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Dow Chemical Demonstration

Date: 1967
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. He...
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Physics Lab

Date: 1901
Description: Students and teacher in physics lab at Stevens Point Normal School, which would later become the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Man Bobbing for Apples

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: A college male successfully plunges for an apple while a college female looks on.
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Theta Chi Fraternity Members in front of Boathouse

Date: 1920
Description: Theta Chi fraternity members standing on the pier in front of the Lake Mendota Boathouse located at the foot of North Carroll Street. The boathouse was des...
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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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Bookkeeping Class

Date: 1913
Description: A University Extension Division class in bookkeeping, held in the public library and taught by an instructor from Milwaukee.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Bascom Hill

Date: 1909
Description: A large group of students walk down Bascom Hill.
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Spencer Tracy and College Friends

Date: 1921
Description: Spencer Tracy and four of his friends pose on the steps of West Hall at Ripon College sometime between February 1921 and March 1922. Tracy is on the far ri...
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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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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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University of Wisconsin Students Play on Canoe in Lake Mendota

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students play on a canoe in Lake Mendota near the campus.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Lake Mendota Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier while others paddle a canoe.
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University of Wisconsin Students on Pier

Date: 1917
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students stand on a Lake Mendota pier watching others swim.
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o...
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Wisconsin Marching Band

Date: 11 20 1970
Description: Poster calling for students to "be a part of the" University of Wisconsin-Madison marching band. The contact is Mr. Michael Leckrone, who became director o...
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Social Science Building

Date: 03 11 1971
Description: Poster advertising the Social Science building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus as a "strike center." Features a photograph of the Social Scie...
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Students on Covered Fountain

Date: 1970
Description: Students sitting on the covered Hagenah Fountain on Library Mall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Memorial Student Union and Lake Mendota...
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Group on Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1970
Description: A group of people sitting at brightly colored tables and chairs on the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace. Lake Mendota is visible in the backg...
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African-American Man Drumming

Date: 1970
Description: An African-American man plays a djembe-like drum, with other people relaxing in the background on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union Terrac...

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