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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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University of Wisconsin Students with Senator Mueller

Date: 03 09 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin students representing the U.W. Student Budget Committee present a petition to Senator Otto Mueller at the Wisconsin State Capitol. ...
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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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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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Geology Club

Date: 06 03 1938
Description: Group portrait men, and one woman, of University of Wisconsin Geology Club next to Science Hall.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduation, Lineup of Notables

Date: 06 24 1935
Description: Lineup of professors and dignitaries in caps and gowns standing behind the bleachers preparing to march into the Field House for University of Wisconsin-Ma...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology Club

Date: 03 07 1930
Description: Group portrait of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Geology club in the Beefeaters room in Memorial Union.
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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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Getting Ready for College

Date: 08 14 1944
Description: Perry Neff, who will be attending Lake Forest Academy in Lake Forest, Illinois, and his sister, Ruth Rhea Neff, who will be attending Ferry Hall in Lake Fo...
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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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All-Campus Rally on the Palestine Question

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Professor Walter Agard addressing an all-campus rally on the Palestine question held at the Memorial Union. Seated left to right: Elaine Sermopskie, Topeka...
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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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Winners of the American Legion Oratorical Contest

Date: 03 24 1949
Description: Winners in the American Legion oratorical contest held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin are shown being congratuated by Lieut. Gov. George M. S...
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WSGA Style Show

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: Two couples model clothes at the WSGA style show outdoors at Memorial Union. Left to right are: Nancy Olmstead, Oshkosh; Karl Keim, Dearborn, Michigan; Gay...
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Cake from Homecoming Committee

Date: 11 05 1949
Description: After a 14-6 Badger football victory over Northwestern, a crowd of 3,000 fans jammed the North Western Rail Road Station to welcome the team and present th...
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University of Wisconsin Panel for "Parade Magazine"

Date: 11 16 1949
Description: Six University of Wisconsin students and one professor sitting on a panel to record their aspirations for the second half of the twentieth century for "Par...
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University Subscription Dance

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: Robert O'Brien, general chairman, and Sheila Kivlin, chair of the buffet supper, prepare for the annual Christmas Subscription Dance for university student...
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University of Wisconsin Players Opera Finalists

Date: 02 06 1950
Description: Finalists in tryouts for leading roles in the first opera ever to be presented by the Wisconsin Players are shown here with Doris Kassel, accompanist, at a...
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Carl Beck and Jean Hagglund

Date: 09 08 1950
Description: Jean Hagglund, a new freshman at the University of Wisconsin from Honolulu, Hawaii, poses with Carl Beck of New York City, who wrote the original lyrics to...
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University of Wisconsin YWCA

Date: 11 13 1950
Description: Mrs. Arnold S. (Laura) Jackson confers with four young people about plans for the entertainment of foreign students in the homes of Madison families on Tha...

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