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Aerial View of Birge and Bascom Halls
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Aerial view of Birge and Bascom Halls (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Birge Hall (foreground) with addition under construction. Bascom Hall is at the top of the image.
1956
Newhouse, John
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Aerial View of Upper Campus
1958
Aerial view of upper campus on the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Typewritten labels mark the location of Elizabeth Waters Hall, New Commerce Building, Lake Mendota and Bascom Hall.
Aerial View of Upper Campus
1956
Aerial view of upper campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with Lake Mendota.
Air View of University of Wisconsin Campus
1945
Aerial view of Bascom Hill, Bascom Hall, Wisconsin Historical Society on the University of Wisconsin Madison campus with Lake Mendota on the right.
Bascom Hall Exterior
1935
View looking up Bascom Hill to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
Construction of Chadbourne Hall
1957
Aerial view of the construction of Chadbourne Hall, lower Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin campus.
Aerial View of Bascom Hill
1923
Aerial view of the Wisconsin Historical Society, Science Hall, and Bascom Hall on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Lake Mendota is on the right.
