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WHA Summer Radio Workshop

Date: 07 12 1944
Description: Edwin Helman gets advice from Mrs. Romance Koopman about a script. On the wall behind them is a mural depicting three men important in the founding of stat...
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University Club's Assemby Ball

Date: 12 20 1947
Description: Two couples attending the University Club's annual Christmas Assembly Ball. Pictured left to right: Frank Sarles, son of Prof. and Mrs. W.R. Sarles, 2237 ...
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Madison West High School Relay Carnival

Date: 04 10 1948
Description: Charles Starr, Richland Center, winner of the 60-yard low hurdles, is being given his award by Queen Mary Lou Sorenson, while Gloria Sutcliffe and Nancy La...
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: View across road of E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building is set behin...
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Professor G. William Longenecker in a Greenhouse

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin professor of horticulture G. William Longenecker with cyclamen plants in a greenhouse.
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Funerals for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr. at the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: The caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, Jr. are carried up the steps of the Monona Avenue entrance to the Wisconsin...
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NCAA Boxing Tournament

Date: 04 04 1952
Description: Roy Kuboyama, Hawaii, is shown with Jules Stoltz, Miami, after he draped a lei of carnations flown from Hawaii on Stoltz. Kukboyama decisioned Stoltz in th...
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Rose Bowl Bid of 1952

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: Badger cheerleader Sharyn Chesten (right) presents a rose to University of Wisconsin football Captain George O'Brien, symbolizing the southern California N...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin Lower Campus

Date: 1963
Description: Color postcard of the exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across the Library Mall. The University of Wisconsin Memorial Library is o...
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Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 16 1954
Description: Nancy Wetzel (left), Richard Wood, and Barbara Anne Wehner pose as a bridal party during a style show at the annual Delta Delta Delta Pansy Breakfast.
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Madison Gladiolus Society Show

Date: 08 05 1954
Description: A display of gladiolus in the lobby of the First National Bank is eyed by University of Wisconsin student Nicholas Woodas and Norman Suhr of the Veterans' ...
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University of Wisconsin Graduation Ceremony

Date: 06 16 1958
Description: View of the University of Wisconsin's graduation ceremonies as seen from the balcony overlooking the side of the stage. Special guests are seated on the st...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball

Date: 04 28 1958
Description: Keith Campbell (left), Ann Arbor, MI; Noreen Gastine, Ann Arbor, MI; Beth Knope, and Jim Thompson attend the University of Wisconsin military ball, sponsor...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: William and Eula Hiltz and Florence and Chester Gill chat during the University of Wisconsin Summer Session pre-prom dinner.
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: Two of the queen candidates are shown with their escorts. They are Marlys Hitzke (left) and Lenore Zamis (right). Their escorts are Bruce Creger and Harry ...
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U.W. Basketball Banquet

Date: 03 09 1959
Description: University of Wisconsin basketball coach Harold "Bud" Foster (right) is honored for his twenty-five years as head coach at the annual banquet. University p...
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Child Enjoying Lilacs at the Arboretum

Date: 05 16 1959
Description: A man holding Kim Kuether (15-months-old) who is looking at lilacs at the University of Wisconsin Arboretum.
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University of Wisconsin Rose Bowl Band Fund

Date: 12 06 1959
Description: Sigma Alpha Iota, the music sorority at the University of Wisconsin, presented $50 to the university band for its trip to the Rose Bowl. Barbara Merkel, Pi...
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University of Wisconsin Gymnasium Decorated for Junior Prom

Date: 1903
Description: The University of Wisconsin Gymnasium decorated for the junior prom. Lights, fabric drapes, and foliage are strung along the ceiling and walls. Chairs, pla...
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Nellie Jones Attending a Circus

Date: 09 06 1954
Description: Talking to the ringmaster at a Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Bailey Circus show is 96 year-old Nellie Kedzie Jones, an educational pioneer and Home Economic...

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