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King and Queen of the 25th International Show

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: Janice Eide of Lodi and Chester B. Van Roo of Wauwatosa with the horse, "Belgian Farceur." Eide and Van Roo are king and queen of the 25th Little Internati...
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Court of Honor for the 25th Little International Show

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students and members of the Court of Honor for the Queen of the 25th Little International Show. Left to right: Phyl...
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Wayland Nolan

Date: 02 09 1944
Description: West High School student, Wayland Noland, amateur weather forecaster who wants to be an army meteorologist.
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High School Couples at Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Two high school couples at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel. Left to right: Georgianna Browne, Emerson Black, Dan Benk...
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Couple at High School Sorority Dance

Date: 02 12 1944
Description: Anne Lunde and Lyle Larson arriving at a Beta Gamma Chi and Mu Delta Chi high school sorority dance at the Loraine Hotel.
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Corporal Harold Haven and Sargeant Russell West

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Corporal Harold Haven standing on a stack of packaged books, handing packages to Sargeant Russell West at the United States Armed Forces Insitute supply de...
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Jack Kammer, Track Runner

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Jack Kammer, member of West High School track team. He won the mile race in 4:32:5.
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Dick Botham, Track Star

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Dick Botham, West High School track star who was undefeated in the 440 yard run.
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Dick Bauhs, Track Star

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Dick Bauhs, West High School track star, whose best time in the 200-yard low hurdles has been 24.9 seconds, and has leaped 20 feet 1/2 inch in the broad ju...
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Jerry Vetter, Pole Vaulter

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Jerry Vetter, West High School track star, has cleared 11 feet 7 inches in the pole vault, and 21 1/2 inches in the broad jump.
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Forrest W. Gillett, II

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Forrest W. Gillett, II, a West High School athlete who died in February 1945 after a brief illness.
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Grace Paris Chatterton

Date: 05 09 1944
Description: Grace Paris Chatterton sitting at a piano. She was the president of the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers, aka PTA.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Party

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Four women at the Alpha Phi Sorority party, including Helen Kayser, Assistant Dean of Women and guest of honor.
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Willis Jones

Date: 05 12 1944
Description: Portrait of Willis Jones, West High School athletic coach.
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Ruby Kubota

Date: 05 17 1944
Description: Portrait of Ruby Kubota, president of Groves Housing Co-op of the University of Wisconsin. Her father, George Kubota, came to the United States from Japan ...
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Rose Lynch

Date: 05 27 1944
Description: Portrait of Rose Lynch, 21 North Butler Street, senior at Central High School, full time waitress at the Spanish Cafe on State Street, and student airplane...
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Professors of Women's Physical Education

Date: 08 16 1944
Description: Professor Blanche M. Trilling, director of the physical education department, and Professor Abbie Shaw Mayhew, former director. Professor Trilling spoke ab...
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High School Student War Work

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Two high school students working at the Quality Service Laundry. From left: Bonnie Warren, and Donna Wolfe, both seniors at West High. These students divid...
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Elsie Taschek at Carillon Keyboard

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Elsie Taschek at the keyboard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison carillon. Traditionally the carillon was always played by men before World War II.
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Student Pledges of Delta Gamma

Date: 10 24 1944
Description: Gathering of four student pledges of Delta Gamma sorority of the University of Wisconsin, having tea during their visit. The pledges include Mary Bringardn...

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