Oktoberfest Maple Leaf Parade, La Crosse, WI Date published: 1969 |
Abstract | Black and white photograph of a parade float featuring the moon landing during the Oktoberfest Maple Leaf parade in La Crosse, WI, 1969. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed the lunar module Eagle on the moon as a part of the Apollo 11 space mission on July 20, 1969. An estimated 600 million people watched the event live on television. |
Owner | University of Wisconsin-La Crosse |
Type of resource | still image |
Genre | picture |
Genre authority | marcgt |
Date published | 1969 |
Date captured | 2018-03-08 |
Language | eng |
Width | 12.0 |
Height | 9.33 |
Subject topic | Events -- Parades & processions -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: TGM |
Subject topic | Floats (Parades) -- Wisconsin -- La Crosse Authority: TGM |
Source note | Original photograph owned by the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library Special Collections. |
Source note | The photograph was scanned as part of a collaboration with The Pediment Group, and is included in the book, "La Crosse Memories: Volume II - The 1940s, 1950s and 1960s," published in 2017. |
Use and reproduction restrictions | This material may be protected by copyright law (e.g., Title 17, US Code). For more information about the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Murphy Library's copyright, fair-use, and permissions policies, please see https://digitalcollections.uwlax.edu/. |
Collection | La Crosse Photograph Collection |
ID | 587cc8cf-11a3-4345-a3a7-e20620b5c56d/wlacu000/00000008/00000436 |
Doi | 08-0436 |