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Paul Bunyan Effigy

Date: 11 05 1935
Description: A Paul Bunyan figure used to celebrate University of Wisconsin Homecoming, was placed on the lawn in front of Bascom Hall. Two athletes are standing beside...
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Gretchen Smoot and Another Woman

Date: 11 27 1931
Description: Gretchen Smoot, U.W. Co-ed and cousin of Utah Senator Reed Smoot, and another woman, both wearing fur coats, standing in front of a house.
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Girl at Hoofers' Club Horse Show

Date: 04 08 1947
Description: Lois Jean Klinke, 10-years-old, daughter of Maurice and Trudy Klinke, 3255 Monona Drive, feeding her horse at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Hoofers' ...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: Henry Schoephorster, Prairie du Sac, who attended the University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week at the Madison campus.
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Audience Members at Lunt-Fontanne Play

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Harriet Hass and her daughter Georgia Hass at the premiere performance of the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne play "I Know My Love" at the Wisconsin Union Theate...
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Two Women at Lunt-Fontanne Play

Date: 02 22 1949
Description: Sophie Steiger Roth, Madison, and her niece Ann Steiger of Oshkosh, at the premiere performance of the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne play "I Know My Love" at t...
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Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller and Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson

Date: 08 11 1949
Description: Mrs. Carl (Lola) Waller, 2138 Chamberlin Avenue, and her neighbor, Mrs. Everett F. (Elsa) Johnson, 2130 Chamberlin Avenue, posing for a portrait while atte...
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Big Ten-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Track Meet

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Portrait of Don McEwen, University of Michigan, who won the two-mile race in the record time of 9:09.9 in competition at the Big Ten-Pacific Coast intercol...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest finalist Nancy Smith is shown wearing a bathing suit, and transparent rain coat, and holding an umbrella to port...
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Forest Middleton

Date: 1910
Description: Forest Middleton poses near a body of water wearing his University of Wisconsin freshman's blazer and a cap.
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Kenneth Zeismer of Fall River holding his son Jimmy during the annual University of Wisconsin's Farm and Home Week.
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Carson Gulley

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Description: Carson Gulley stands in front of the Van Hise building on the UW-Madison campus, holding his hat in one hand, with his other hand in his jacket pocket.
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S.M. Babcock with a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen M. Babcock posed with a cow in a University of Wisconsin pasture.
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Snow Study of Main Hall

Date: 03 30 1900
Description: Winter scene near Main Hall (Bascom Hall) drive on the University of Wisconsin campus. View looking uphill towards two men standing on and near a sidewalk....
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Borden Delivery Truck and Driver

Date: 10 01 1982
Description: Elwin "Al" Smith stands in front of his Borden's delivery truck on his last day before retirement. A University of Wisconsin dormitory and a parking lot ar...
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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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Publius V. Lawson

Date: 1876
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Publius V. Lawson, of Menasha, standing and leaning against a chair. Portrait was taken when he was a senior at the University ...
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Eleven-Month University School Year Proposal Reaction

Date: 03 03 1959
Description: This photograph accompanied a story about the student reaction to a proposal by Governor Gaylord Nelson for an 11-month school year at the University of Wi...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: Judy Dornfeld wears a "beatnik" raincoat that doubles as a topcoat. Miss Dornfeld will be a junior at the University of Wisconsin. She is standing in front...
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Charles Kendall Adams

Date: 1892
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Charles Kendall Adams, president of Cornell University (1885-1892), and of the University of Wisconsin (1892-1901).

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