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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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Two Women Painting Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Betty Lou Borenson and Cynthia Alexander preparing University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming decorations in the Memorial Union student workshop.
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Decorations

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: Homecoming decorations at the Delta Sigma Pi house, 132 Breese Terrace. Dennis Krahn, left, and Charles Krouse, right, set up a dummy with the numerals of ...
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Alpha Phi Sorority Garden Tea

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: Alpha Phi sorority, 28 Langdon Street. was the site of a garden party for all sorority women on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Left to right: ...
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Delta Delta Delta Sorority Event

Date: 05 16 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison sorority Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt) honor engaged sorority students with a "Pansy Breakfast". Stepping through the pansy ...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming Decoration

Date: 11 05 1948
Description: The Sigma Kappa's octopus homecoming decoration on the front lawn, which was the first place winner in the sorority division.
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Chi Phi Serenaders

Date: 11 22 1948
Description: Forty fraternity men of Chi Phi serenade outside the sorority house of Alpha Phi.
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Phi Delta Theta "Dream Girl" of the Year

Date: 12 17 1948
Description: The Phi Delta Theta "Dream Girl" of the year, with her court at the fraternity's Christmas formal at the Park Hotel. The "Dream Girl" is Betty Burt of Dall...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Marilyn Henry, Waukegan, Illinois, marking the days on a calender to her marriage on June 25 to L.T. Young, a Psi Upsilon, from Highland Park, Illinois. Ms...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Pictured is Dorothy Worel, Manitowoc, a home economics student at the University of Wisconsin, planning a kitchen for one of her classes. Ms. Worel, who is...
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University of Wisconsin Military Ball Court

Date: 03 21 1949
Description: Rosemary Schneiders of Madison at left, and Virginia Rowlands of Minneapolis, Minnesota, at right, members of Kappa Kappa Gamma, two of the six co-eds chos...
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Sigma Kappa Sorority Prepares their Booth for Campus Carnival

Date: 10 19 1949
Description: Pledges of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Kappa sorority prepare their booth for the "Campus Carnival," part of the campus combined charity d...
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Matrix Banquet; 20th Annual

Date: 03 21 1950
Description: Five women chatting informally before the annual Matrix Banquet at Memorial Union. They are, left to right: Mrs. Lyman Dunn, Chicago, national president of...
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University of Wisconsin Prom Queen Contest

Date: 02 18 1952
Description: At extreme right is Lois Hunter, a finalist in the University of Wisconsin Prom Queen contest, with three Chi Omega sisters dressed in hunter's caps and ca...
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University of Wisconsin Alpha Phi Style Show

Date: 04 29 1952
Description: Shown as they rehearsed for a benefit style show at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Alpha Phi house are four of the models. From left to right, are: Ba...
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Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Host Bridge Party

Date: 10 10 1953
Description: Group portrait of the women of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority in charge of arrangements for the benefit bridge party at the chapter house for cerebral palsy. L...
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Peggy Cafferty in Prom Dress

Date: 02 12 1954
Description: Portrait of Peggy Cafferty, University of Wisconsin Junior Prom queen finalist, wears a "ruffled white net strapless formal" with a full length skirt. She ...
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Panhellenic Dance Poster

Date: 02 18 1954
Description: Elizabeth Burton (left), Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Mary Ann Strong, Kappa Alpha Theta, put up a poster for "Moulin Rouge," the University of Wisconsin's Panhe...
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Alpha Phi Sorority Benefit Dessert Party

Date: 04 12 1954
Description: Alpha Phi Mother's Club sponsors an Alpha Phi sorority musical program as a benefit party. Seated in foreground: Arrietta Hastings, president of the Mother...
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Phi Beta Play Reading

Date: 05 17 1956
Description: Members of Phi Beta, a professional speech and music fraternity for women, rehearse for a play reading they will perform at the University of Wisconsin Mem...

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