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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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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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Laboratory Experiment

Date: 1928
Description: Professor Hull conducting an experiment at the Psychological laboratory of the University of Wisconsin.
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Female Band Serenading Cows

Date: 08 1930
Description: The Ingenues, an all-girl band and vaudeville act, serenading the cows in the University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy Barn in a scientific test of whether th...
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Women Playing Basketball

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman women's basketball team in the gymnasium of Ladies Hall (now Chadbourne Hall). A man stands in the center holding ...
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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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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Linguistic Exhibit

Date: 09 27 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Professor Miles L. Hanley watching coeds Laura Severson and Theressa Fein, while they are working on transcriptions for a linguisti...
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Nutrition Lab

Date: 1931
Description: Two students work in the nutrition lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Home Economics Class in a Social Moment

Date: 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party.
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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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U.S. Navy V-12 Chorus

Date: 04 02 1945
Description: U. S. Navy V-12 Chorus, sailors and WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), at the Stock Pavilion, "3rd Anniversary Happy Hour."
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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Female clerk selling items to Naval trainees at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store. The store was located in a University of Wisconsin dor...
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"Moonlight Formal" Couples

Date: 08 26 1944
Description: Young women in formal dress and naval cadets in uniform attend the "Moonlight Formal" at the Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisco...
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"Moonlight Formal" Couple

Date: 08 26 1944
Description: A couple attending the "Moonlight Formal" share a romantic moment on a circular bench in the lobby outside the Union Theater at the University of Wisconsin...
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from Truax Field's "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue: Rhumba dancers Pfcs. Mary Noonan and James Willingham, and eight other WACs as rhumba dancers, in costume, o...
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Review: Six WACs dressed in South Seas costumes, at the Wisconsin Memorial Union Theater.
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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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Playcast on Bascom Theatre Stage

Date: 04 05 1938
Description: University of Wisconsin French House play cast for Moliere's "Le Malade Imaginaire" on Bascom Theatre Stage.
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State Employees Party

Date: 12 17 1937
Description: Group portrait of state employees taken at a party in Tripp Commons Hall, Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin. Taken for State Employee magazine.

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