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Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hall Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lincoln Monument is near the front entrance.
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Langdon Hall Front Entrance

Date: 10 1941
Description: Front entrance to Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street, with five coeds posing on the steps.
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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Group of men and women modeling bathing suits that have been approved by the police chief on the Alpha Chi Omega pier on Lake Mendota.
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Antique Ford Car

Date: 08 09 1948
Description: Tom Reese and Raleigh Williams, juniors at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, with their 1913 Ford car which they plan to drive to Milwaukee for the Stat...
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Freshmen at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 09 13 1948
Description: Four freshman coeds stand at an information table staffed by two male students on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 12 1949
Description: Bob Trotalli, a recent graduate of West High School, has a summer job as a life guard at the Willows Beach on Lake Mendota. He is shown talking to Betsy Mi...
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Freshman Welcome

Date: 1919
Description: A large crowd gathers for a freshman welcome on Bascom Hill, located on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Three residents are observing the fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street. From left are Carole Rathkakmp (Wauwatosa), Sharon Scott (Wauwatosa), and ...
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State High School Track Meet

Date: 05 26 1956
Description: Portrait of Madison West High School athlete Dan Lanphear, who won two events at the state high school track meet at Camp Randall Stadium. He set a record ...
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St. Mary's Student Nurse Tour

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: A tour guide and five new St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing students sitting on Observatory Hill during a tour of Madison. Left to right, Marie Frost, ...
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Memorial Union Terrace

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Description: Elevated view of the flagstone terrace. People sit at tables in the sunburst chairs. There are shadows of the empty chairs on the terrace as well as the s...
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Rotary International Fellowship Program

Date: 07 14 1961
Description: Rotary District 625's scholarship committee chairman Basil I. Peterson greets Japanese student Tomoko Arai at the Madison Municipal Airport. She will be st...
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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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Wisconsin High Students March in Support of Their High School

Date: 05 04 1962
Description: Wisconsin High students march in front of Bascom Hall in protest of the U.W. Board of Regents discussions to close the high school.
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Rally

Date: 10 22 1965
Description: View from stage towards a cheerleader facing a packed homecoming crowd during a song at a U.W. Homecoming Rally. People in the crowd are holding signs, and...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Rally

Date: 10 22 1965
Description: A young woman fan is shown standing in a large crowd waving a pom-pom and cheering at the Homecoming game between the Badgers and the Buckeyes.
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Wisconsin Union Terrace Overlooking Lake Mendota

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Description: View of the Terrace at Memorial Union with students and other people sitting around tables in colorful Terrace chairs. Sailboats are out on the lake.
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Bascom Hall

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Description: Color postcard looking up Bascom Hill towards Bascom Hall at the University of Wisconsin campus. There is a statue of Lincoln at the top of the hill. Autom...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Making like a conductor, Mary T. Junger of Amherst is shown chatting with Lynnette Fredrick of Watertown and Caren Nelson of Crandon. They are at the Summe...

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