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University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department

Date: 05 11 1937
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department cast of "La Careta Verde" on stage in Bascom Hall.
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Peacepipe Ceremony

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Play Cast

Date: 01 15 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Spanish Department students performing the play Un Neuvo, on stage at Bascom Hall.
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Cast of a French Playlet

Date: 05 15 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin student cast in costume and on stage for one of two French playlets.
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Theta Chi Costume Party

Date: 02 23 1929
Description: Party-goers posing for a Theta Chi fraternity costume party group portrait.
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Colonial Kitchen in Historical Museum

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Joyce Elmer is basting a chicken in an iron reflector oven and Gene Lyte is using a butter churn. Both women are University of Wisconsin home economics maj...
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Colonial Kitchen in Historical Museum

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Isomel Billings is using an old-fashioned broom, Lietzel Pelican and Patricia Cirves are operating a sausage grinder. The women are University of Wisconsin...
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University of Wisconsin Cheerleaders

Date: 11 06 1956
Description: Five University of Wisconsin female cheerleaders, all members of sororities, practicing a cheer at Camp Randall. Left to Right: Sandra Wahl, Eau Claire; Sa...
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Chadbourne Hall 75th Anniversary Celebration

Date: 10 18 1956
Description: Five University of Wisconsin coeds dressed in 1871 period costumes with Professor Harry F. Harlow in his classroom. Pictured left to right: Marilyn Moevs, ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Beer Party

Date: 03 01 1947
Description: Eight students, in costume, gathered around a piano at a University of Wisconsin-Madison beer party.
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Haresfoot Men in Costume

Date: 12 06 1947
Description: Participants in the "Fifty Years of Haresfoot" costume floor show are; (standing from left to right) Evan Clingman, John Griesbach, Don Minstor, Milt Beckm...
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Alpha Chi Omega Sisters

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Four University of Wisconsin Alpha Chi Omega sorority sisters modeling clothes from "then and now". Pictured from left to right are: Larinice Ballam in a 1...
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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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University of Wisconsin Latin American Week

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Cast members of the 19th century Mexican play "A Ninguna de Las Tres" by Frenando Calderon to be presented at the Memorial Union Play Circle as part of the...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Carmen Hernandez of Milwaukee, a native of Puerto Rico, and Herbert Salgado of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, dancing the samba at the University of Wisconsin Int...
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Wisconsin Players Theatre Group

Date: 10 21 1949
Description: Three actors in costume, portraying pre-Revolutionary New England characters in the drama, "The Devil's Disciple" by George Bernard Shaw. The actors, part ...
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Chinese Opera

Date: 11 29 1949
Description: The Chinese Student Association of the University of Wisconsin presents an historical opera called "The Song of Ch'u." The costumed leading actors, from l...
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Fifth Annual Beefeaters' Dinner at the Memorial Union

Date: 12 07 1950
Description: Nancy Berryman of Wauwatosa, (seated) is showing Clarence Bylsma, Racine; Henry Lippold, New London, and Anne Van Zandt, LaCrosse (left to right) all of wh...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: Seated at right is Phyllis Berg, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest. As part of her campaign theme, "The King and I," four of he...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: At extreme right is Lois Hunter, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, with three Chi Omega sisters dressed in hunter's caps and ca...

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