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Shore View of Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro...
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Outdoor Group Portrait of Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity

Date: 08 19 1941
Description: Group portrait of men and women taken outdoors at 225 Lake Lawn Place, Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity, taken for Jack McEhlone. Two men are wearing University ...
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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Group of men and women modeling bathing suits that have been approved by the police chief on the Alpha Chi Omega pier on Lake Mendota.
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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West High School Baseball Players

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Don Woody, catcher, and Dave Baskerville, batter, members of the West High School baseball team. There is a lake in the background.
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Alph Phi Sorority

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Three sorority girls attending the Alpha Phi Sorority garden party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Girls in a Boat

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Six sorority girls in a row boat, at the Alpha Phi party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Merrill Springs

Date: 1910
Description: University of Wisconsin summer session students gather at Merrill Springs on Lake Mendota.
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Madison Central High School Students on Pier

Date: 05 28 1945
Description: Group portrait of four Madison Central High School students relaxing on a pier on Lake Mendota. Pictured left to right: Alice Jensen, daughter of Mr. and M...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute Teachers

Date: 07 21 1945
Description: Three men standing out of doors, probably the Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute teachers: Philip S. Fonert, A.D. Winspear and Claude Williams. The A...
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Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson

Date: 08 13 1945
Description: Elizabeth Johnson and Hobart Johnson. Elizabeth will be attending the Potter School in Tucson, Arizona. Hobart will return to the Middlesex School in Conco...
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Koinonia Children's Campers in Lake

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Description: Children swimming in a lake as part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp.
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Myles Horton near Lake

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Description: Myles Horton, co-founder of the Highlander Folk School, walking near lake. On the patio of the Horton house.
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Mine, Mill, and Smelters Union

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Description: Mine, Mill & Smelters Union reading by a lake at Highlander Folk School. Will Thomas, second on the right, smoking a pipe.
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Swimming in Lake Highlander

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Description: Youth project and children's campers swimming in Highlander Lake
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Southern Ten Conference Golf Champion

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Wisconsin High School student Doug Campbell, wearing a letter sweater, is the medalist for the Southern 10 meets.
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St. Joesphat Church

Date: 1912
Description: Church and school seen from Kosciuszko Park. Located across a lake, behind some trees and bushes. A woman is sitting on some decorative stones next to the ...
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West High School Hockey Team

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Group portrait of the undefeated West High School hockey team in uniform with hockey sticks posing on the ice at a rink outdoors.
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Bob Trotalli, a recent graduate of West High School, has a summer job as a life guard at the Willows Beach on Lake Mendota. He is shown talking to Betsy Mi...
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Badger Boys' State Representatives

Date: 06 13 1950
Description: Three Madison Badger Boys' State representatives pose for a portrait at Olin Terrace overlooking Lake Monona. They are, from left to right: Owen Roberts, W...

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