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New University of Wisconsin Band Uniforms

Date: 09 16 1953
Description: Conductor, Ray Dvorak, modeling one of the 175 new University of Wisconsin band uniforms paid for with "Bucks for the Band" campaign money donated by alumn...
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Arboretum Brush Fire

Date: 03 08 1954
Description: Brush fire in the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin...
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Boat rescue crew member, James Crary, is dashing down the pier from the U.W. Lifesaving Services facility to board the rescue boat," Isabel III," to help a...
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Sail Boat Rescue on Lake Mendota

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa...
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Milroc's Fine Food

Date: 11 18 1954
Description: Storefront entrance and display windows at night of storefront of Milroc's, located at 450 State Street. The neon sign reads: "Milroc's Adventure in Fine F...
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Snowy Camp Randall

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: View of the Camp Randall seating after a snowfall.
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University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 1954
Description: Night view of the front entrance of the University of Wisconsin YMCA at 306 North Brooks Street.
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Entering the grounds of the Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economics Extens...
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Vilas Zoo Monkeys

Date: 07 06 1955
Description: Monkeys on monkey island at the Vilas Park Zoo. The monkeys are on loan from the University of Wisconsin during the summer and returned in the winter to be...
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Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill with New Lighting

Date: 12 1954
Description: View of the Lincoln statue with new lighting. The new amber lights were installed in late 1954 and are automatically turned on at dark by an electronic dev...
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Frank Lloyd Wright Receiving Honorary Degree

Date: 06 17 1955
Description: Professor Ben Elliot placing the doctoral hood on Frank Lloyd Wright at the University of Wisconsin Commencement ceremony. U.W. President Edwin Broun Fred ...
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Decorated Fraternity House

Date: 10 1955
Description: A neo-classical styled fraternity house on Langdon Street. Fraternity brothers, waving, fill an upper balcony above four large pillars, from which a sign i...
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest of the decision to ban the Delta Gamma ...
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We Saw You . . . at Water Follies

Date: 08 1955
Description: Water comedian, Eddie Rose, of the Sam Snyder's Water Follies performing his routine jumping off a high-level diving board during a show at Breese Stevens ...
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Cornerstone Laying of B'nai B'rith Hillel Building

Date: 10 1955
Description: Participants attending in a cornerstone laying ceremony for the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation Building located at University of Wisconsin on a rainy day. ...
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Two Small Cars Double Up in One Metered Parking Space

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Two drivers are flipping a coin to determine who feeds the meter with their two small cars squeezed into one parking stall on North Park Street by Bascom H...
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Sorority Ban Protest

Date: 10 04 1962
Description: A long, orderly line of student sorority and fraternity members carrying umbrellas and marching in pairs to protest the decision to ban the Delta Gamma sor...
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Edward Steichen Received Honorary Degree

Date: 06 21 1957
Description: Edwin Steichen, in cap and gown, waiting to receive an honorary degree at University of Wisconsin graduation ceremonies. Steichen grew up in Milwaukee and ...
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University of WisconsinHydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Dr. Theodore Schreiner, a research assistant from Tuebingen, West Germany (right), holds a cage while Laboratory Director Professor Arthur D. Hasler record...

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