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Chi Phi House Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 18 1930
Description: Chi Phi House, 200 Langdon Street, with the facade decorated as a theater with a marquee for homecoming. "See the Badgers in 'Smashing Pennsylvania.'" 1st ...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Birthday Party

Date: 1956
Description: Elevated view of guests at Frank Lloyd Wright's 89th party in the courtyard of Taliesin. Taliesin is located in the vicinity of Spring Green, Wisconsin.
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Unitarian Meeting House Interior View

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Description: Interior view of the Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The Wright furniture has been arranged to illustr...
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Lincoln Tomb

Date: 1874
Description: View across lawn toward the Lincoln Tomb, the final resting place of Abraham Lincoln, his wife Mary, and three of their four sons, Edward, William, and Tho...
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May Day at Wilson College

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Description: Students kneel in the grass and wave banners during a May Day ceremony at Wilson College while faculty and students gather on the lawn to watch. The colleg...
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Christmas Greetings

Date: 1930
Description: Holiday postcard of Santa Claus, wearing the traditional red suit and hat with white fur trim, waving to two children. Santa has a basket of toys and dolls...
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Memorial Day

Date: 1968
Description: "Memorial Day."
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Unitarian Anniversary Dinner

Date: 05 19 1954
Description: Auditorium of the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed First Unitarian Society Meeting House, with the benches and tables configured for a banquet marking the congr...
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Unitarian Dinner

Date: 12 10 1954
Description: Rev. Max Gaebler, standing at the lower right, addressing a gathering at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. This view, looking toward the rear of t...
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Secretary Shalala

Date: 1994
Description: Donna Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services and former Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, unveils a bust of Congressman William H...
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Walking to the Altar

Date: 09 30 1978
Description: Full-length group portrait of a bride and her mother and father walking towards the center aisle of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House as the ceremo...
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Truck Pulling Float with Giant Turkey

Date: 11 25 1976
Description: Thanksgiving Day Parade, either Macy's Parade in Manhattan, New York, or Gimbels' Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A red and white International Harve...
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Pendarvis House Menu

Date: 1935
Description: Menu of Cornish pasties and desserts offered by Pendarvis House, a group of restored stone houses built by Cornish settlers in Mineral Point. The cover of ...
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Bascom Hill Grave Excavation

Date: 07 13 1918
Description: View of the excavation of two graves located on University Hill (now Bascom Hill). Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) can be seen in the background.
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Dining Room in Recreation Building

Date: 1940
Description: A view of the dining room at Point Beach State Forest. Tables are arranged in a "U" formation and are set with silverware, glasses and tablecloths. The rus...
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Oschwald Tomb

Date: 1935
Description: The tomb of Rev. Ambrose Oschwald (1801-1873), faced with fieldstone, is built into the hillside behind the Loretto chapel at St. Nazianz cemetery. White ...
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East Wiota Lutheran Church

Date: 1963
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "East Wiota Lutheran Church, South Wayne, Wisconsin 53587. The Oldest Norwegian Lutheran Church in America still in use today. O...
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Klug Wedding Group Portrait

Date: 06 13 1895
Description: A large group is posing sitting in the yard of a stone building on the day of the wedding of Bertha Wendtland and William Klug. Some of the people in the g...

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