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Paul Bunyan Effigy

Date: 11 05 1935
Description: A Paul Bunyan figure used to celebrate University of Wisconsin Homecoming, was placed on the lawn in front of Bascom Hall. Two athletes are standing beside...
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Harold Smith Cleaning a Windshield

Date: 04 03 1931
Description: Harold Smith, University of Wisconsin football tackle, working his way through school by cleaning windshields at a Valvoline station.
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University of Wisconsin Basketball Team at Airport

Date: 12 17 1947
Description: The University of Wisconsin basketball team in 'natty' attire posing in front of a Northwest Airlines plane. They are taking the plane to San Francisco on ...
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Homecoming Football Game

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Players on the Wisconsin bench during the Wisconsin-Northwestern homecoming football game.
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University of Wisconsin Indoor Track Meet

Date: 02 26 1949
Description: Jim Urquhart crossing the finish line as he sets the annex record for the two-mile indoor run at the University of Wisconsin Athletic Annex, 702 Langdon St...
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Big Ten-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Track Meet

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Don Gehrmann (left), who capped a great career by winning the mile and half mile races at the Big Ten-Pacific Coast intercollegiate track meet held at Camp...
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Wisconsin vs. Marquette Football Game

Date: 09 30 1950
Description: Five members of the University of Wisconsin 1900 football team who were honored during the pregame ceremonies of the Wisconsin vs. Marquette game kneel alo...
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Wisconsin Football Team

Date: 10 20 1950
Description: The University of Wisconsin football team boards an airplane taking them to their game at Michigan, played the following day.
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Packer Taking a Hit

Date: 08 22 1987
Description: A Green Bay Packer (most likely) Von Mansfield (#44) takes a hit during a preseason game against the Washington Redskins that was played at Camp Randall St...
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Baseball Practice at the University of Wisconsin

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: The University of Wisconsin baseball team gathers around coach Arthur Mansfield before an outdoor workout on campus.
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Wisconsin Football Players Weigh-in

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin football captain Gary Messner steps on the scale as coach Ivan Williamson looks on.
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Wisconsin Football Players Weigh-in

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin football fullback Alan Ameche stands on a scale and points to his 210-pound weight as coach Ivan Williamson looks on.
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University of Wisconsin vs. California Crew Race

Date: 06 09 1956
Description: University of Wisconsin Badgers oarsmen pull away from the California Bears in a varsity crew race on Lake Mendota.
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UW vs. Minnesota Baseball Game

Date: 04 27 1957
Description: John DeMerit scores Wisconsin's only run in its 4-1 defeat by Minnesota.
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W Club Day

Date: 09 26 1959
Description: Two of Wisconsin's athletic greats watch Saturday's football game together. Chris Steinmetz, left, is the "Father of Wisconsin Basketball," and Pat O'Dea w...
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Parents' Day at the Wisconsin Football Game

Date: 11 17 1961
Description: University of Wisconsin football coach Milt Bruhn standing with his son Peter, a sophomore, before Parents' Day.
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March of Dimes "Race of Dimes" on the Capitol Square

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin football players Dan Lanphear and Bill Hobbs prepare to push two polio victims in wheelchairs around the Capitol Square as part of ...

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