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Composer Prof. Oskar Hagen and Conductor Dr. Bjornar Bergethon

Date: 04 12 1949
Description: Composer Prof. Oskar Hagen and conductor Dr. Bjornar Bergethon confer on Hagen's chorus composition "Carducciana" written for the Philharmonic Chorus of Ma...
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Mississippi Valley Historical Association Dinner

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: People sitting at the speakers' table at the Mississippi Valley Historical Association dinner at the Hotel Loraine. From left are Mrs. Oscar Rennebohm, wif...
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Mississippi Valley Historical Association Dinner

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: People seated at the head table at the Mississippi Valley Historical Association dinner at the Hotel Loraine. From left are Dr. Paul Knaplund, professor of...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Beverly Hackbart of 2541 Commerical Avenue sitting at her typewriter at the Madison Business College, 215 West Washington Avenue. She will be crowned queen...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Members of the invitation committee address invitations to the Madison Business College's spring formal dinner and dance to be held at the Club Chanticleer...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Members of the advertising committee for the Madison Business College's spring formal are working on a huge streamer sign for the party. Seated at left is ...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Three of the four young women students chosen to serve as the queen's court for the Madison Business College's spring formal. Seated from left to right: Ar...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, stacks wood in the outdoor fireplace that she built by herself...
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Ruth B. Glassow Home

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Ruth B. Glassow, a professor of physical education for women at the University of Wisconsin, is shown lowering the bed from the ceiling of her home at 1635...
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Wisconsin and Navy Athletic Directors

Date: 07 08 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin athletic director Harry Stuhldreher stands with his counterpart, Captain Howard Caldwell, at the United States Naval Academy prior ...
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Historian Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 08 01 1949
Description: A framed waist-up portrait of historian Frederick Jackson Turner painted by Charles Thwaites. It hangs in the gallery of the Pan-American Institute of Geog...
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Governor Authorizes University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view looking northeast from the chimney of the Power Plant on University Avenue. The Chemistry Building is in the foreground, and Bascom Hall and ...
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony for Addition to Wisconsin General Hospital

Date: 08 09 1949
Description: State and University of Wisconsin officials join in ground-breaking ceremonies for additions to the Wisconsin General hospital. left to right: Governor Osc...
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Prof. and Mrs. John (Lois) Dietrich

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Professor and Mrs. John (Lois) Dietrich, 1218 Spring Street, at the Wisconsin Union theater for the opening of the Wisconsin Players' production of "The Ph...
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Professor Mary Frances Boyd and Mrs. Angus McVicar

Date: 08 29 1949
Description: Professor Mary Frances Boyd, college of liberal arts at Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, was a guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Angus B. McVicar. Prof...
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Phi Beta Kappa National Council Banquet

Date: 09 03 1949
Description: Attendees of the Phi Beta Kappa National Council Banquet sit behind a clothed table at the Hotel Loraine. C. A. Dykstra, former University of Wisconsin pr...
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"W" Club Reunion

Date: 09 09 1949
Description: Members of the committee in charge of plans for the second annual reunion of the National "W" Club, to be held October 7 and 8 in Madison. Left to right, ...
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Wisconsin vs. California

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Action shot during the third quarter of the Wisconsin vs. California football game at Camp Randall Stadium featuring Bob Cleri, California, who has just th...
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Wisconsi -Navy Football Game

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Halback Rollie Strehlow (40) running for a touchdown against Navy during the football game between the University of Wisconsin and the Navy Midshipmen at C...

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