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Two Pairs of Twins at U.W.

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: Two pairs of twins at the University of Wisconsin. Left to right: Mary and Elizabeth Rhodes and Eleanor and Dorothea Bond.
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Gretchen Smoot and Another Woman

Date: 11 27 1931
Description: Gretchen Smoot, U.W. Co-ed and cousin of Utah Senator Reed Smoot, and another woman, both wearing fur coats, standing in front of a house.
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Harold Smith Cleaning a Windshield

Date: 04 03 1931
Description: Harold Smith, University of Wisconsin football tackle, working his way through school by cleaning windshields at a Valvoline station.
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King and Queen of the 25th International Show

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: Janice Eide of Lodi and Chester B. Van Roo of Wauwatosa with the horse, "Belgian Farceur." Eide and Van Roo are king and queen of the 25th Little Internati...
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Picnic Point Work Day Blue Jeans King And Queen

Date: 04 28 1945
Description: Annual University of Wisconsin-Madison student work day project located at Picnic Point. Shown posing together are the chosen "blue jeans" king and queen f...
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Student Chuan-Yen Liu

Date: 03 05 1949
Description: Chuan-Yen Liu, a University of Wisconsin graduate student in economics, working at the Truax Field cafeteria. The students at the University of Wisconsin h...
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Henry Lawrence Ahlgren and Harriet Gleason

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Henry Lawrence Ahlgren (1908-2004) and Harriet Gleason (1911-1998) while students at the University of Wisconsin. The couple married Fe...
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Off to the University

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Description: Sigurd Olson, posing proudly, as he leaves his Ashland home for study at the University of Wisconsin. A woman is standing in the doorway of a house behind ...
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Miram Bennett Graduation Portrait

Date: 1915
Description: Vignetted graduation portrait of Miriam Bennett, with graduation cap. Miriam attended Rockford College of Rockford, Illinois.
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Mabel and Ebenezer Iwuagwu

Date: 04 26 1954
Description: Portrait of Mabel and Ebenezer Iwuagwu of Owerri, Nigeria, dressed in Nigerian garb worn on special occasions. They were reunited after five years apart. E...
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Madison Residents Look Forward to 1959

Date: 12 09 1958
Description: Young couple looks forward to marriage in 1959. Shown are Miss Mary Ragnhild Fenske and Dr. James Russell Hanson. Miss Fenske is a student in the U.W. Scho...

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