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Last Elm Tree on State Street

Date: 1974
Description: Last elm tree on State Street being cut down. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Memorial Union are in the background.
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State Street from Bascom Hill

Date: 1896
Description: Tree-lined State Street from Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Traffic on State Street includes two well-dressed gentlemen on hors...
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Dow Chemical Demonstration

Date: 1967
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He...
Painting

William F. Vilas

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Description: Among his prominent occupations, William F. Vilas was a lawyer, professor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, Postmaster General, and United States...
Postcard

On Mendota Lake near Varsity Boat House

Date: 1915
Description: View of a group of people in a large model launch with an American flag. Caption reads: "On Mendota Lake near University of Wisconsin-Madison Boat House."
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department

Date: 05 11 1937
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department cast of "La Careta Verde" on stage in Bascom Hall.
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Cecil McLaren, Tennis Champion

Date: 11 08 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin coed, Cecil McLaren, from Cincinnati, Ohio, holding tennis racket, co-champion in Western girls' doubles and finalist in National g...
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Soviet Men at Adams Hall

Date: 10 02 1931
Description: Five men from the Soviet Union at Adams Hall, and John Merkel, the foreign student advisor at the U.W., second from the left. Engineering students.
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Four University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds sunbathing on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory named for the fir...
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Silage Cutter

Date: 10 12 1926
Description: Holstein Safety silage cutter at the base of the University of Wisconsin-Madison dairy barn silo.
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Dairy Barn and Silo

Date: 10 12 1926
Description: University of Wisconsin dairy barn and silo with Holstein Safety silage cutter on the ground in front.
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Home Economics Building

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: University of Wisconsin Home Economics building, 1300 Linden Drive, from the southwest.
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Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 07 1926
Description: Architectural drawing by Arthur Peabody of the Wisconsin General Hospital, 1300 University Avenue. University of Wisconsin.
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Phi Pi Phi Fraternity House

Date: 11 03 1926
Description: Exterior view of Phi Pi Phi House, 250 Langdon Street.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 11 20 1926
Description: View from Observatory Hill of the new Men's Lakeshore dormitories at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showing Chamberlin Rock in the foreground. The do...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 06 30 1926
Description: View across Observatory Drive, looking down towards the Van Hise dormitories: Adams, Tripp, and Carson Gulley Commons. Picnic Point is in the distance on L...
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Home Economics Building

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: Home Economics building, University of Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, from the east.
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Home Economics Building

Date: 07 16 1926
Description: Home Economics building, University of Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, from the Southwest.
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University Drive in Winter

Date: 1925
Description: Winter scene of trees on a snowy hill along University Drive. There is a building at the top of the hill obscured by trees.
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U.W. Service Building

Date: 04 1926
Description: University of Wisconsin Service Building, 1217 University Avenue.

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