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UW Baseball-Big 10 Championship

Date: 05 29 1950
Description: Group portrait of members of the University of Wisconsin Baseball-Big 10 Champions. They are, from left: Arthur Mansfield, head coach; Gene Evans, 1950 cap...
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Retiring Non-Faculty Employees of the University of Wisconsin

Date: 05 30 1950
Description: Nine retiring non-faculty employees of the University of Wisconsin that were honored at the annual Employee's Recognition Ceremony at the Memorial Union. I...
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Donors Rededicate Bascom Hill Plaque

Date: 06 17 1950
Description: F. Ryan Duffy (left) U.S. Circuit Court Judge of Chicago presents Class of 1910 rededication of its "Sifting and Winnowing" plaque on Bascom Hill. Presiden...
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President Fred Accepts Gift of Piano

Date: 06 19 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin President E.B. Fred (left) accepts a $6,000 Steinway concert grand piano from the Class of 1925 on Alumni Day. John L. Bergstresser...
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U.W. Alumni — Half Century Club

Date: 06 16 1950
Description: Carl Runge (right), 91, U.W. Madison 1886 alumni and a former Milwaukee judge, is shown receiving a gold top cane to honor his being the oldest alumnus in ...
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President Herbert Hoover Speaking at the University of Wisconsin Fieldhouse

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: President Herbert Hoover addressing a crowd of 12,000 at the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse. On the platform behind the president are, left to right: J...
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Big Ten-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Track Meet

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Don Gehrmann (left), who capped a great career by winning the mile and half mile races at the Big Ten-Pacific Coast intercollegiate track meet held at Camp...
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Funerals of Glenn Frank, Sr. and Jr.

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: Elevated view of the crowd in the Wisconsin State Capitol rotunda during the funerals for University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, ...
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Funerals for Glenn Frank Sr. and Jr. at the State Capitol

Date: 09 18 1940
Description: The caskets of University of Wisconsin president Glenn Frank and his son Glenn, Jr. are carried up the steps of the Monona Avenue entrance to the Wisconsin...
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UNICO Scholarship Winners

Date: 06 25 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin Professor Gian Orsini (right), is shown presenting UNICO scholarships to three Madison high school students and one from Hurley at ...
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Sorority Marionette Show and Tea Party

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Severson provide entertainment during the marionette show "Holiday on Strings" as part of the sorority marionette show and tea party at t...
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Sorority Marionette Show and Tea Party

Date: 06 26 1950
Description: Professor Henry L. Ewbank of the University of Wisconsin speech department admires the marionette "Casper Cadaver" being manipulated by Ethel Miller at the...
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Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research

Date: 07 06 1950
Description: Rex Karney (left), associate editor of the Wisconsin State Journal (left), presents a check for $10,000 to Dr. W.D. Middleton for cancer research at...
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"George Spelvin"

Date: 07 22 1950
Description: U.W. Ph.D student and actor, who wished to remain anonymous and so went by the name George Spelvin, in stage productions.
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Carl Beck and Jean Hagglund

Date: 09 08 1950
Description: Jean Hagglund, a new freshman at the University of Wisconsin from Honolulu, Hawaii, poses with Carl Beck of New York City, who wrote the original lyrics to...
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University Club Dance Committee

Date: 08 20 1950
Description: Members of the dance committee make arrangements for the kickoff football dance to be held at the University Club after the Wisconsin-Marquette game. In th...
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U.W. Football Alumni of 1901

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: Shown are U.W. football alumni Eddie Cachems and A.F. "Norsky" Larson who played together in the backfield in 1898, 1899, 1900 and 1901. In their final yea...
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Oldest Living "W" Man

Date: 10 01 1950
Description: Portrait of Marshall M. Parkinson, 317 Langdon Street, a 1884 U.W. graduate and a emblem (letter) wearer in baseball. He attended Wisconsin before there wa...
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Wisconsin vs. Marquette Football Game

Date: 09 30 1950
Description: Five members of the University of Wisconsin 1900 football team who were honored during the pregame ceremonies of the Wisconsin vs. Marquette game kneel alo...
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Belgian Criminal Investigator

Date: 10 03 1950
Description: Madison police chief Bruce Weatherly (left) explains how Madison police fight crimes to visiting internationally-famous Belgian criminal investigator Flour...

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