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Varsity Welcome on Bascom Hill

Date: 09 26 1930
Description: Varsity welcome on Bascom Hill for new students. The Lincoln Monument can be seen in the foreground.
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Varsity Welcome

Date: 09 23 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin students on Bascom Hill, with the Wisconsin State Capitol in the distance.
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Touching Hands

Date: 1964
Description: Governor Warren P. Knowles reaches up to touch the hand of a girl at the Lincoln Memorial on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The girl seated, c...
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Staughton Lynd at an Anti-War Demonstration

Date: 03 26 1966
Description: Standing near the Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Historian Staughton Lynd speaks to a nighttime, anti-war demonstrat...
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Bascom Hall

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A flag is flying from the dome, and the Lincoln Statue is in fr...
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Bascom Hall from Bascom Hill

Date: 1954
Description: View of Bascom Hall from Bascom Hill (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A few people are sitting on the lawn in front of ...
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 07 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
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Lincoln Monument

Date: 06 1908
Description: Unveiling ceremony, in front of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Two American flags and a Wisconsin pennant hang from a wire abov...
Postcard

Lincoln Monument in front of Bascom Hall

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Description: Front view of Lincoln Monument on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is Bascom Hall (labeled as Main Hall on the image). A flag ...
Photograph

Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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William Dempster Hoard

Date: 1936
Description: A view of the bust of William Dempster Hoard — "Father of Wisconsin Dairying" — on the University of Wisconsin-Madison's agricultural campus.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Crowd on Bascom Hill at Lincoln Monument

Date: 11 26 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Even the statue of Abraham Lincoln on the University of Wisconsin campus seemed more somber 11/25 than...
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Commencement at University of Wisconsin

Date: 06 1964
Description: John Frederick, who will receive his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, is showing his family around the campus. They are, left to right, his sist...
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Lincoln Statue on Bascom Hill with New Lighting

Date: 12 1954
Description: View of the Lincoln statue with new lighting. The new amber lights were installed in late 1954 and are automatically turned on at dark by an electronic dev...
Postcard

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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