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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Student John Hunter demonstrates a fish training gadget developed by Dr. Wisby at the U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory on Lake Mendota.
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Carp are in a net during an experiment to develop a more efficient seine at the U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory on Lake Mendota.
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U.W. Hydrobiology Laboratory Research

Date: 05 29 1957
Description: Bill Heim inspects a water bottle before heading out on the lake to take water samples at various depths as Richard Pierce, an electrical engineer doing re...
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Removal of Pedestrian Safety Islands on University Avenue

Date: 06 08 1957
Description: Pedestrian safety islands at University Avenue and Brooks Street were raised concrete islands (referred to as "meat-blocks") and are being removed to possi...
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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Review

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC men stand at attention during a review at Camp Randall stadium. Empty bleachers fill the background and two flags are flying i...
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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Review

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Six official reviewers at the ROTC review at Camp Randall stadium. Left to right are: U.W. President E.B. Fred; Col. Chester Allen, Army ROTC; U.W. Vice-Pr...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Pat Harley of East Troy, Wisconsin, is practicing her clarinet in the stairwell during the 1957 Summer Music Clinic on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) Review

Date: 05 24 1957
Description: Anti-military protestors demonstrating outside U.W. Camp Randall stadium during a review of ROTC cadets. Posters challenge compulsory service in the state ...
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Music Rings Out from Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Six participants of the Music Clinic in University of Wisconsin's Bernard Hall are shown in a jam session. They are the "Dixie Landers" playing "As the Sai...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Darleen McCormick, music teacher from Central High School, is shown directing a chorus at a three-week music clinic held at the University of Wisconsin. St...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: In a room full of empty folding chairs, John Braunschweig practices his tuba during the Summer Music Clinic at the University of Wisconsin. He is one of 78...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Tuba player Fred Mikrut from Ogdensburg appears to be acquiring air to blow his big horn from a pipe in the background, which seemingly sticks out of his h...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Making like a conductor, Mary T. Junger of Amherst is shown chatting with Lynnette Fredrick of Watertown and Caren Nelson of Crandon. They are at the Summe...
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Geiger Counters Presented to University of Wisconsin

Date: 08 09 1957
Description: Richard C. Emmons (left), Professor of Geology at U.W., being presented thirteen Geiger counters and scintillation counters by E.L. Diener, manager of the ...
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Silhouette of Bird in a Tree

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: A picture taken at Willow Beach shows a red-winged blackbird perched on a tree branch. The bird and trees are shown in silhouette.
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Richard W. Vesey

Date: 07 21 1957
Description: Portrait of Richard Vesey, who had a gallery exhibition at the University of Wisconsin Union of his photographs. He was a member of the Wisconsin State ...
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Mendota Lotus Beds in Full Bloom

Date: 08 10 1957
Description: Unidentified man taking a picture of the Lotus Bed on Lake Mendota. The bed of large, floating white blossoms are at the peak of their bloom.
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Shrine-Knights of Columbus Benefit Show

Date: 08 07 1957
Description: Happy faces of adults and children in the audience crowd at the Shrine-Knights of Columbus benefit show at Breese Stevens Field.
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Dea Mae Ball in the State High School Debate Tournament

Date: 02 24 1954
Description: Dea Mae Ball speaking from the podium in the forensics tournament for high school students held at Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Music Rings Out from Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Lois Mattison, from Stoughton and attending the University of Wisconsin Summer Music Clinic, is taking time out to write a letter to her boyfriend using he...

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