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Men Delivering Milk to Creamery

Date: 1922
Description: Two men deliver milk in cans to a creamery from the back of a milk truck.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class

Date: 1911
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class. The women are using chemistry equipment and microscopes. On the blackboard is a formula fo...
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University Heights Neighborhood

Date: 1913
Description: View looking southwest at the University Heights neighborhood from near the corner of University Avenue and Breese Terrace. In the foreground is the Univer...
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East Wilson Street

Date: 1935
Description: 631-635 East Wilson Street. The far right building is an office for Roy's Transfer and Storage Company.
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Zor Shrine Circus

Date: 05 23 1936
Description: Zor Shrine Circus group posing in front of the Masonic Temple.
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Shriners Car

Date: 05 23 1936
Description: Madison Shriners, Temple 159, with their midget automobile.
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Claridge Apartment Living Room

Date: 1937
Description: Living room, perhaps the lobby, of the Claridge Apartment Hotel.
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Babcock Ceremony

Date: 1928
Description: Crowd seated on the lawn of Agriculture Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison for a ceremony honoring S.M. Babcock, inventor of the butter test.
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S.M. Babcock and Tester

Date: 06 09 1928
Description: S.M. Babcock, on the right, and his original milk butterfat tester at an honorary ceremony.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building...
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Stairs near Bascom Hall

Date: 1930
Description: Walkway and stairs leading to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Trees and bushes are planted on the lawn betw...
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Hydraulic Engineering Building

Date: 1929
Description: View from water of the Hydraulic Engineering Building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building is located on the edge of Lake Mendota an...
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Observatory

Date: 1930
Description: Observatory building behind a group of trees on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Freshman Welcome

Date: 1919
Description: A large crowd gathers for a freshman welcome on Bascom Hill, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view from across road of the Wisconsin General Hospital. There is a landscaped area with plants and hedges in front of the entrance.
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Nakoma Golf Club House Figures

Date: 1926
Description: Models of Nakoma and Nakomis designed by Frank Lloyd Wright to be used at the entrance of the Nakoma Golf Club House.
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Field Trip

Date: 1923
Description: “Station Day” (agricultural demonstration) field trip party walking out into a half-grown cornfield.

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