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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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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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Toasting Marshmallows with Professor Jacobson

Date: 1910
Description: Seven people gather around the fireplace at the home of Professor Jacobson, toasting marshamallows (probably).
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Mrs. Ivan Williamson and Sons

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Beulah Williamson, wife of the University of Wisconsin's new football coach, with her twin sons, Jack and David.
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Farm Family Day

Date: 02 25 1950
Description: Group portrait of mothers and daughters with Mrs. E.B. (Rosa) Fred, wife of the university president in the Fred house at 10 North Babcock Drive. Farm fami...
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Professor and Mrs. Loomis Adopt Costa Rican Girls

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Michigan State Professor and Mrs. Charles Loomis with their three adopted Costa Rican daughters, Elizabeth Loomis, Vera Loomis and Laura Loomis.
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Dr. Ernest Pohle Entertains Hospital Staff

Date: 09 11 1953
Description: Dr. Ernest Pohle and his wife Marie hosted a buffet lunch for the department of radiology at University Hospitals and the University of Wisconsin Medical S...
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Junior Division of the University League

Date: 08 28 1953
Description: Horace A. and Jane Page attend a "tea party" with their daughters, Penny and Julie. Jane is the chairman of the Understanding Children Group, a project of...
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Musical Families

Date: 03 23 1954
Description: The musical Dvorak family posed around a piano. Left to right, they are: Theresa, 11, Robert,15, Katharine,12, holding a violin, the father Professor Raymo...
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Musical Families

Date: 03 23 1954
Description: Group portrait of eight members of the Arthur Hasler family posed around a piano, singing. Seated at the piano are Sylvia, the oldest, and Mark. In the bac...
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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New Residents

Date: 09 13 1954
Description: Group portrait of new Madison residents Colonel Douglas and Mary Reeve, with their daughter Linda (age 11). They recently came to Madison from Newport, Rho...
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Donald H. Bucklin, an assistant professor of zoology, is pictured with William, age 5, Ann, 2 and Mrs. Hope Bucklin.
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 10 03 1954
Description: Portrait of Professor Warren Wooldridge, School of Music and director of the Men's Chorus (center), with his wife Harriett Wooldridge and baby Jennifer.
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of assistant professor George W. Sledge of the 'new' agricultural and extension education department. Also shown are George, Jr., age 3, and Mrs. ...
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of Lieutenant Commodore Robert J. Murphy, Navy ROTC, (right) with Mrs. Murphy, and their sons David, age 9, and Thomas, 7.
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New U.W. Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of Dr. Vernam Terrell Davis, assistant director of the division of mental hygiene at the Diognostic Center and associate professor of clinical psy...
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The Bauer's Risley Act

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Portrait of George and Peter Bauer, a father and son risley act. Risley is a form of tumbling by one individual while being juggled on the feet of another....
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The Bauer's Risley Act

Date: 05 22 1956
Description: Portrait of George and Peter Bauer, a father and son performing their risley act. Risley is a form of tumbling by one individual while being juggled on the...
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Madison Friends of International Students

Date: 10 04 1956
Description: African students (left to right): Joseph Abrefa Ansah and Eugene Quaynor have dinner with Prof. Keith R. and Mary L. Symon and their four children, James, ...

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