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Pedestrians on Bascom Hill

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hill and lower campus vicinity from the roof of the Wisconsin Historical Society, which was then under construction. A large group ...
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Delta Upsilon Fraternity

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior front view from Lake Mendota of the Delta Upsilon Fraternity House, located at 640 North Francis Street, erected in 1906. A group of people are o...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1949
Description: Exterior of entrance to Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison camppus. Students are sitting around the Lincoln Monument o...
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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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Group on Memorial Union Terrace

Date: 1970
Description: A group of people sitting at brightly colored tables and chairs on the University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Terrace. Lake Mendota is visible in the backg...
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Henry Lawrence Ahlgren and Harriet Gleason

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Description: Outdoor portrait of Henry Lawrence Ahlgren (1908-2004) and Harriet Gleason (1911-1998) while students at the University of Wisconsin. The couple married Fe...
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Off to the University

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Description: Sigurd Olson, posing proudly, as he leaves his Ashland home for study at the University of Wisconsin. A woman is standing in the doorway of a house behind ...
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University of Illinois

Date: 1900
Description: A view of three men sitting outdoors and reading on the Senior Bench at the University of Illinois. The seat is made of stone and "1900" is engraved into i...
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University of Illinois

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Description: A view of a tree-lined walkway at the University of Illinois. Groups and individuals, males and females, stroll or stand on the path.
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Campus Pageant at Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Students of Clarion State Normal School wear costumes and process past trees and school buildings during a campus pageant. Caption reads: "Campus Pageant -...
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Campus Pageant at Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Female students in Roman costumes stand outdoors near a wooded area while putting on a pageant at Clarion State Normal School. The school was established i...
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Campus Pageant at Clarion State Normal School

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Description: A crowd of students waving United States flags gathers on a field outside Clarion State Normal School. The school was established in 1873. Caption reads: "...
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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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May Day at Wilson College

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Description: A woman on horseback leads a group of women carrying banners down a road at Wilson College as a crowd follows. A school building is in the background.
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Winthrop College Tennis Courts

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Description: Students in uniforms play tennis on grass tennis courts surrounded by trees at Winthrop College. Students sit next to an automobile in the left background.
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Stout Institute School Buildings

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Description: View of two brick buildings on the Stout Institute (now the University of Wisconsin-Stout) campus. The building in the background features a clock tower a...
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Kitten Ball

Date: 1932
Description: A girl poses with a bat as a second girl holds a ball. Two young men in sweaters, identified as students from Whitewater Teachers College (now the Universi...
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High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...
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Cadets on Campus

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill.
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Memorial Union Terrace

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Description: Elevated view of the flagstone terrace. People sit at tables in the sunburst chairs. There are shadows of the empty chairs on the terrace as well as the s...

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