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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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Ezra Carr

Date: 1860
Description: Ezra S. Carr (1819-1894), one of the first members of the University of Wisconsin faculty as well as a member of the board of regents.
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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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Washburn Observatory

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Washburn Observatory. Hill, trees and fields are in the background. A man is standing near a small obs...
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Chancellor John H. Lathrop

Date: 1859
Description: Full-length, carte-de-visite portrait of John H. Lathrop (1799-1866), first chancellor of the University of Wisconsin. Lathrop's tenure was marked by contr...
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Graduating Class at University of Wisconsin

Date: 1860
Description: The graduating class of the University of Wisconsin, all of whom are unidentified. It is likely this photograph was taken by John S. Fuller.
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Professor Alexander Kerr, Classicist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Kerr (1828-1919), Scottish-born Professor of Greek at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Appointed to his...
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Main Hall on Bascom Hill

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall) on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A person with a tripod is on the hill in front of the hal...
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1871
Description: Hall, built in 1870, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Below the image is the caption "Female College of Wisconsin."
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Gymnasium Interior

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of interior of gymnasium at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Three men stand in the room, facing the viewer. Various gymnastic and weight equ...
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Law Building

Date: 1893
Description: View across Bascom Hill of building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Cadets on Campus

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view across Bascom Hill on the campus of the University of Wisconsin. Student cadets in training march past South Hall down Bascom Hill.
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Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of glee, banjo and mandolin club members posing in front of a University of Wisconsin banner on the Chicago and...
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University of Wisconsin — Hiram Smith Hall

Date: 06 30 1893
Description: Exterior view of front of Hiram Smith Hall, a stone and timber, Queen Anne-style structure. It was the first dairy education building in the western hemisp...
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University of Wisconsin — Horse Barn

Date: 06 30 1899
Description: View of the horse barn. A man is driving a horse and buggy at the College of Agriculture on the University of Wisconsin campus. Two horses on standing on t...
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Bicycle Team at Camp Randall

Date: 1899
Description: Three men posing with their bicycles along a picket fence. Caption reads: "On Camp Randall, 1899. Bicycle Team." The name "Sumner" is written in the lower ...
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Willliam Francis Allen

Date: 1879
Description: Vignetted quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of William Francis Allen, professor of ancient languages and history at UW-Madison. Dr. Allen had taught ...

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