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| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 08 18 1961 |
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| Description: | Sweet Potato Rolls won second place in yeast breads in the Wisconsin State Journal Cookbook contest. The recipe was submitted by Mrs. Clarence Bollant, Li... |
| Date: | 09 17 1912 |
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| Description: | Boys and Girls Wisconsin No. 7 Corn Exhibit. J.J. Garland of Madison judged the exhibit. |
| Date: | 03 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Aerial photographs of Boscobel, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 08 23 1961 |
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| Description: | A new category, heirloom recipes, was added to the 1961 cookbook recipe contest sponsored by the Wisconsin State Journal. The first place winner in this ne... |
| Date: | 09 15 1951 |
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| Description: | At a Wisconsin Dairy Day event, the photographer turned the camera from the speaker, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy, to the large audience gathered to listen t... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Wooden bicycle on display against a wall at the Wisconsin State Historical Museum, circa 1920. It is known as the "Crabtree Special" because it was reporte... |
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| Description: | Copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Platteville Public Library. The library was funded with a $12,500 donation from Andrew Carnegie. B... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the last covered bridge, which is no longer standing. |
| Date: | 05 06 1910 |
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| Description: | Large group of children and adults pose outdoors at the second annual contest. |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | The exterior of the city hall and public library on the corner of East Bluff Street and Wisconsin Avenue. There is a toy wagon outside the building. The la... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A woman sits and reads on a wooden slat bench in a flower garden. There are ornamental plants in a wash tub and other containers; a rose bush nearly covers... |
| Date: | 05 07 1909 |
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| Description: | Large group of school children and adults posed outside. Some of the students are holding banners. |
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| Description: | Teacher and students. The students are posed seated at their desks inside the school. The teacher is Mrs. Rose Chitwood. |
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| Description: | Books on display of students' school work. Teachers chose the best work of each student and compiled it into a "Specimen Book," which was returned to the c... |
| Date: | 02 17 1949 |
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| Description: | One of five aerial views of Platteville and surrounding countryside covered in snow. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of the public library. The room contains tables and chairs, a bust sculpture of a woman, and bookshelves. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of two farms, with fields and barns in a valley. This image appeared in Joseph Schafer's 1932 book The Wisconsin Lead Region, on a photo... |
| Date: | 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Contest winners pose in doorway of brick building. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. Arithmatic winners, first row from left to... |
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| Description: | Contest winners pose outside brick building in doorway. The children are wearing ribbons on their lapels or collars. First row, reading from left to righ... |
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