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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 1884
Description: Portrait, head and shoulders of Frederick Jackson Turner, historian, scholar, and writer. As a freshman at the University of Wisconsin.
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Harold Smith Cleaning a Windshield

Date: 04 03 1931
Description: Harold Smith, University of Wisconsin football tackle, working his way through school by cleaning windshields at a Valvoline station.
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Baron Ludvig af Ugglas

Date: 08 15 1949
Description: Baron Ludvig af Ugglas of Sweden in work clothes at the site of Madison's Veterans hospital where he has a summer job. He will be attending the U.W. Colleg...
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Gloria Link

Date: 08 17 1950
Description: Gloria Link placed second for outstanding performance in the Wisconsin Players' summer season. This was according to a poll of the playbill's directors con...
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University of Wisconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Barbara Ruffalo works as a receptionist at Fitzpatrick Lumber Company, while her husband, Ronald, is a sophomore at the University of Wisconsin in mechanic...
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University of Wisconsin Student Wives Who Work

Date: 02 07 1956
Description: Mary Redlich is a canvass supervisor for the Wisconsin Telephone Company. Her husband, Glenn Redlich, is a senior in the School of Commerce at the Universi...
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Justice of Peace Robert Mixson

Date: 04 13 1959
Description: Portrait of Robert Mixson, a 21-year-old University of Wisconsin student, at his swearing-in ceremony as a Justice of the Peace. A fraternity prank resulte...
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Advance Registration for UW Freshmen

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: Joy Justesen of Sun Prairie poses for an identification photo as she participates in the advance registration process for University of Wisconsin freshmen.
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Lowell Jenkins, Athlete and Sculptor

Date: 12 09 1959
Description: Lowell "Gooch" Jenkins was a 250-pound tackle on the University of Wisconsin’s football team, but he was also a skilled art student. After graduating, he b...
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Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Portrait of Phyllis Steinich Price. In 1957, she married James Price in 1957, a "tenant farmer near Lodi." She would graduate in June 1958 from the U.W. Sc...
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Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Portrait of La Vern Reu. He was a junior at the U.W. College of Agriculture.
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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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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: A model posing sitting on a deep window sill near a bicycle. Sara Volz teams a blue and gold plaid skirt with a gold bulky knit orlon sweater, navy blue kn...
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College Women's Fashions

Date: 08 04 1960
Description: A model poses by loading dock doors. Sue Reynoldson wears a beige cocktail dress that's cuffed in lynx. Miss Reynoldson attends Rollins College, Winter Par...

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