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Student Sculptor

Date: 12 12 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin student sculpting a statue. He is surrounded by small sculptures in the old student Union building.
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Varsity Welcome on Bascom Hill

Date: 09 26 1930
Description: Varsity welcome on Bascom Hill for new students. The Lincoln Monument can be seen in the foreground.
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Varsity Welcome on Bascom Hill

Date: 09 26 1930
Description: Elevated view of the varsity welcome on Bascom Hill for new students. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground.
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Varsity Welcome

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance.
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University of Wisconsin Coeds

Date: 1920
Description: University of Wisconsin students sitting on the base of the Lincoln statue on Bascom Hill.
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University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club Winter Carnival

Date: 02 14 1948
Description: Ice carving of the Olympic rings at the University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club Winter Carnival, with Bascom Hall and the Lincoln Monument in the background. ...
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University of Wisconsin Orientation Week Activities

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Donn Frey, Barbara Becker, and Claire Engelhardt, three freshmen students on a campus tour led by Jack Padgham, upperclassman and sub-chairman of orientati...
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Bascom Hall from Bascom Hill

Date: 1954
Description: View of Bascom Hall from Bascom Hill (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A few people are sitting on the lawn in front of ...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o...
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Abraham Lincoln Recognition

Date: 02 10 1950
Description: Rev. O.B. Ransopher of Wisconsin Rapids, president of the Lincoln Fellowship of Wisconsin, placed a wreath at the foot of the Abraham Lincoln statue in fro...
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Lincoln Statue

Date: 11 17 1950
Description: Two U.W. students, Jean Wall, Oshkosh, left, and Diane Cizon, Washington, D.C., standing before the Lincoln statue on the Lincoln Terrace in front of Basco...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Button Sale

Date: 10 19 1953
Description: Two students perch on the lap of the seated Abraham Lincoln statue as they place a University of Wisconsin Homecoming button-decorated top hat on the figur...
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Edgewood College May Crowning Ceremony

Date: 05 17 1959
Description: A crown of roses and lilies-of-the-valley are placed on a statue of the Virgin Mary during Edgewood College's May Crowning ceremonies. Mary Jane Roach, on ...
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Lowell Jenkins, Athlete and Sculptor

Date: 12 09 1959
Description: Lowell "Gooch" Jenkins was a 250-pound tackle on the University of Wisconsin’s football team, but he was also a skilled art student. After graduating, he b...
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Commencement at University of Wisconsin

Date: 06 1964
Description: John Frederick, who will receive his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, is showing his family around the campus. They are, left to right, his sist...
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St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing Crowning Ceremony

Date: 05 21 1959
Description: Students of St. Mary's hospital School of Nursing held their annual May crowning ceremony by crowning the statue of the Blessed Virgin with a wreath of flo...

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