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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Flying School

Date: 05 1917
Description: A ground school conducted by Princeton University for students who wished to enlist in the Army Air Service. During World War I most American aviators were...
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A White Glove Event

Date: 11 04 1956
Description: Sophomores at Alverno College greet incoming freshmen with an annual tea party.
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Coed Model in front of Memorial Union

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing dress, hat and purse, poses beside the Memorial Union on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Coed Model in Front of Memorial Union

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing dress, hat and purse, posing beside the Memorial Union on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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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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Two Pairs of Twins at U.W.

Date: 04 20 1934
Description: Outdoor portrait of two pairs of twins at University of Wisconsin. Left to right: Mary and Elizabeth Rhodes and Eleanor and Dorothea Bond.
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Girls Sitting on a Snowman

Date: 02 02 1947
Description: Winter scene with two young girls, Jo Ann Simon and Barbara Gatanowicz, sitting on a reclining snowman in front of the Camp Randall married student trailer...
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Latin-American Festival Dancers

Date: 07 20 1944
Description: Left to right, Armando Huacuja and Berta Montemayor Koch, natives of Mexico, dance at the annual Latin-American Festival held at the Wisconsin Memorial Uni...
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Style Show

Date: 03 22 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin Women's Self Government Association style show, showing two women, one standing in a suit with hat and gloves, and one seated, wear...
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Women's Self Government Association Style Show

Date: 02 17 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin co-eds modeling spring fashions at the Women's Self Government Style Show at the University of Wisconsin Union Theater. Left to rig...
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Women's Self Government Association Style Show

Date: 02 18 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin co-eds modeling spring fashions at the Women's Self Government Style Show at the University of Wisconsin Union Theater. Standing le...
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Alpha Phi Sorority Garden Tea

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Alpha Phi sorority, 28 Langdon Street, was the site of a garden party for all sorority women on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Left to right: ...
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University of Wisconsin International Club Ball

Date: 03 28 1949
Description: Mary Jane Iss of Milwaukee, a co-ed of Austrian descent and co-chairman of the International Club's social committee, and Edward Bank of Algoma, whose ance...
Poster

Holiday Art Sale

Date: 12 02 1970
Description: Poster advertising the Union Gallery and Crafts Committee Holiday Art Sale, held in the Main Lounge of the Memorial Union. A caricatured Santa is illustrat...
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University of Wisconsin vs. University of Iowa Baseball Game

Date: 05 13 1950
Description: Jack Dittman of the University of Iowa beats the throw of University of Wisconsin's Bob Shea to his teammate Gene Radke at first base. The "Hawkeyes" of Io...
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Wisconsin vs. Michigan Baseball Game

Date: 05 19 1950
Description: Ernie Bauer (Wisconsin) slides into third base while Gerold Dorr waits for a throw from first baseman during a University of Wisconsin vs. University of Mi...
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Madison General Hospital Graduating Nurses

Date: 09 14 1950
Description: The graduating class of nurses at the school of nursing at Madison General Hospital (Meriter) gathers on a set of stairs for a group portrait.
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Candidates For University of Wisconsin Baseball Team

Date: 02 22 1951
Description: Four catchers on the University of Wisconsin baseball team vie for the number one slot vacated by Robert "Red" Wilson. Left to right: Robert Slotten, Witte...
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Candidates for University of Wisconsin Baseball Team

Date: 02 22 1951
Description: A group of infielders on the University of Wisconsin baseball team play a "pepper game" during spring practice. Left to right: John Jahnke, Milwaukee; Erni...

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