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Girls Domestic Science Class

Date: 1909
Description: A class of girls learn how to set a table in domestic science class at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians

Date: 10 1914
Description: Fourth Annual Conference of American Indians taken in front of Lathrop Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Included are: Mr. (William) Kershaw (M...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Speech Clinic

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Five children outdoors blowing bubbles in front of their teacher, Betty Suliver, at the summer speech clinic at the Orthopedic Hospital, 1415 Linden Drive....
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Abraham Lincoln Terrace, Children on the Lincoln Statue

Date: 06 1919
Description: Florence (Bis) Lloyd Jones stands at the base of the Abraham Lincoln statue in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Her bro...
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Eagle Heights Kids on Swings

Date: 09 24 1948
Description: Five children with one adult are shown playing on swings at Eagle Heights, a University of Wisconsin-Madison housing development built for faculty families...
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Mrs. Ivan Williamson and Sons

Date: 02 14 1949
Description: Beulah Williamson, wife of the University of Wisconsin's new football coach, with her twin sons, Jack and David.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Student Housing Project

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Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison student housing project at Monroe Street. There was housing at Monroe Street and Randall Avenue for marrie...
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University Faculty Houses in Eagle Heights

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Mid-morning refreshments are an important part of the day for youngsters at the University Faculty Housing playground. Mrs. Harold Green pours a fruit drin...
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University of Wisconsin Dames Club International Relations Group

Date: 02 13 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin Dames Club has a number of war brides from foreign countries who have gravitated to the international relations group. Mrs. Ke...
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University Houses Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Patty Ann Geaney, 21-month-old daughter of Captain and Mrs. Edward J. Geaney, residents of Eagle Heights, University of Wisconsin Houses, watches older chi...
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Sorority Marionette Show and Tea Party

Date: 06 25 1950
Description: Cameron Thompson, age three, showing her puppet to Mrs. William S. Hooper of Minneapolis and to Gail and Jacqueline Harmon during the sorority marionette s...
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Woman on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Sterling, an instructor in German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rides horseback in a neighborhood. In the background are several residences,...
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Pi Beta Phi Sorority Benefit Tea

Date: 11 05 1951
Description: Mrs. Mary Conley and her daughter, Barbara, wear hand-loomed mother and daughter aprons which will be on sale at the annual benefit tea held by the Pi Beta...
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 11 09 1951
Description: As one of the U.W. Student Service Projects, two men of the Mack House Dormitory and their dates host a Christmas party for children at the Volunteers of A...
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University of Wisconsin Service League Junior Division Activities

Date: 01 22 1952
Description: The junior division of the University of Wisconsin Service League for faculty wives has a number of interest groups including that of "Understanding Childr...
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Fletcher Family International Reunion

Date: 06 17 1952
Description: Mrs. Mary Ellen Fletcher used an inheritance to fly her mother and father in-laws from Birmingham, England to Madison to witness their sons graduation from...
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Professor and Mrs. Loomis Adopt Costa Rican Girls

Date: 08 01 1953
Description: Michigan State Professor and Mrs. Charles Loomis with their three adopted Costa Rican daughters, Elizabeth Loomis, Vera Loomis and Laura Loomis.
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
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New University of Wisconsin Faculty

Date: 09 28 1954
Description: Portrait of assistant professor George W. Sledge of the 'new' agricultural and extension education department. Also shown are George, Jr., age 3, and Mrs. ...

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