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Pres. Glenn Frank Reading

Date: 11 20 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Pres. Glenn Frank sitting in a swivel chair reading: "The open door at the home."
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Award Presentation to WHA Radio

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: Lieut. Governor Oscar Rennebohm (on right), presenting a citation for twenty-six years of on-air service for radio station WHA to University of Wisconsin P...
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C.D. Lehman Receiving Certificate

Date: 06 28 1945
Description: C.D. Lehman, superintendent of the State Public School, Sparta, receiving a certificate of service from Herman A. Kloppmann, board president, with A.W. Bay...
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Edward Hitchcock, Geologist and Theologian

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864), American educator and geologist. Hitchcock served as the third president of Amherst College from ...
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Peter Engelmann, Naturalist

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Peter Engelmann (1823-1874), Wisconsin educator and naturalist. Engelman founded the German-English Academy in Milwau...
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Catherine Winston

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Description: Catherine Winston, a staff member at the Highlander Folk School, reading a book and smoking a cigarette.
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National Council of Chief State School Officers

Date: 12 03 1948
Description: Five men attending the annual meeting of the National Council of Chief State School Officers. Left to right: standing, E.B. Norton, executive secretary of ...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 30 1949
Description: Officials at the Badger Spelling Bee. Right to left: Mary Frances Boyd, master pronouncer, and three judges: Professor Lois Nemec, University of Wisconsin;...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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Marquette University Dean at Celebration

Date: 1923
Description: Marquette University dean, Archibald J. Tallmadge, S.J. delivers a speech at the 250th anniversary celebration of the discovery of the Mississippi River by...
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Indira Gandhi Visits Madison

Date: 11 04 1949
Description: Indira Gandhi, daughter of Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru of India, speaking with University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred inside Memorial Union...
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American Legion Essay Winners

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the American Legion Essay Contest, a school official, and officers of the American Legion Auxiliary. Seated, left to right...
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AAA Dual Control Training Car

Date: 06 27 1950
Description: The Madison board of education's summer driving program for high school students acquires another American Automobile Association (AAA) dual control car, a...
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Mrs. Ella Flagg Young

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Miss Ella Flagg Young seated at a desk. She is wearing a patterned dress and has her hands on a book. Ella Flagg Young was...
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AAA School Safety Program

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Stuart B. Wright, AAA general Manager, presents school safety signs to Mayor George Forster, Supt. of Schools Philip H. Falk, and Police Chief Bruce Weathe...
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Harry Conley and Arthur Vinje

Date: 03 19 1954
Description: Harry Conley, left, Director of Athletics in the Superior school system, and Arthur M. Vinje, Wisconsin State Journal photographer, sitting on the bleacher...
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School Funding Chart

Date: 1940
Description: Flyer titled In Wisconsin, School Costs Are the Heaviest Burden on General Property Taxpayers published by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities wi...
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan, Wisconsin, with a background image of an elevated view of the school? and surrounding grounds p...
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City of Eau Claire Public Schools Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the City of Eau Claire Public Schools, with a three-quarter view of the High School building, and names of officers of the school district an...
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Glenwood Public Schools Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Glenwood Public Schools, with a three-quarter view of a school building, and names of school officials. Printed in blue ink on memo pad pap...

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