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Frederick W. Horn

Date: 1872
Description: Portrait of Frederick Horn (1815-1893), a Democrat. He was a lawyer and editor of the Cedarburg Weekly News. His years of public service began in 1842 and ...
Photograph

Edward Hitchcock, Geologist and Theologian

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864), American educator and geologist. Hitchcock served as the third president of Amherst College from ...
Photograph

Peter Engelmann, Naturalist

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Peter Engelmann (1823-1874), Wisconsin educator and naturalist. Engelman founded the German-English Academy in Milwau...
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UW Half Century Club

Date: 06 19 1948
Description: Max Mason, left, UW Class of 1898, Chairman of the council of Palomar Observatory in California, shown being welcomed by UW President E.B. Fred at the Univ...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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Madison Vocational School Addition Cornerstone

Date: 05 08 1950
Description: The cornerstone for the million-dollar four-story addition to the Madison Vocational School was laid at the corner of North Carroll and West Dayton Streets...
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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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Harry Conley and Arthur Vinje

Date: 03 19 1954
Description: Harry Conley, left, Director of Athletics in the Superior school system, and Arthur M. Vinje, Wisconsin State Journal photographer, sitting on the bleacher...
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Ted Zillman

Date: 10 15 1954
Description: Portrait of Theodore Zillman sitting at his desk. Zillman is the University of Wisconsin Dean of men.
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Sauk City Basketball Tournaments

Date: 03 12 1956
Description: Sauk City School superintendent William Leahy goes over some basketball tournament details with Coach Bob Schrader, while players Larry Breunig and Wayne S...
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Professional Women in Madison

Date: 01 29 1957
Description: Portrait of Ruth Allcott, Art Director of Madison's public schools.
Photograph

Henry Otto Elmer

Date: 1935
Description: Henry Otto Elmer, wearing a cap and bib overalls, poses in front of his large dairy barn. There are twin silos on the right with a decorative pattern in th...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Madison City Employees Honored

Date: 12 16 1960
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen is shown with five of thirteen city employees honored for service to Madison at a Christmas party at Welch's Embers restaurant. Six wh...
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New University of Wisconsin YMCA Building Cornerstone Laid

Date: 06 19 1953
Description: The cornerstone for the new University of Wisconsin YMCA building at the corner of W. Johnson and N. Brooks Streets is laid. Copies of the bible, a Wisc...
Photograph

Honorary Degree Recipients, Wisconsin Alumni Association Banquet

Date: 06 03 1961
Description: Seated are, Mrs. Mary Ingraham Bunting, president of Radcliffe College, and Louis P. Lochner, Fair Haven, New Jersey, Pulitzer prize winning foreign corres...
Photograph

Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, President of Milton College

Date: 10 15 1963
Description: Milton College President, Dr. Evert Wallenfeldt, is shown at his desk in his simple, uncluttered office in Main Hall.
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Fred H. Harrington Inaugurated as University of Wisconsin President

Date: 10 20 1962
Description: The Inaugural Banquet for the newly inaugurated President of the University of Wisconsin, Fred H. Harrington, was held at the Field House. Operating with s...
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Armand Ketterer and Margaret Moss, Madison Public Schools Associates At Their Retirement Party

Date: 06 11 1964
Description: Armand Ketterer, supervisor of textbooks for the Madison public schools (left) and Margaret Moss, school librarian, discuss their plans for their future le...
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Myron Seeman

Date: 04 23 1965
Description: Portrait of Myron Seeman, a child psychologist and coordinator of health services for the Madison schools. The news article consists of Seeman's observati...

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