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| Date: | 05 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of annual city high school track meet Queen and court. Left to right: Ruth Nelson, West High School, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Nelson, 3... |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated oval studio portrait of Ole Nelson [as written on published Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers, Volume 1 and on the Regimental Descriptive Roll... |
| Date: | 10 02 1934 |
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| Description: | George A. Nelson, the Socialist candidate for governor of Wisconsin in the 1934 election, is seated with Anna Mae Davis, a Madison attorney and a local lea... |
| Date: | 03 12 1958 |
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| Description: | Five teen boys from the West High School Fred Nelson Curling Rink team posing with brooms. Shown in the front row are Don Lautz and Rick Wheeler. In the ba... |
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| Description: | A row of conical mounds at Morris Park on the west side of Lake Mendota, in or near Governor Nelson State Park. |
| Date: | 05 12 1960 |
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| Description: | Governor Gaylord Nelson purchases the first red poppy to start the annual joint veterans organizations poppy sales days. Shown, left to right, are: Gov. Ne... |
| Date: | 12 01 1972 |
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| Description: | The First Distinguished Citizen Award of the National Consumers League was given to Nelson H. Cruikshank, president of the American Federation of Labor (AF... |
| Date: | 04 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Man standing on dock watching the ferry "Gar-How" coming to dock on the first trip in spring. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Tom Stahl's dog team pulling wagon loaded with goods and child past buildings in La Pointe. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from water of the Old Mission Inn on the shore of Lake Superior in La Pointe on Madeline Island. Dwelling to the left is a portion of the lower dormit... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated illustration of a farmhouse, with fences around it, a cowboy on horseback overseeing cattle, and a horse-drawn carriage on the street in front of ... |
| Date: | 04 20 1971 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Nelson Dewey farm, showing the house built on the site after Dewey's death. The original house built by Dewey burned in 1873. |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the parlor in the Nelson Dewey Home featuring the old square piano in the corner. |
| Date: | 01 02 1928 |
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| Description: | John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee... |
| Date: | 12 13 1958 |
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| Description: | Three guests at the luncheon given by the Democratic women of Dane county to honor the wife of governor-elect Gaylord Nelson, Carrie. Standing are: Pat Cor... |
| Date: | 07 19 1962 |
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| Description: | Migrant school children receive a visit from Gaylord Nelson who is looking at artwork made by one of the students. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Three men and two women on board the Lizzie W. sailboat. Captain D.R. Angus, who is at the tiller, owned the Lizzie W., which was named after... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View from dock of the U.S. Coast Guard ship "Woodrush" arriving at the La Pointe dock to clear ice. Two trucks are on the dock, one with a piano. |
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