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Naval Training School Band

Date: 11 03 1944
Description: U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) Band in Great Hall of the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Halloween decoration in the back...
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"Moonlight Formal" at Tripp Commons

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: Couples enjoy the "Moonlight Formal" in Tripp Commons, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. They are in formal dress with some of the men in military un...
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"Moonlight Formal" Couples

Date: 08 26 1944
Description: Young women in formal dress and naval cadets in uniform attend the "Moonlight Formal" at the Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisco...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Dames Club Reception

Date: 10 18 1956
Description: Mrs. Stanley Quinn, General Chairman of Dames Club Reception, with guests, Mrs. Blanche Stemm and Mrs. Rosa Fred, wife of University of Wisconsin President...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Founder's Day Dinner

Date: 02 05 1947
Description: The 98th Founder's Day dinner at the Memorial Union, where a campaign was announced to raise five million dollars for the improvement of the lower campus o...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Founder's Day Dinner

Date: 01 05 1947
Description: 98th University of Wisconsin Founder's Day dinner at the Memorial Union where an announcement was made of a campaign to raise five million dollars for the ...
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Christmas Decorating at Memorial Union

Date: 12 04 1947
Description: June Wandrey, Wautoma and Thorval Sautter, Wausau, hanging Christmas decorations at Memorial Union.
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Women's Self Government Banquet

Date: 02 25 1948
Description: Women's Self Government Association celebrate a 50th anniversary of their founding on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with a dinner at the Memor...
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Women's Self Government Banquet

Date: 02 25 1948
Description: Two of the special guests of honor at the Women's Self Government Association celebration are Mrs. M.S. (Gertrude) Slaughter, and Mrs. Marvin B. (Lois) Ros...
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Military Ball Queen

Date: 04 09 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin 1948 Military Ball Queen, Mary Schneiders of San Diego, California, pictured with some of the dignitaries who attended the dance at...
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University of Wisconsin Football Banquet

Date: 12 07 1948
Description: Participants at the head table of the annual University of Wisconsin football banquet in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. From left are: Robert "Red" ...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are: center, Richard Lewis, Eau Claire, president of ...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 11 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are Felice Michaels, Chicago, Chairman of the Union n...
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University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Dressed in Elizabethan costume during the University of Wisconsin Beefeaters' Dinner in Tripp Commons are four members of the Wisconsin Union directorate. ...
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: King Clayton Hahn, Milwaukee, and Queen Violet Norrman, Williams Bay, at the Junior Prom at the Great Hall of the Memorial Union.
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University of Wisconsin Junior Prom

Date: 02 04 1949
Description: King Clayton Hahn, Milwaukee, and Queen Violet Norrman, Williams Bay, at the head table of the dinner for the Junior Prom at the Great Hall of the Memorial...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm with main speaker Philip Reed of the General Electric Company at the University of Wisconsin centennial birthday banquet at the Gr...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Three attendees at the University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet held in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. From left are John Berge, executiv...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Birthday cake in the shape of Bascom Hall in front of the speakers table at the University of Wisconsin centennial birthday banquet in the Great Hall of th...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Trophies

Date: 02 24 1949
Description: Jerry Erdahl, left, night manager of the Memorial Union, and Fern Anderson, chairman of the Union Trophy Room, discuss the placement of the last trophy in ...

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