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John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Podium

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: A campaign speech by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Music Hall and Library

Date: 1899
Description: View across Bascom Hill of Music Hall and Library on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 1957
Description: A player attempts a shot at the Wisconsin State high school basketball tournament, held in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Students on Covered Fountain

Date: 1970
Description: Students sitting on the covered Hagenah Fountain on Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Memorial Student Union and Lake Mendota...
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Veterans Marching in Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 1970
Description: Anti-war demonstrators wearing garrison style hats reading "Vietnam Vets For Peace" march in parade carrying American flags and placards while a large crow...
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Unknown Woman Near Memorial Library

Date: 1970
Description: Unidentified young woman holding a large candle near a display of candles next to the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Library. Bikes are parked in...
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Crowd at University of Wisconsin Teach-in

Date: 04 01 1965
Description: A crowd of over 1000 students attend a 10-hour teach-in against the war in Vietnam. The teach-in was conducted by 25 faculty members in the University of W...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Distinguished University of Wisconsin agronomist and geneticist Professor Norman P. Neal looking over an exhibit at the annual University of Wisconsin's Fa...
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High School Girls at Lathrop Hall

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Almost 200 girls from 20 Wisconsin high schools took part in a strenuous day of recreation planned by the Women's Physical Education Club at Lathrop Hall a...
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High School Girls at Lathrop Hall

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Almost 200 girls from 20 Wisconsin high schools took part in a strenuous day of recreation planned by the Women's Physical Education Club at Lathrop Hall a...
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High School Girls at Lathrop Hall

Date: 05 17 1958
Description: Almost 200 girls from 20 Wisconsin high schools took part in a strenuous day of recreation planned by the Women's Physical Education Club at Lathrop Hall a...
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Panhellenic Scholarships

Date: 06 24 1958
Description: Jean Mickelson, East High School graduate, and Judith Fiedler, West High graduate, are awarded $100 scholarships by Margeret Stehr, treasurer of the Madiso...
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Earth Day 1970

Date: 04 1970
Description: Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even...
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Cheerleaders at the State Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 14 1957
Description: Action shot of three cheerleaders at the State Basketball Tournament at the UW Fieldhouse. Semi-final teams were Madison West vs. Milwaukee North; Ft. Atki...
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Philadelphia Orchestra at U.W. Stock Pavilion

Date: 05 10 1962
Description: Philadelphia Orchestra performing at the University of Wisconsin Stock Pavilion.
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Freedom Rider Protestors

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Two Universtiy students wave a Confederate flag on the steps of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in protest of the 114 Freedom Riders boarding bu...
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Man Heckling Ted Kennedy

Date: 10 27 1966
Description: View across crowd of people towards a man standing. The crowd is assembled to hear Ted Kennedy speak at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Stock Pavilion.
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Crowd Gathered on Bascom Hill

Date: 04 04 1968
Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered at the top of Bascom Hill in reaction to the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Wisconsin State Capit...
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Edgewood College Graduation

Date: 05 31 1958
Description: Commencement ceremony in Edgewood College's new Regina Hall, showing the college glee club in the foreground, with graduates and audience sitting in the ba...
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U.W. Freshmen Welcome

Date: 09
Description: Wide angle view of 2,700 freshmen students in the Stock Pavilion being officially welcomed to the university. In the foreground is a large sign on an easel...

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