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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Students Conducting Scientific Research

Date: 1900
Description: Downer College students working in a laboratory in which a human skeleton, a frog, a bat and stuffed birds are displayed.
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Laboratory Experiment

Date: 1928
Description: Professor Hull conducting an experiment at the Psychological laboratory of the University of Wisconsin.
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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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Women Playing Basketball

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman women's basketball team in the gymnasium of Ladies Hall (now Chadbourne Hall). A man stands in the center holding ...
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Girls Domestic Science Class

Date: 1909
Description: A class of girls learn how to set a table in domestic science class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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College Dorm

Date: 08 27 1971
Description: Deborah Weishapl of Union, NJ tosses a stuffed Snoopy doll to new roommate Kathy Vokaty of Edina, MN as they move into their dorm in O'Donnell Hall at Marq...
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Scene from "Time for Tomorrow"

Date: 1955
Description: Women, as well as men, can find a rewarding career in hospital pharmacy, as depicted here in a shot from "Time for Tomorrow", a film produced by the Americ...
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Linguistic Exhibit

Date: 09 27 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Professor Miles L. Hanley watching coeds Laura Severson and Theressa Fein, while they are working on transcriptions for a linguisti...
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Physics Lab

Date: 1901
Description: Students and teacher in physics lab at Stevens Point Normal School, which would later become the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Graduates in Caps and Gowns

Date: 06 01 1957
Description: Graduates in caps and gowns attend the graduation ceremony.
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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Women Astronomers

Date: 1880
Description: Maria Mitchell, first woman astronomer in the United States at Vassar College.
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Female Pharmacy Students

Date: 1915
Description: A professor checks the progress of several female students in a pharmaceutical laboratory course.
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Man Bobbing for Apples

Date: 11 10 1963
Description: A college male successfully plunges for an apple while a college female looks on.
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Hospital Care

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students care for a patient at the Fort Atkinson Hospital.
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Operating Theater

Date: 1902
Description: Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College.
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International Scout Painted in University of Illinois Colors

Date: 1967
Description: Color advertising photograph of a 1967 International Scout pickup painted in the colors of the University of Illinois, apparently carrying college football...

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