Petersen pose seated and holding hands for a portrait around the time of their wedding. He is wearing... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | Right side view of International Truck passing through the gate leaving San Leandro plant. Two men shaking hands are on the left. |
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| Description: | Custom holiday card for the entertainer Liberace. On the outside front and back are two wreaths of piano keys, with holly, ribbons and his signature candel... |
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| Description: | Custom holiday card for the entertainer Liberace. There is text on the outside front that reads: "A Holiday Note to..." When the card is opened, a die cut ... |
| Date: | 12 17 1962 |
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| Description: | Three women posing with wrapped gifts. Typewritten notes about event from J. W. Vance: "As the Group left the room at the end of the Luncheon program 1:45 ... |
| Date: | 12 18 1962 |
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| Description: | Three women with Scout at hotel. One woman is shaking hands with an attendee on the right. Typewritten notes about event from J. W. Vance: "As the Group le... |
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