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| Date: | 11 03 1962 |
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| Description: | Majorettes dancing in a parade. They were members of the Milwaukee Continentals marching band. |
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| Description: | Devil's Lake vicinity. View of the Cliff House courtyard and croquet court. Three men and one woman are playing croquet. Two women are on the second floor ... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Ferris wheel and midway at the Columbian Exposition, viewed from Hotel Epworth. |
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| Description: | "Apollo No. 1" steamboat entering Devil's Elbow at Narrows. There is a building in the background with a sign on the roof, probably the Larks Hotel. |
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| Description: | Myrland's Sky Lodge, a vacation resort near Montello that boasted a private landing strip for pilots with small planes. The Piper Vagabond in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 06 24 1937 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members sitting at tables for Madison Turnverein (Turners) banquet at Simon Hotel. |
| Date: | 05 16 1935 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of 13 judges and officials of the sixth annual National High School orchestra, solo and ensemble contest, at a table at the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 08 26 1935 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Soap Box Scooter champions and adults in front of the G.A.R. Hall, 118 Monona Avenue. Also shows portion of Monona Hotel, 114 Monona Aven... |
| Date: | 11 09 1933 |
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| Description: | The seventeen members of "Tom" Jones club honored T.E. Jones, Wisconsin track coach, at a surprise banquet at the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 11 15 1932 |
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| Description: | Cecily Weaver teaching a bridge class to large group of well-dressed women at the Loraine Hotel. |
| Date: | 03 03 1963 |
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| Description: | Skiers dance and twist in the Northland hotel dining room. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people, horses, and wagons gathered in the center of Fountain City to celebrate McCormick Day. Scherer's Hotel is at left. The event was o... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of people gathered on Pinckney Street, possibly waiting for a parade. In the distance another group of people, some of whom are carrying a ba... |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Swimming in the lake with the Cliff House in background. Cliff House was a resort hotel built shortly after 1872, when Devil's Lake was reached by rail. Bo... |
| Date: | 1877 |
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| Description: | "The Grand Regatta, at Devil's Lake, Sauk County, June 21st & 22nd, 1877", with spectators watching rowing shells race. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Lake Delview Hotel, the golf course, and the surrounding countryside. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a crowd watching elephants in a circus parade. In the foreground are power lines and telephone poles. |
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| Description: | Rear view of three patriotically dressed women on horseback in town, riding toward the Merchant Inn. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Grand Army of the Republic in Memorial Day Parade, in front of the Freeman House. Leading the ranks is probably James Livingston, Alvin "Bean" Hagen is pro... |
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| Description: | Parade of women passing the Freeman House, wearing mortarboards and carrying a Union High School flag with the date 1897. |
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