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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 05 1916
Description: A view looking down on the Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, showing dancers around four different Maypoles. In the foreground is the Lincoln M...
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Graduation Ceremony

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Description: Group of graduates in robes lined up outdoors.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1915
Description: Bascom Hall exterior with dome (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in front of the entrance.
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High School

Date: 1918
Description: View of the high school.
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Al. Ringling Residence

Date: 1918
Description: Al. Ringling's residence.
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Saint Joseph's School

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior of Saint Joseph's School.
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Sauk County Jail

Date: 1918
Description: Dog kennels and houses border the Sauk County Jail in Baraboo. Taken from the Northeast corner of the intersection of Broadway and 2nd Avenue in Baraboo. T...
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Grace Episcopal Church Hall

Date: 1914
Description: Grace Episcopal Church's Memorial Guild Hall, 116 West Washington Avenue.
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Memorial Reformed Church

Date: 1918
Description: The Memorial Reformed Church, 14 West Johnson Street.
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 1912
Description: Grounds of the Mendota State Hospital (Mendota Mental Health Institute).
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A flag is flying from the dome, and the Lincoln Statue is in fr...
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Bascom Hill

Date: 1880
Description: View up Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) is at the top of the hill.
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Law Building

Date: 1915
Description: View up tree-lined path on Bascom Hill of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Bascom Hall can be seen at the top of the hill on the rig...
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Music Hall

Date: 1930
Description: View across Bascom Hill of Music Hall and Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Law building is on the right, and Chadbourne Hall is i...
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South Hall

Date: 1915
Description: View across Bascom Hill of South Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus
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Maypole Dancers

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Description: A group of women in white skirts and wearing caps are dancing around a tall maypole. A crowd is watching in the background, and a dog is running in front o...
Postcard

Main Entrance of the Wisconsin State Historical Library

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Description: Photographic postcard of view down the front sidewalk of the main entrance of the State Historical Library, now the headquarters building of the Wisconsin ...
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Female Model with Camera

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Description: A female model poses with a camera in her lap while sitting in the grass. She is wearing a black bathing suit, a striped cape, and shoes with knee-high sto...
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Levi B. Vilas House

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Description: Exterior view from street of the Levi B. Vilas house at 521 North Henry Street, after the porch and steps were remodeled by Arthur O. Fox, brother of Mrs. ...
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Indianola

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Description: View of the entrance to Camp Indianola on the north shore of Lake Mendota, which was one of the nation's oldest camps. In the background across the lawn is...

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