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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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Thornton N. Wilder

Date: 1949
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses.
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William Ellery Leonard

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Description: William Ellery Leonard, who was a poet and professor of English at the University of Wisconsin from 1906-44.
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St. Mary's Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Alleged to be the earliest known view of St. Mary's Institute, which later became St. Mary's College. One-half of a stereograph.
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John R. Commons

Date: 1920
Description: John R. Commons, a University of Wisconsin professor, is shown standing outside Sterling Hall with his hat on the ground at his feet.
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University Avenue and Lake Street Intersection

Date: 11 28 1927
Description: View of the 3 F Laundry on the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street, with Holmes Tire, 614 University Avenue, and the Wheeler Conservatory of Music,...
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Texaco Service Station

Date: 08 07 1929
Description: A Texaco service station located on the corner of University Avenue and Lake Street. The station replaced a home laundry service pictured in a 1927 McVicar...
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College Dorm

Date: 08 27 1971
Description: Deborah Weishapl of Union, NJ tosses a stuffed Snoopy doll to new roommate Kathy Vokaty of Edina, MN as they move into their dorm in O'Donnell Hall at Marq...
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College Teacher Protest

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts.
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Physics Lab

Date: 1901
Description: Students and teacher in physics lab at Stevens Point Normal School, which would later become the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Hospital Care

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students care for a patient at the Fort Atkinson Hospital.
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Appleton Outagamie County, Wisconsin

Date: 1867
Description: Birds-eye drawing of Appleton, Outagamie Co., depicting street names and street layout, houses, the Fox River, the court house, jail, school houses, Lawren...
Postcard

Milwaukee Flying School

Date: 1912
Description: An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption ...
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Graduate Blowing Bubbles

Date: 05 21 1989
Description: Marquette University graduate blowing bubbles before his graduation ceremony at the Bradley Center.
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Language Lab Reel-To-Reel Tape Machines

Date: 02 18 1959
Description: Language teachers listening to foreign languages on tape decks at an institute for public school language teachers at Mount Mary College.
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Jefferson

Date: 1870
Description: Although the first European settlement in Jefferson was in 1836, the Village of Jefferson was first incorporated as a city in 1878. Made eight years earlie...
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A White Glove Event

Date: 11 04 1956
Description: Sophomores at Alverno College greet incoming freshmen with an annual tea party.
Map or Atlas

Beloit : Rock County, Wisconsin

Date: 1874
Description: Bird's-eye view of Beloit, with insets of Beloit College, Beloit High School, and Memorial Hall.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School - Student Group

Date: 04 15 1946
Description: Group portrait of students, University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School, 811 State Street.
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...

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