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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Aldo Leopold, UW Professor of Wildlife Management, posing with binoculars around his neck. He is about to embark on an inspection and bird-watching tour of...
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Joseph H. McChesney, Geologist

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Professor Joseph H. McChesney, a geologist and paleontologist associated with the Illinois State Geological Survey. Shown here ...
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Professor Ezra S. Carr, Geologist

Date: 1866
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Ezra S. Carr, geologist and California State Superintendent. He held chemistry professorships at various institution...
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Professor Pierre Jean Édouard Desor, Geologist

Date: 1865
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Édouard Desor (1811-1882), Swiss geologist and professor at Neuchâtel academy. He chiefly studied the structure of glaciers an...
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Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, Geologist and Physician

Date: 1866
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American scientist. Kirtland, among many other exploits, worked on the 1837 Ohio geolog...
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Professor Laurits Esmark, Zoologist

Date: 1858
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Laurits Esmark (1806-1884), Norwegian Zoologist. Esmark served as a professor of Zoology at Christiania University in...
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Professor Alexander Kerr, Classicist

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Kerr (1828-1919), Scottish-born Professor of Greek at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Appointed to his...
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Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite of Alexander Winchell (1824-1891), State Geologist of Michigan and Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University o...
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Dr. John Lang Cassells, Chemist

Date: 1866
Description: Reproduction of a carte-de-visite portrait of Johnathan Lang Cassells (1808-1866), Scottish-born chemist. Worked as a physician and a Professor of chemistr...
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UW President E.B. Fred & Football Coaches

Date: 01 23 1951
Description: UW football Coach Ivan "Red" Williamson accepts a new salary agreement on behalf of his assistants and himself. Pictured left to right, are: President E.B....
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Aldo Leopold

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Aldo Leopold taken outdoors by his wife. He is wearing a suit and tie. A window, shrubs and a window box are behind him.
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Hospital Communications Workshop

Date: 01 15 1959
Description: The workshop, which consisted of all phases of communication between people, met once a week at the hospital and was directed by the University of Wisconsi...
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New Biography of Charles Richard Van Hise

Date: 12 07 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin President Conrad A. Elvehjem (left) receives the first copy of a new biography of the former university president, "Charles Richard...
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F. Gerald Ham and Dr. Walter Peterson

Date: 03 1965
Description: The caption with this photograph reads: "Dr. Walter Peterson (right), professor of history at Lawrence University, Appleton, with F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin ...
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Aaron Bohrod, U.W. Artist-in-Residence

Date: 04 1955
Description: University of Wisconsin artist-in-residence, Aaron Bohrod, welcoming young visitors to his campus studio. Shown with Bohrod (left to right) are: John Drake...
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Howells, Jenkins, and Baerreis

Date: 1950
Description: Group portrait of, from left to right: Professor Howells, John W. Jenkins (chief curator of the Wisconsin Historical Museum), and Professor Dave Baerreis.
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Family Record Book Developed by University of Wisconsin Faculty Members

Date: 12 29 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members Louise A. Young (R) and L. G. Sorden have developed a "Family Record Book" that allows for a complete listing of fa...
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Mrs. Margaret C. Browne, UW Extension Home Economics

Date: 02 16 1961
Description: Mrs. Margaret C. Browne is Assistant Director of the University of Wisconsin Co-operative Extension Service and state leaders of the the home economics ext...

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