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Lowell Hall, New U.W. Women's Residence

Date: 09 05 1961
Description: Joy Feinberg, a University of Wisconsin freshman from Mansfield, Ohio, reading in the living room of the newly opened Lowell Hall, a private women's reside...
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Two Boys in Soapbox Racer

Date: 08 26 1961
Description: Peter Schram, 10, sitting on a home-made race car while being pushed by Bruce Mills, 11. The boys built the racer from boards and wheels from an old coaste...
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University of Wisconsin New Student Week

Date: 09 07 1961
Description: Gilman House freshmen are being introduced to college life at the University of Wisconsin by Peter DeBraal, Sheboygan, college senior and house president.
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Murder Suspect Jailed

Date: 08 24 1961
Description: Captain Harry Wyatt, left, and Deputy Sheriff Mike Spencer bring prisoner Lawrence Nutley, of Chicago, to the Dane County jail in Madison. The prisoner was...
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Irving Dickman's 3-D Oil Paintings

Date: 08 08 1961
Description: Irving Dickman is shown "building" ads for newspapers in the same precise manner he uses in oil paintings.
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Roundy Coughlin

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: A portrait of "Roundy" Joseph Couglin, a columnist for Wisconsin State Journal.
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Madison Dahlia Grower

Date: 08 29 1961
Description: H.I. Peterson, longtime dahlia fancier, examines some of the dahlias in his garden as he decides which ones to enter in the annual Dahlia and Flower Show s...
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Sue Marsden, Freshman at University of Wisconsin

Date: 09 06 1961
Description: Sue Marsden, a freshman from Rockford, Illinois, is reading on a terrace overlooking Lake Mendota.
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Irving Dickman's 3-D Oil Paintings

Date: 08 08 1961
Description: Irving Dickman demonstrates his use of small brushes in his paintings to build up the paint, giving the impression of 3-D. The example he is using is his p...
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University Of Wisconsin Students Chatting on Campus Lawn

Date: 09 06 1961
Description: Curtis Wittwer, a sophomore, and Marilee Meisnest, a junior, both from Manitowoc, sitting and chatting on a campus lawn.
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University of Wisconsin Freshman Convocation

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: Three U.W. freshman (foreground) singing university songs during the freshman orientation in the field house.
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University of Wisconsin Freshman Convocation

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: More than a thousand members of the freshman class at the University of Wisconsin watching as cheerleaders perform in front of them at the President's Conv...
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Steven Anderson, Student at University of Wisconsin

Date: 09 06 1961
Description: Steven Anderson of Shelley, Idaho ponders his schedule at the University of Wisconsin in the shade of an elm tree on Bascom Hill.
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University of Wisconsin Freshman Convocation

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: University cheerleaders performing in front of more than one thousand freshmen at the President's Convocation in the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse.
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New Teacher Orientation

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: New teachers listening intently at an orientation meeting. The teachers, new to the Madison public schools, left to right (starting second from the left) a...
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Rain Caused Traffic Accidents

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: Police shown busy at the site of one of many crashes during a heavy rain. The driver of this car was injured when a trucker misjudged the distance during t...
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University of Wisconsin Freshman Convocation

Date: 09 10 1961
Description: U.W. President Conrad Elvehjem speaks at the podium on the Field House stage. He advised the students to "buckle down" to their studies. On the left, tuba ...
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Universtiy of Wisconsin Football Team Weigh-in

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin football coach Milt Bruhn watches as two of his players weigh in. Bill Smith (center) is the lightest on the team at 155 pounds. Pa...
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Blessed Sacrament Parish School

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: First graders in class at Blessed Sacrament School listen attentively as Sister Dominic Savio, O.P. reads them a story.
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University League

Date: 09 15 1961
Description: Mrs. Jerome Schwartzbaum (left) and Gertrude Kimbrough look at decorative hookings made by members of the handicrafts group of the Junior Division of the U...

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