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Madison College Group Portrait of Students

Date: 05 21 1930
Description: Group portrait of Madison College students on a picnic at Vilas Park. Alternate view "Madison College picnic, Vilas Park, May 21, 1930" typed on negative.
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Boy Scouts Honor Lincoln

Date: 02 11 1947
Description: Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt...
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Children Posing with Nun

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Description: Studio portrait of three children with flower bouquets in front of a painted backdrop. One boy is seated and two girls are standing. All of the children ar...
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Edgewood Junior College Spring Prom

Date: 05 08 1948
Description: Portrait of Dorothy Yaeger and Leo J. Ford, Jr. who ruled as queen and king of the Edgewood Junior college spring prom. Miss Yaeger is the daughter of Mr. ...
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Madison Co-eds

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Six Madison co-eds sitting on a stone retaining wall. All will be attending Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Pictured from the left are: Patricia R...
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Maple Bluff Co-eds

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Two young co-eds from Maple Bluff, soon to leave for their universities. Pictured sitting on a stone retaining wall outside are from the left: Janet Huiska...
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Girls on Their Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of two girls on the occasion of their graduation. They are dressed in white dresses with bows in their hair, cor...
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Viola and Clarence Joss Graduation

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of Viola and Clarence Joss on the occasion of their graduation. Each of them holds a rolled diploma in their lef...
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Culling Demonstration

Date: 05 1919
Description: A group of individuals are gathered outdoors to examine chickens during a culling demonstration conducted by Professor Carrick of Purdue University.
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Immaculate Heart Academy

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Description: Female students recite the Pledge of Allegiance while standing in formation near a flag pole outside Immaculate Heart Academy. The school building, with an...
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Playing Baseball at Old-Point-Comfort College

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Description: Men play baseball on the campus of Old-Point-Comfort College.
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Rockford College Lawn

Date: 1914
Description: Two costumed dancers on the lawn at Rockford College.
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Rockford College Costumed Battle

Date: 1914
Description: Four costumed Rockford College students pose outdoors in mock battle on a lawn. Fighting roosters [?].
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 15 1954
Description: Professor J. Duke Elkow and his family stand at their "summer home" at the University of Wisconsin tent colony on Lake Mendota.
Postcard

Young Woman with Diploma

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a Young woman in front of a painted backdrop. She is standing posed next to a chair with a scroll...
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Thirty-Sixth Annual State 4-H Club Week

Date: 06 17 1956
Description: Some of the early arrival delegates to the 36th annual state 4-H Club Week waiting outdoors at the University of Wisconsin campus in Madison.
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Jean Emily Dyer Reese

Date: 1944
Description: Outdoor full-length portrait of Jean Emily Dyer (Reese) in her prom dress with a corsage. She is posed on stone steps with the train of her gown spread out...
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Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of five people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of her shoulders,...
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Driver Education Training

Date: 08 1955
Description: West High School driver education instructor and industrial arts teacher Dalton Hedlund (of 114 Leon Street), is teaching Judy Davis, (left, of 2001 Van Hi...
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Music Rings Out From Campus

Date: 07 13 1957
Description: Making like a conductor, Mary T. Junger of Amherst is shown chatting with Lynnette Fredrick of Watertown and Caren Nelson of Crandon. They are at the Summe...

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