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Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....
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Dr. Albert Goetze and Cuneiform Tablets

Date: 07 16 1944
Description: Dr. Albert Goetze, professor of Assyriology at Yale University, examining 4000 year old Sumerian cuneiform tablets from the Wisconsin State Historical Soci...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Architectural Exhibit

Date: 03 27 1945
Description: Professor J.F. Kienitz, on the left, and Edward J. Law, committee member of the Historic American Buildings Survey in Wisconsin, examining a miniature mode...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin boxer John Lendenski, left, landing a right punch to the head of Syracuse University boxer Julian LeVine, who is preparing to retal...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: Pictured is James "Red" Sreenan listening to the advice of University of Wisconsin boxing coach John Walsh standing behind him while manager Ray Hague hand...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 03 03 1948
Description: NCAA Boxing Tournament at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House, Bout 13, "Art Neumayer, Gonzaga, missing with a left hand in the second round an...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 03 01 1948
Description: NCAA boxing tournament at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Bob Apperson, Wisconsin, is throwing a straight left to Cayocca's head, San Jose State, in the t...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament Participants

Date: 04 01 1948
Description: NCAA boxing tournament at University of Wisconsin, Bout 25,"Charley Davey, Michigan State, beating a strategic retreat while Jimmy Miragliotta, Virginia, r...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Intercollegiate Regatta

Date: 07 17 1948
Description: Seated on a Lake Mendota pier are left to right: Don Williams, Madison, a University of Wisconsin senior and member of Hoofers Club; Edward Bainbridge, com...
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University of Wisconsin Music Clinic Faculty

Date: 07 30 1948
Description: Group portrait of the University of Wisconsin Music Clinic Faculty held each summer for Wisconsin high school student musicians. Left to right: Peter Wilho...
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University Houses In Eagle Heights

Date: 09 24 1948
Description: Three of thirty-one buildings built to house University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members at Eagle Heights.
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Mrs. Ivan Williamson and Sons

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Beulah Williamson, wife of the University of Wisconsin's new football coach, with her twin sons, Jack and David.
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Governor Authorizes University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th...
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Addition to Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: State and University of Wisconsin officials join in ground-breaking ceremonies for additions to the Wisconsin General hospital. left to right: Governor Osc...
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Prof. and Mrs. John (Lois) Dietrich

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Professor and Mrs. John (Lois) Dietrich, 1218 Spring Street, at the Wisconsin Union theater for the opening of the Wisconsin Players' production of "The Ph...
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Exterior

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Exterior view of the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road, taken from the driveway off the highway.
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Exterior

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Exterior view showing main entrance to the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road, taken from the driveway off the highway.
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Interior

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Interior view of the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, 5810 Cottage Grove Road, showing a classroom that is being used as a chapel.
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Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary Classroom

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Reverend Lawrence McCall consults with a student sitting behind a desk inside a classroom at Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary.

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