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Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room

Date: 1901
Description: Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ...
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Library

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Five women enjoying the library at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The portrait on the wall at the far end is of ...
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Historical Society Reading Room

Date: 1904
Description: University of Wisconsin students (primarily women) studying in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. On the left is the Visitors Gallery.
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University of Wisconsin Student

Date: 1925
Description: Posed photograph of a University of Wisconsin student studying in his room.
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"Poetry Reading"

Date: 11 1970
Description: A poster advertising a poetry reading in the Old Madison room in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The poet is Cid Corman, ...
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University League-Junior Division

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Three members of the play-reading group of the Junior Division of the University League and their husbands meet to read a play. Standing left to right are:...
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U.W. Student Service Projects

Date: 12 10 1951
Description: Harriet Kirchhoff, Delta Gamma Sorority member, reading to a blind student, Robert Langford, as part of a University of Wisconsin Student Service project. ...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Walter Ladwig of Juda (left) and Oscar Wold of Hillsboro reading The "Wisconsin State Journal" between sessions at the annual University of Wisconsin's Far...
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Lowell Hall, New U.W. Women's Residence

Date: 09 05 1961
Description: Joy Feinberg, a University of Wisconsin freshman from Mansfield, Ohio, reading in the living room of the newly opened Lowell Hall, a private women's reside...
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William F. Allen and Son, Will

Date: 1889
Description: Professor William F. Allen seated and writing at a desk in the study of his home at 228 Langdon St. His son Will is seated in a chair and reading. A large ...
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Students Picketing on Library Mall

Date: 1976
Description: Students protesting the Kuomintang's authoritarian control of Taiwan on Library Mall at the Calvary Lutheran Chapel. In the foreground a man is leaning aga...
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Study Break at Elvehjem Library

Date: 12 18 1979
Description: A student, with a book on his lap, is taking a rest from studying on a couch at the Elvehjem Library at UW-Madison.
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Children at U.W. Nursery School

Date: 02 23 1954
Description: Student teacher, Marilyn Nelson, sitting on the floor and reading to Mark Weinberg. Also listening are Frank Effland and Eddie Grant. Mark is holding a stu...
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U.W. Students Studying for Exams

Date: 01 16 1959
Description: Scene at the U.W. Memorial Library crowded with students studying, including one sleeping with his head resting on the table. Coats hanging in coat racks a...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Mrs. Charles M. Overby enjoying a quiet afternoon as her two daughters Solveig (3 1/2) and Kim (1) take a nap in their U.W. Eagle Heights apartment. Mr. Ov...
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University of Wisconsin Eagle Heights Apartments for Married Graduate Students

Date: 03 25 1958
Description: Mr. Kenneth C. Hoedt, graduate student manager of the U.W. Eagle Heights apartments, studies for his Ph.D. in personnel and guidance. Mr. Hoedt earned his ...
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University of Wisconsin Medical School Student's Life

Date: 04 17 1958
Description: David Ottenson, a third-year medical student from Superior, studies at home.

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