Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, (5th from left), with six of her roommates and the House Mother, Ms. Welch, at Whitewater State University. They are ... |
Date: | 07 21 1953 |
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Description: | Portrait of Mary Ellen Jenks, the new Alice in Dairyland welcoming Elsie, the famed Borden Company cow to Madison. Elsie is wearing a heavily decorated lea... |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of one competitor parading her animal for the judges at the Southern Wisconsin Junior Livestock Competition, while Alice in Dairylan... |
Date: | 08 1948 |
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Description: | A crowd watches a young man throwing a baton into the air at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. Behind him is the "Alice In Dairyland" building, featurin... |
Date: | 08 1948 |
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Description: | A woman in a uniform places a lei of orchids around Margaret McGuire's neck as she accepts the role of Centennial Queen on a stage at the Wisconsin Centenn... |
Date: | 08 11 1954 |
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Description: | Edward Hansen, left, standing in front of his 1918 Biddle automobile at the Wisconsin State Capitol prior to leaving for Scotland to participate in the Ang... |
Date: | 03 20 1950 |
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Description: | Two women of the Court of Honor for the University of Wisconsin military ball sitting beside each other for a portrait. Kappa Alpha Theta member Mary Bryan... |
Date: | 11 29 1948 |
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Description: | Leaders of the diary industry are shown at the dinner meeting of the American Dairy Association at the Loraine Hotel. The ADA was organized in Madison in 1... |
Date: | 1951 |
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Description: | Letterhead for the Wisconsin State Fair, with dark blue top and a side panel along the left-hand side with roundels depicting fair activities such as fair ... |
Date: | 12 02 1948 |
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Description: | Governor Rennebohm, right, with unidentified man and woman standing around a large block of cheese decorated with candles and a ribbon. Engraved on the ch... |
Wisconsin Historical Museum Object – Feature Story |
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Strapless bra worn by Clara Kuester of Clintonville, Wisconsin and made by Jantzen, Inc. in the early 1950s. (Museum object #2000.74.28) |
View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
Explore history and images of beekeeping in Wisconsin. |
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