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U.S. Weather Bureau Station

Date: 08 24 1947
Description: Chief meteorologist Rupert J. Batz at his desk at the U.S. Weather Bureau Station at North Hall on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus, is giving out th...
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East High School Students

Date: 12 04 1947
Description: East High School students Betty Jensen, daughter of Nels Jensen, McFarland, John Ellestad, son of John Ellestad, Route 4, and Phil Ashby, son of Mr. and Mr...
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American Association of University Women Tea

Date: 01 19 1948
Description: Shown at the American Association of University Women tea and dinner, from the left: Dr. Althea Kratz Hottel, national president and dean of women at the U...
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Man at Hotel Registry Desk

Date: 1946
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is checking in and signing a piece of paper at a hotel registry desk. A suitcase is sitting at his feet and a hotel employee i...
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University of Wisconsin Recreation Students

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Mary Ann Busch, Eagle River, receives a call for a student to lead games at a little girl's club. Glenn Gritzmac...
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Red Cross Activities

Date: 03 05 1951
Description: Three volunteers of the University of Wisconsin College Unit complete Red Cross clerical work. They are, left to right, Jean Eggebrecht, Wausau, Jennie Stu...
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Cattle Grazing under the Pine Trees at Bessie Tift College

Date: 1925
Description: Cattle grazing amidst the trees.
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University of Wisconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Mary Redlich is a canvass supervisor for the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Her husband, Glenn Redlich, is a senior in the School of Commerce at the Universi...
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University of WIsconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Beverly Dillon is a teacher at West High School. Ted Dillon studies for his doctorate in wildlife management at the University of Wisconsin.
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United Givers Campaign

Date: 10 27 1959
Description: The theme "Every Call Counts" at the first United Givers report luncheon will be symbolized by the huge replica of a telephone. Shown with the phone are (l...
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Madison Youth Council Members Make Calls for Rooms for State Basketball Tournament Fans

Date: 02 17 1960
Description: Members of the Madison Youth Council telephone local home owners about providing sleeping rooms for young fans in town for the State Basketball Tournament....
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Telstar Passing Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: With the Telstar model in the foreground and University of Wisconsin President Conrad Elvehjem looking on, Professor Arthur Code made a transatlantic telep...
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Telstar Passes Test at U.W.

Date: 07 26 1962
Description: Fred Bjorkstem, a Finnish student at U.W., made a transatlantic telephone call to Finland from Sterling Hall via the Telstar communications satellite. Tels...
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Terrace on Lake Mendota

Date: 08 19 2014
Description: View of Lake Mendota from the Memorial Union Terrace. A man is sitting in one of the terrace chairs at one of the tables, looking at his phone. A seagull i...
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President Barack Obama Giving a Speech

Date: 07 02 2015
Description: President Barack Obama is standing at a podium delivering a speech at UW-LaCrosse. The crowd is filled with mostly young men and women, many of whom are ho...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Mrs. R.W. Doskotch serves lunch to her baby daughter Donna Leisa at their unit in the U.W. Eagle Heights graduate students apartments. Mr. Doskotch earned ...
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Careers in Mental Health

Date: 04 26 1959
Description: Agnes Moore, a psychiatric nurse-in-training, is shown at University Hospital studying the medical report of a patient.
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Family Record Book Developed by University of Wisconsin Faculty Members

Date: 12 29 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members Louise A. Young (R) and L. G. Sorden have developed a "Family Record Book" that allows for a complete listing of fa...

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