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Gaylord Nelson Chats With Boys

Date: 07 1974
Description: Nelson takes time out during a campaign trip to talk with two boys. Dressed casually, Nelson is shown squatting down in a marsh area between the boys who a...
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Memorial Library and Mall

Date: 1956
Description: Memorial Library, Armory (Red Gym or Old Red), and University of Wisconsin Boathouse from across mall on the lower campus of the University of Wisconsin-Ma...
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Waterskier Pyramid

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Description: Seven skiers in a pyramid. Four men are on waterskis on the bottom, and three women are standing on top of their shoulders. The women are wearing unusual c...
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Four Water Skiers

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Description: Four female water skiers posed in profile in white bathing suits on a pier or floating raft. Three stand on a ladder so they appear in a vertical column. O...
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Duck Entering Lake Delton

Date: 1965
Description: Amphibious vehicle known as a Duck splashes into Lake Delton as it carries passengers on a tour of the Wisconsin Dells.
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University of Wisconsin Honors Convocation

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Elevated view of a long line of University of Wisconsin honor students in caps and gowns parading across Union Terrace and up the steps into the Union Thea...
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University of Wisconsin Honors Convocation

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Dr. Wilder Penfield of McGill University, Montreal, Canada, guest speaker; Cordelia Wagner, Chicago, speaking on behalf of the honors students; and Univers...
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UW Summer Band Concert

Date: 06 1958
Description: The University of Wisconsin band gives a summer concert at the Memorial Union. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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Country Club Women Leaders

Date: 06 17 1958
Description: Portrait of Elsa Johnson on the Maple Bluff Country Club porch overlooking the swimming pool. All activities of the Maple Bluff Country Club Women's Group ...
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UW-Madison Library Mall Fountain

Date: 07 09 1958
Description: James, the three-year-old son of Philip and Mrs. Staudenraus, playing with a sprinkling can in the new University of Wisconsin library mall fountain.
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Madison Summer Activities

Date: 07 08 1958
Description: Six year old twins Billy and Martha Haygood lying in the grass next to a pond, looking down at trout fingerlings swimming at the fish hatchery located on F...
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We Saw You at Student Conference

Date: 09 26 1958
Description: About 60 people attended a Student Conference at the University of Wisconsin. Most of the participants were presidents of campus living units or councils. ...
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Work on Tenney Park Lock and Dam

Date: 01 08 1959
Description: Work on the new Tenney Park lock and dam is progressing on schedule. A temporary spillway (not shown) has been built to divert the Yahara River from the co...
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U.W. Hoofers Sail on Lake Monona

Date: 04 04 1959
Description: U.W. sailors jump gun. These members of the University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club got tired of looking at ice-locked Lake Mendota and hauled their boats to ...
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University of Wisconsin Rowing Meet

Date: 05 09 1959
Description: The University of Wisconsin rowing crew gives coxswain Palmer Taylor the traditional heave-ho into Lake Mendota after the Badger crew defeated MIT, Columbi...
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We Saw You . . . Guests of Bishop O'Connor

Date: 07 12 1959
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor hosts more than one thousand guests and members of the Madison Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and their families for a chick...
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We Saw You . . . Planning Flower Show

Date: 08 06 1959
Description: Four members of the Little Garden Club are shown in the gardens at the E.R. Welch home at 3620 Lake Mendota Drive. They include, from left, Helen Samuelson...
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Tenney Park Lock Opening

Date: 08 22 1959
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen leads the parade of boats that opened the new Tenney Park lock on Saturday morning.
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Mendota Yacht Club

Date: 09 12 1959
Description: Six sailors who were successful skippers during the recent races of the Mendota Yacht Club were awarded trophies at the club's annual Commodore's Dinner, a...
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Dog Obedience Trials

Date: 09 12 1959
Description: Ted Wade of West Chicago, Illinois, gives a drink to a St. Bernard dog during the all-breed obedience trials sponsored by the Lakeland Dog Training Club of...

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