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Lake Mendota Boathouse

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Description: View from shoreline of a crew rowing a Pabst Shell on Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse, with two men in a canoe and people s...
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Picnic Point Work Day

Date: 04 28 1945
Description: The annual University of Wisconsin-Madison student work day project located at Picnic Point. Shown munching sandwiches and cookies are four of the organize...
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Picnic Point Work Day

Date: 04 28 1945
Description: Annual University of Wisconsin-Madison student work day project located at Picnic Point. Uprooting a tree stump, left to right are: Ronald Giblin, Leatrice...
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Picnic Point Work Day Lunch Break

Date: 04 27 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison annual student work day at Picnic Point. Shown are four students at lunch break. Left to right: Dominic Cefalu, John E. Had...
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University of Wisconsin Coeds Sawing Trees

Date: 04 29 1946
Description: Four University of Wisconsin coeds sawing tree branches during a university student workday.
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin ROTC cadets pass in review before the Military Ball Queen, Mary Schneiders, San Diego, California, her court, and ROTC officers...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC officers and military guests with the Military Ball Queen and her court. Left to right: Col. Wendell B. Fertig, Colorado Schoo...
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority Event

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison sorority Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt) honor engaged sorority students with a "Pansy Breakfast". Stepping through the pansy ...
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University of Wisconsin Orientation Activities

Date: 08 18 1948
Description: Charles Johnson and Margaret Haas, two students in charge of University of Wisconsin orientation week activities, sitting on the grass on Bascom Hill. The ...
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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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Centennial Ball Court of Honor

Date: 10 09 1948
Description: Portrait of seven University of Wisconsin co-eds dressed in formals. They composed the court of honor for the Wisconsin State Centennial Ball held at the M...
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ice Show

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four University of Wisconsin students wearing figure skating costumes are shown posing in front of Lake Mendota where they performed a show on Memorial Uni...
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University of Wisconsin Winter Carnival Ski Jumpers

Date: 02 02 1949
Description: Four ski "jumpers" are posed on a hill with Lake Mendota behind them. They are, from left to right: Allen Bushnell, Wally Alcumbrac, Bill Bradley, and Don ...
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WSGA Style Show

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: Four young women model informal clothes at the WSGA style show outside Memorial Union. Standing left to right are: Nancy Jean Maloney, daughter of Dr. and ...
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WSGA Style Show

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: Two couples model clothes at the WSGA style show outdoors at Memorial Union. Left to right are: Nancy Olmstead, Oshkosh; Karl Keim, Dearborn, Michigan; Gay...
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University Subscription Dance

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: Robert O'Brien, general chairman, and Sheila Kivlin, chair of the buffet supper, prepare for the annual Christmas Subscription Dance for university student...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 03 20 1950
Description: Joan Ellis, Delta Gamma, of Madison, Wisconsin is standing near a wall for a portrait while wearing a formal gown. Ellis was a member of the Court of Honor...
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University Student Campers

Date: 1885
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students and chaperons during a camping trip at Livesy Springs on the north shore of Lake Mendota. On the left side stands ...
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Wisconsin Hoofers Winter Carnival

Date: 01 31 1951
Description: Members of the Kappa Gamma sorority team on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus are pictured practicing for the broom hockey matches to be held as p...
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Wisconsin-Illinois Baseball Game

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: Illinois player John Davis scoring a run against Wisconsin with teammate Ron Heberer greeting him. The Wisconsin catcher is Tom Cooper and the umpire is Da...

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