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Neils Lassen

Date: 03 05 1952
Description: Twenty-two year-old Danish immigrant, Neils Lassen, right, uses a globe map to point out his native Denmark to Major Roberts of the Madison Army and Air Fo...
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Governor Kohler and Austrian Chancellor Figl

Date: 05 21 1952
Description: Governor Walter Kohler, (left) chats with Chancellor Leopold Figl, Austrian Chancellor, during the latter's visit to Madison. Dr. Figl, on a 16-day visit t...
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Visiting French Journalists

Date: 04 24 1952
Description: Visiting French journalists on a U.S. tour arranged by the Department of Defense, had a surprise dinner meeting with Claudine Canetti, Paris (center), a j...
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Christmas with Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1954
Description: Josephine Chance (lower right), of Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, is shown wrapping presents for "Boxing Day," a December 26th observance day on which Engli...
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European Freshmen Football Players

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Fred Jacoby, University of Wisconsin football coaching staff, left, talks to Wisconsin freshmen football recruits. Neither had never seen a football game u...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Three Brittingham scholars at the University of Wisconsin chat with Constance Elvehjem. They include, left to right: Yves Struye from Brussels, Belgium; Jo...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Attendees at a dinner for Brittingham scholars, held at the Tree and Poodle Dog restaurant, include from left to right: UW President Conrad A. Elvehjem; He...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Attendees at the dinner for U.W. Brittingham scholars include, at right, Anne K. Paulsen from Drammen, Norway in her national costume. She is with Olafur P...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Rosa Fred (shown seated in center) was one of the guests entertained by the 11 Brittingham scholars now attending the University of Wisconsin. Seated at le...

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