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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Court of Honor for the 25th Little International Show

Date: 02 01 1944
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students and members of the Court of Honor for the Queen of the 25th Little International Show. Left to right: Phyl...
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College Co-eds Joan Sexton and Mary Young

Date: 08 15 1949
Description: Joan Sexton (left), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph (Eleanor) Sexton, 58 Cambridge Road, and Mary Young, daughter of Mr. E.J. (Alice) Young, Shorewood Hill...
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Living Rosary

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Five of sixty-one Edgewood college girls who took part in the "Living Rosary" ceremony are shown holding candles and rosaries. They led prayers on the rosa...
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Memorial Union Open House

Date: 09 15 1953
Description: Two hostesses for the Memorial Union student orientation open house at the University of Wisconsin greeting two Milwaukee freshmen, Bob Henderson and Ernie...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Button Sale

Date: 10 19 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred is presented with the first Homecoming button by University yearbook-designated 1953 Badger Beauty, Marge Hesse...
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University of Wisconsin Sorority Pledges

Date: 11 16 1953
Description: Group portrait of three University of Wisconsin co-eds recently pledged to Alpha Phi sorority at 28 Langdon Street. Left to right: Nancy Ott, Lee McGaun, a...
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International Students Attend the University of Wisconsin

Date: 07 26 1954
Description: International Students attend summer school at the University of Wisconsin. Pictured are Sylvia and Leonor Hernandez, sisters from Manilla, Philippines, wh...
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Going Away to School

Date: 08 21 1956
Description: Five West High School graduates sitting in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus. They will be attending colleges away from Madison. L...
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Governor's Daughter and Sorority Sisters

Date: 04 27 1957
Description: Patricia Thompson, daughter of Governor Mrs. Vernon W. Thompson, posing with 30 of her Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority sisters who are sitting on the steps of t...
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West High Graduates Off to College

Date: 08 1955
Description: Seven recent graduates of West High School, all of whom have chosen to attend Colorado colleges. They are (left to right): Barbara Bowman, Catherine Clare ...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: A model posing sitting on a deep window sill near a bicycle. Sara Volz teams a blue and gold plaid skirt with a gold bulky knit orlon sweater, navy blue kn...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Janice Clark, a freshman at the University of Wisconsin and a graduate of East high school in Madison, is shown wearing a straight stone green and gray pla...
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...

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