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University of Wisconsin-Madison Peace Strikers

Date: 04 12 1935
Description: Group portrait of "one thousand" University of Wisconsin-Madison students, enlisted in the war against war at a peace mass meeting and anti-war strike, vot...
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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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Winners of the American Legion Oratorical Contest

Date: 03 24 1949
Description: Winners in the American Legion oratorical contest held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin are shown being congratuated by Lieut. Gov. George M. S...
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Senior Girl Scout Conference

Date: 03 12 1951
Description: Four youth make plans for the banquet and dance to be held at the Memorial Union as part of the Senior Girl Scout Conference of Southern Wisconsin and Nort...
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University Club Christmas Dance Committee

Date: 12 01 1951
Description: Members of the committee plan the University Club's annual Christmas dance for the children and grandchildren of club members and their friends. Seated, fr...
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Clarence Beebe and Otto Kral

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Clarence Beebe, director of the Four Lakes Drum and Bugle Corps of Madison, left, shakes hands with his "adopted Austrian son", Otto Kral. Kral has been l...
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Wisconsin 4-H Club Conference and Picnic

Date: 06 16 1959
Description: The sessions, at the 4-H picnic, centered along the theme: "Preparing Today for Tomorrow" and were held Monday through Thursday on the University of Wiscon...
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Sororities Plan Yule Dance

Date: 12 10 1959
Description: Members of two sororities meet to plan a Christmas dance for teenagers. Seated in front are: Mary Rendall, president of Tri-Hi, and Jean Postweiler, presid...
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17th Badger Girls State

Date: 06 16 1960
Description: The 17th session of Badger Girls State got under way with opening exercises at the University of Wisconsin Commerce Building.
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President Barack Obama Giving a Speech

Date: 07 02 2015
Description: President Barack Obama is standing at a podium delivering a speech at UW-LaCrosse. The crowd is filled with mostly young men and women, many of whom are ho...
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We Saw You . . . at Youth Conference

Date: 04 25 1957
Description: Attending the 5th Annual Governor's Conference on Children and Youth at the U.W. Memorial Union are Keith Nelson (left) and Donald Dunbar (right) from Dodg...

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