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U.S. Navy Ships Company

Date: 03 17 1945
Description: Elevated group portrait of United States Navy, Ships Company.
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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs...
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Man and Boat

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Description: A man stands next to a rowboat on the rocky lake shore.
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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The First of the Nakomas

Date: 10 30 1915
Description: Outdoor group portrait of people identified as "settlers" (lot buyers) to the Nakoma development. Many of the people are wearing or holding a long-stemmed ...
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Snow Study of Main Hall

Date: 03 30 1900
Description: Winter scene near Main Hall (Bascom Hall) drive on the University of Wisconsin campus. View looking uphill towards two men standing on and near a sidewalk....
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Photographer's Silhouette on Unidentified Street

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Description: Perspective view of an unidentified street paved with gravel, with the photographer's silhouette. There is a house on a hill on the right, and more houses ...
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Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 67

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Description: On the map it shows the turkey buzzards circling overhead
to tell us who we are and what the odds.
Don't count;
a promise is no more than just a s...
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Frederick Jackson Turner at Frances St. Residence

Date: 10 1904
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner standing outside his home at 629 Frances St. Lake Mendota is in the background.
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West German Farmers Visit Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 06 17 1960
Description: A group of 75 West German farmers visit Madison on a week-log tour of mechanized farming operations in the Midwest. The group stops at the Bowman Farm Dair...
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What to Wear on UW Campus

Date: 08 08 1960
Description: Jeffrey Renk and Annette Letendre, Madison Edgewood high school graduates and freshmen at the University of Wisconsin pose in formal attire for attending f...

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