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"Doc" Spears and Family

Date: 04 09 1932
Description: Dr. Clarence W. "Doc" Spears, the new University of Wisconsin football coach, with his wife and their three children being greeted by a crowd.
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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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Homecoming Pep Rally

Date: 11 11 1949
Description: Elevated view of a crowd of nearly 4,000 students standing in a drizzling rain to cheer for a Badger victory at the UW Homecoming Pep Rally.
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Marquette University Honors MacArthur

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur....
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Race At The Cornell University Running Track

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Description: Young men in track uniforms compete in a race around a track at Cornell University. Judges and spectators stand on the grass near the track while addition...
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Hillel Ground Breaking at 611 Langdon Street

Date: 04 03 1955
Description: Four men with shovels turn over the first shovels full of earth at 611 Langdon Street, the site of the new Jewish student center. "Left to right are Rabbi ...
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Protest Rally on Library Mall

Date: 03 03 1960
Description: A crowd of five hundred University of Wisconsin students, some carrying protest signs, attend a rally on Library Mall. They are demonstrating peacefully ag...
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Parade at State Street and Capitol Square

Date: 1918
Description: View from the Capitol Square towards a parade coming up State Street. Crowds line the streets. On the left street corner is a building with a sign for the ...
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University of Wisconsin Group at Rally to Save the UN

Date: 03 02 1965
Description: A crowd of about 200 people are gathering in front of the U.W. Memorial Union at a U.W. sponsored rally in support of the United Nations. The accompanying ...
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Governor Philipp and President Van Hise at the U.W Campus

Date: 03 1915
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp stands on a dais, covered with a white sheet, behind University of Wisconsin-Madison's President Charles Van Hise. Van Hise stand...
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She Digs In

Date: 10 11 1967
Description: Caption on reverse of wire photo: "She Digs In--An unidentified anti-war protester with designs painted on her face and carrying sign, "Sifting and Winnowi...
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Student Union Movement Protesting Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Young women and men holding up a banner reading: "Student Union Movement," a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Other peop...
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Protesters Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Three women are holding up a banner for the Student Union Movement, a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Two of the women ...
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MEChA de UW-Madison at the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: A large crowd of protesters standing on the street outside the Republican presidential debate. The group are mostly college age, although a young boy is st...
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All Alone

Date: 05 21 1969
Description: A young girl is among a crowd of people, sitting on a tricycle and crying and wiping her face. Caption reads: "ALL ALONE — Little Kim Whitham, 4, of Waukes...
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Freedom Rider Protestors

Date: 03 16 1965
Description: Two Universtiy students wave a Confederate flag on the steps of the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union in protest of the 114 Freedom Riders boarding bu...
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University of Wisconsin Civil Rights Protest

Date: 02 1969
Description: Large group of demonstrators walking arm in arm on a Madison street.
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Varsity

Date: 1975
Description: A crowd of students are waving their hands while singing "Varsity" at a football game.
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Patriotic Group

Date: 1918
Description: A group of people posing on the steps of a building with an stained glass arched entrance. Many of the people are holding American flags. Caption reads: "P...

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