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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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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1940
Description: Summertime view of people at tables on University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union terrace, looking out to canoes and sailboats on the lake. In the back...
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Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrace with Lake Mendota and sailboats in the background.
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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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Union Terrace Band Concert

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: A crowd of students and townspeople seated on the grass at the Memorial Union terrace to hear a concert by the University of Wisconsin summer session band.
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ice Show

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students wearing figure skating costumes are shown posing in front of Lake Mendota where they performed a show on Memorial Uni...
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Rose Bowl Bid of 1952

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: A female student holds up "Capitol Times" newspaper of November 24, 1952 announcing University of Wisconsin-Madison's bid for Rose Bowl participation. Othe...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Mrs. William Bowersox of Juneau pausing indoors for a look out at Lake Mendota before attending a session for women at the annual University of Wisconsin F...
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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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Terrace on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 19 2014
Description: View of Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union Terrace. A man is sitting in one of the terrace chairs at one of the tables, looking at his phone. A seagull i...
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Freedom Rider Protestors

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Two Universtiy students wave a Confederate flag on the steps of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in protest of the 114 Freedom Riders boarding bu...
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Bunny Hop

Date: 1978
Description: A man is walking his rabbit on a leash at the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace.

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