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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait, head and shoulders of Frederick Jackson Turner, historian, scholar, and writer. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin.
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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19th Century Dorm Room

Date: 05 1899
Description: A student studies in his dorm room.
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Graduating Class at University of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: The graduating class of the University of Wisconsin, all of whom are unidentified. It is likely this photograph was taken by John S. Fuller.
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Biology Laboratory at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: A class of male and female students work in a biology laboratory at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Two women stand in the middle of the large, open r...
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Two Young Men Playing Musical Instruments

Date: 1894
Description: Two University of Wisconsin-Madison students, Mr. Rider and Mr. Broughton, sit in their residence at 625 Langdon Street and play musical instruments. Mr. R...
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Class of 1886

Date: 1886
Description: Posed group portrait of men and women members of the “Class of '86” at Lawrence College. The 8 men have silk top hats and the 4 women have umbrellas, for a...
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Medical Students and Cadaver

Date: 1896
Description: Group of medical students (?) and instructor (?) posed around a cadaver. Presented by Dr. John G. Meachem III of Racine, Wis. Probably a dissection class a...
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Alma Seipp

Date: 1899
Description: A standing, three-quarter length portrait of Alma Seipp wearing a graduation cap and gown posed in front of a painted backdrop. She has her hand on her hip...
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 1881
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Frederick Jackson Turner in his sophomore year at the University of Wisconsin. He wears a Kappa Psi Phi pin on his tie.
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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Publius V. Lawson, of Menasha, standing and leaning against a chair. Portrait was taken when he was a senior at the University ...
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Hattibel Merrill

Date: 1890
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Hattibel [Harriet Bell] Merrill, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelors of Sci...
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Laura L. Miller

Date: 1891
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite of Laura L. Miller, who graduated from Sparta High School in 1887, attended U.W. Madison, and became an educator a...
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William Edward Aitchison

Date: 1884
Description: Vignetted profile carte-de-visite portrait of William Edward Aitchison, a University of Wisconsin student who graduated in 1884. After graduation he worked...
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W. W. Albers

Date: 1884
Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William W. Albers, a Democratic politician and businessman. This image is from the time he was a student at the ...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics professor William Francis Allen. Ca...

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