Golfers use their clubs to swat a ball off of a man’s nose. Alice in Dairyland gets a ride on a Harley. An all-girl band performs for cows at the UW, to persuade them to churn out more milk.
This is life in Madison, but not as you know it today.
….”Historic Photos of Madison” (Turner Publishing Co., $39.95) by Donald J. Johnson personalizes our past in a way that will make you chuckle and wonder. He is a senior editor at the UW and heads library communications. Most book images come from the Wisconsin Historical Society archives.