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Christmas Tree on Bascom Hill

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and...
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Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wiscon...
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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 05 1916
Description: A view looking down on the Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, showing dancers around four different Maypoles. In the foreground is the Lincoln M...
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Sparky's Funeral

Date: 12 06 1944
Description: Large group of U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) trainees, at the Van Hise dormitories, standing at the grave site of Sparky, with one man playing taps. ...
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Alpha Epsilon Phi Senior Breakfast

Date: 05 31 1936
Description: Group portrait of Alpha Epsilon Phi sorority members taken on the lawn after the senior breakfast, 22 Langdon Street, with Lake Mendota in the background.
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University of Wisconsin Band Reunion

Date: 06 21 1935
Description: A reunion of eight members of the 1915 University of Wisconsin world's fair band with their instruments, director Charles Mann, and current (in 1935) U.W. ...
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University League Garden Party

Date: 06 06 1934
Description: Women relax on the lawn at Bungalowen, the home of Professor Ray and Mrs. Theo Owen in Frost Woods, at 5805-7 Winnequah Road. Left to right: Mrs. Ira L. Ba...
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Wisconsin Dames Club

Date: 06 02 1932
Description: University of Wisconsin Dames Club (wives of graduate students) garden party held at 1718 Summit Avenue, University Heights at the conclusion of the academ...
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Mary Wright Bain

Date: 06 17 1932
Description: Portrait of Mary Wright (Mrs. H. Foster) Bain, who flew her own airplane from her home in Newark, N.J. to her University of Wisconsin reunion. She is posin...
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Peacepipe Ceremony

Date: 06 20 1931
Description: Nine members of the junior and senior class at the University of Wisconsin are sitting in a semi-circle dressed as Native Americans. They are smoking the p...
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Chi Phi House Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 18 1930
Description: Chi Phi House, 200 Langdon Street, with the facade decorated as a theater with a marquee for homecoming. "See the Badgers in 'Smashing Pennsylvania.'" 1st ...
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Field House Flag Raising

Date: 10 04 1930
Description: Crowds in the stands watch a marching band as the American flag is raised at the new University of Wisconsin Field House.
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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill

Date: 1916
Description: Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill. Just visible at the top of the photograph is the new Wisconsin State Capitol, completed except for the north ...
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Sigma Kappa Fraternity House Homecoming Display

Date: 11 08 1952
Description: Sigma Kappa fraternity house decorated as a showboat for a University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming celebration.
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Phi Delta Theta Homecoming Display

Date: 11 07 1952
Description: The Phi Delta Theta fraternity house, 222 Langdon Street, is decorated for Homecoming with a theme of Bucky Badger whipping the Northwestern University Wil...
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Observatory Hill Ceremony

Date: 1914
Description: Ceremony for erecting tablets on the Observatory Hill Mounds performed by University of Wisconsin summer session students.
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Alph Phi Sorority

Date: 04 29 1944
Description: Three sorority girls attending the Alpha Phi Sorority garden party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Alpha Phi Sorority Girls in a Boat

Date: 04 28 1944
Description: Six sorority girls in a row boat, at the Alpha Phi party on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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Commencement at Camp Randall

Date: 1954
Description: Graduation at Camp Randall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Blackbourn Receives All-Star Award

Date: 09 22 1946
Description: Lisle Blackbourn Jr., former Milwaukee Washington high school star playing for the University of Wisconsin-Madison, was awarded a trophy as the most outsta...

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