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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Sparky's Funeral

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the grave site of Sparky, with one man playing taps. ...
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Paul Bunyan Effigy

Date: 11 05 1935
Description: A Paul Bunyan figure used to celebrate University of Wisconsin Homecoming, was placed on the lawn in front of Bascom Hall. Two athletes are standing beside...
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 09 26 1928
Description: Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving, taken from cribbing, at the University of Wisconsin.
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 09 26 1928
Description: Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving, taken from west on cribbing, at the University of Wisconsin.
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Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 09 26 1928
Description: First tank at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, moving into place, taken from upper road looking toward Lake Mendota, at the University of Wiscons...
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Campus Snow Scene

Date: 1926
Description: Winter scene showing students walking through snow near the Home Economics building. The University of Wisconsin Agricultural Hall is in the background.
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Students Rally for Rose Bowl Bid

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: A crowd of University of Wisconsin students rally in front of the Memorial Union on getting a bid for the Rose Bowl. In 1952 the University football team w...
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Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians

Date: 10 1914
Description: Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians taken in front of Lathrop Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Included are: Mr. (William) Kershaw (M...
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Four Students Sledding on Bascom Hill

Date: 11 30 1944
Description: Four students sledding on Bascom Hill using a sled from 1838 which they borrowed from the Wisconsin Historical Society Museum. Seated from left: Joan Hamme...
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Girl at Hoofers' Club Horse Show

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Lois Jean Klinke, 10-years-old, daughter of Maurice and Trudy Klinke, 3255 Monona Drive, feeding her horse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hoofers' ...
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American Dairy Association Display

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Booth at the American Dairy Association Exposition held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Livestock Pavilion during Farm and Home Week. Next to the di...
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Staughton Lynd at an Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Standing near the Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Historian Staughton Lynd speaks to a nighttime, anti-war demonstrat...
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Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller and Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller, 2138 Chamberlin Avenue, and her neighbor, Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson, 2130 Chamberlin Avenue, posing for a portrait while atte...
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Lindbergh Speech

Date: 08 22 1927
Description: Charles Lindbergh speaking to a crowd at a stadium.
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Tractors on Library Mall

Date: 1920
Description: A young woman, most likely Esther Van Wagoner (Tufty), sitting on a Clark TrucTractor on the Library Mall of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Th...
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Mayville Cardinals

Date: 11 1991
Description: "As the Mayville Cardinal football team played for the championship at Camp Randall in Madison, this injured player watched from the sidelines."
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Mayville Championship Finals

Date: 11 12 1992
Description: "For the second year in a row the Mayville High School football team carried unbeaten records into the championship finals at Camp Randall Stadium. Both ye...
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School Trip To Forest Products Laboratory

Date: 1951
Description: Richard Quinney took this photograph with his own camera while in high school, at Delavan High School. It was a trip to the Forest Products Laboratory, at ...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Distinguished University of Wisconsin agronomist and geneticist Professor Norman P. Neal looking over an exhibit at the annual University of Wisconsin's Fa...

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