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People Viewing Lantern Slide of Cow

Date: 1925
Description: Rear view of men and women sitting in wooden chairs viewing a lantern slide projection of a cow during a presentation by a lecturer from International Harv...
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Agricultural Extension Lecture to Schoolchildren

Date: 02 1915
Description: International Harvester Agricultural Extension Department employee J.E. Waggoner delivers a lecture to children and farmers assembled at Providence School....
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Employee(?) Instruction at St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill

Date: 1930
Description: Employees(?) learning about a chain drive gear at the St. Paul Flax and Twine Mill. Portraits of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln and an advertising p...
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Radio Lecture Set-Up with Glenn Morris

Date: 09 09 1941
Description: Set-up of radio equipment for a lecture. The man is probably Glenn Morris.
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Barber Science Class

Date: 08 27 1929
Description: Students in the first class in Barber Science with instructor, Chester Feavel, pointing at an anatomy chart.
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H.H. Gerth

Date: 07 28 1944
Description: Portrait of H.H. Gerth, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin. Gerth was born and grew up in Kassel, Germany, and escaped about s...
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Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton

Date: 08 03 1944
Description: Portrait of Dr. Alanson H. Edgerton, a professor of guidance and director of guidance at the University of Wisconsin. His special interests lie in the stud...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 06 27 1945
Description: Group of adults listening to a lecturer, probably Dr. Philip S. Fonert talking on American history. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicag...
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All-Campus Rally on Palestine Question

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Professor Walter R. Agard, professor of Greek, speaking on the Palestine question at the all-campus rally at the Memorial Union.
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Deering Works Electricity Lecture

Date: 1905
Description: A group of men sit at desks and listen to J. Newman from Deering Works give a lecture on electricity.
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Lecturing at Highlander

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Description: A man giving a lecture to a group of students at Highlander Folk School.
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Magda Herzberger Lecturing

Date: 11 06 1980
Description: Magda Herzberger gives a lecture on the Holocaust to a classroom of Monroe High School students.
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Teachers Learning Rope Tying

Date: 1918
Description: Group of men and women, probably teachers, seated inside a schoolroom learning various rope tying. Original caption reads: "Fourth Normal School District.....
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Demonstration on Rope Tying

Date: 1919
Description: Rope tying demonstration for a group of rural school teachers. Original caption reads: "County Supt. Tobin, Country Life Director, and rural school teacher...
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Agricultural Lecture

Date: 1919
Description: View from back of room of man standing at the front of a classroom to deliver an agricultural lecture to a group of seated men and women. There are bundles...
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Agricultural Extension Charts for Shipment

Date: 1925
Description: Man working with a collection of Agricultural Extension Department lecture charts in storage ready for shipment.
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Classroom Presentation on Flies

Date: 1915
Description: A group of students and a teacher are sitting at desks in a classroom while listening to a lesson on the dangers of house flies. Agricultural lecture chart...
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Commandos L Meeting and Lecture

Date: 1963
Description: A meeting of the anti-Castro group Commandos L. A man is standing at the front of the room writing on a chalkboard and other members are sitting and listen...
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University of Wisconsin Drama Quartet

Date: 01 12 1959
Description: The University of Wisconsin Drama Quartet, sponsored by the University's Bureau of Lectures and Concerts, presents a musical biography of Richard Rogers. P...
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Earth Day 1970

Date: 04 1970
Description: Acting on the suggestion of his mentor Senator Gaylord Nelson, Wisconsin congressman David R. Obey participated (here at a gym) at the first Earth Day even...

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