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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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19th Century Dorm Room

Date: 05 1899
Description: A student studies in his dorm room.
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Original Wisconsin Historical Society Library

Date: 08 01 1944
Description: Students Dorothy Vecke, Milwaukee, and Kuo Chung-Ying, China, examine the bookcase that was the original Wisconsin State Historical Society library of the ...
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Wisconsin State College

Date: 1957
Description: Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Periodical Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: SHSW Periodical Reading Room, showing mezzanine stacks, original tables and lamps, and coffered ceiling treatment. Among the University of Wisconsin studen...
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University of Wisconsin Home Economics

Date: 12 09 1947
Description: At work in the planning corner of the kitchen of the University of Wisconsin Home Management house, 1430 Linden Drive, are Jean Smith DeKalb, Illinois, sea...
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University of Wisconsin Student

Date: 1925
Description: Posed photograph of a University of Wisconsin student studying in his room.
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Sorority Pledges

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Two Madison pledges of the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, Carolyn Piper (left) and Betty Klein, pose for a portrait.
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Harriet Kirchhoff, Delta Gamma Sorority member, reading to a blind student, Robert Langford, as part of a University of Wisconsin Student Service project. ...
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U.W. Student Orientation

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Dressed as Groucho Marx, Al Gay and Karen Christoffersen sell Badger yearbooks during student orientation at the University of Wisconsin. At right is fresh...
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Associated Women Students Co-ed Week

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, three University of Wisconsin women look over a copy o...
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Easter Seals Beneficiaries

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Margaret Fliegel holds a book while sitting on her bed in front of an anatomy chart. She was a senior physical therapy student and a Easter Seal grant rec...
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International Students Attend the University of Wisconsin

Date: 07 27 1954
Description: International students attend the University of Wisconsin. Pictured is Abed Jandali from Homs, Syria, the president of the International Club who is studyi...
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University of Wisconsin Annual Mock Senate Event

Date: 03 18 1961
Description: Ann Garfinkle sits at a desk in the Wisconsin Assembly chamber as she plays the role of a United States Senator during the annual mock senate event sponsor...
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Edgewood Students

Date: 03 09 1944
Description: Five Edgewood students studying around a table in the library.
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Memorial Union Terrace

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Description: Elevated view of the flagstone terrace. People sit at tables in the sunburst chairs. There are shadows of the empty chairs on the terrace as well as the s...
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Study Break at Elvehjem Library

Date: 12 18 1979
Description: A student, with a book on his lap, is taking a rest from studying on a couch at the Elvehjem Library at UW-Madison.
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Madison Junior Woman's Club Christmas Party

Date: 12 08 1964
Description: The Zeta Phi Eta storytellers, Mrs. Mary Kamarck and Mrs. Shirley Stathas, assisted by two University of Wisconsin students, Jeffrey Kravat and Russell Hos...
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Pat Richter Relaxing at Home

Date: 11 22 1962
Description: U.W. student-athlete Pat Richter relaxing at his home at 2034 Yahara Place before his final home game for the Badger football team. He is lounging in bed r...

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