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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of...
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Burial Mound on Fox Bluff

Date: 1908
Description: View looking up towards Reverend F.M. Gilmore, Professor W.E. Leonard, and Charles Brown relaxing on a burial mound on Fox Bluff near Lake Mendota.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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Ballplayer at Bat

Date: 06 07 1900
Description: The faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater play a game of baseball.
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Dr. E.A. Birge Reading Sun Machine in Car

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Description: Dr. Edward Ashael Birge reading a sun machine inside a car. In 1875 Dr. Birge first came to teach natural history at the University of Wisconsin, and remai...
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Professor Flint Residence

Date: 1922
Description: The residence of Professor A.S. Flint at 122 Bascom Place, under construction. A woman (Mrs. Flint?) is in the front yard.
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Arthur Vierthaler and his Sons

Date: 06 14 1955
Description: Arthur A. Vierthaler, University of Wisconsin assistant professor of art education, on the lawn of his Fox Bluff home with his four sons: Paul, Kurt, Erich...
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Excavation of Goose Effigy on University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

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Description: Charles E. Brown (left), directs excavation of a goose effigy mound at the Willow Drive mound group on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Charles E. Brown Among Burial Mounds on the Edgewood Campus

Date: 05 05 1939
Description: Charles E. Brown poses near a historic tablet marking one of a row of conical burial mounds on the Park and Pleasure drive on the north shore of Lake Wingr...
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Charles E. Brown with Ho-Chunk Chiefs

Date: 1933
Description: Charles E. Brown and Ho-Chunk chiefs at the Blackhawk Centennial celebration.
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Prof. John W. Sterling House

Date: 1900
Description: View of Prof. John W. & Harriet Dean Sterling House and its large yard located at the southeast corner of 811 State Street and Sterling Court. Built in 18...
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Sigfrid Prager Farewell Dinner

Date: 06 12 1948
Description: Dr. Sigfrid Prager, retiring conductor of the Madison Civic Symphony orchestra and Madison Civic Chorus, Farewell Dinner. Left to right are honoree Dr. Sig...
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University Houses In Eagle Heights

Date: 09 24 1948
Description: Three of thirty-one buildings built to house University of Wisconsin-Madison faculty members at Eagle Heights.
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: King Clayton Hahn, Milwaukee, and Queen Violet Norrman, Williams Bay, at the head table of the dinner for the Junior Prom at the Great Hall of the Memorial...
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History of the University of Wisconsin Testimonial Luncheon

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Professors Vernon Carstensen (left) and Merle Curti, with their wives, cutting the ceremonial cake at the testimonial luncheon in their honor as authors of...
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Professor G. William Longenecker in a Greenhouse

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture G. William Longenecker with cyclamen plants in a greenhouse.
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Big Ten-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Track Meet

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Don Gehrmann (left), who capped a great career by winning the mile and half mile races at the Big Ten-Pacific Coast intercollegiate track meet held at Camp...
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Twin Caskets of Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the twin caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and Glenn, Jr. in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda at the state funer...
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Crowd Outside the State Capitol at the Funeral for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr.

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the overflow crowd standing outside the Wisconsin State Capitol during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and ...

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