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Students Conducting Scientific Research

Date: 1900
Description: Downer College students working in a laboratory in which a human skeleton, a frog, a bat and stuffed birds are displayed.
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Women's Physical Education Class

Date: 1911
Description: A group of female students wearing sports uniforms, participating in exercises as part of their physical education curriculum. Lathrop Hall, University of ...
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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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Presentation of Portrait of Edward Kremers

Date: 1932
Description: View of a ceremony in which an oil portrait of University of Wisconsin pharmacist Edward Kremers was unveiled. Pictured are (right to left): Nellie Wakeman...
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Madison Female Academy

Date: 1848
Description: Sketch of the Madison Women's Seminary on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Johnson. The Madison Female Academy was a 19th century school for girls w...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School - Student Group

Date: 04 15 1946
Description: Group portrait of students, University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School, 811 State Street.
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University Students Attending Lecture

Date: 10 17 1945
Description: University of Wisconsin students attending a lecture in Room 272 Bascom Hall.
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Langdon Hall Front Entrance

Date: 10 1941
Description: Front entrance to Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street, with five coeds posing on the steps.
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Spanish Dept. Play Cast

Date: 12 09 1938
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin Spanish Department play cast in costumes on stage at Bascom Hall.
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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Group of men and women modeling bathing suits that have been approved by the police chief on the Alpha Chi Omega pier on Lake Mendota.
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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 24 1935
Description: Panoramic view of University of Wisconsin graduation exercises, taken from behind the podium in the Field House. Graduates are standing on the floor, and t...
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Three Coeds in New DeSoto

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Three coeds in a new DeSoto Roadster in front of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, located at 237 Lakelawn Place.
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Theta Chi Costume Party

Date: 02 23 1929
Description: Party-goers posing for a Theta Chi fraternity costume party group portrait.
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University of Wisconsin Class

Date: 06 1875
Description: The University of Wisconsin Class of 1876 on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall). Prominent members of the class included Richard B. Dudgeon...
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University of Wisconsin Class

Date: 06 1875
Description: The University of Wisconsin Class of 1876 photographed on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall). Prominent members of the class included Richa...
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University of Wisconsin Students

Date: 1869
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin students, perhaps a graduating class, on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall).
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Class in Accounting Principles

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Description: A University Extension Accounting class posing in the classroom, with men standing and women seated. Included are Berhart, Jackson, Ollinger, Stewart, Keit...
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Bookkeeping Class

Date: 1913
Description: A University Extension Division class in bookkeeping, held in the public library and taught by an instructor from Milwaukee.
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Senior "Swing-Out"

Date: 1932
Description: Senior "Swing-Out" at the Unviersity of Wisconsin Madison.

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