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Myles Horton

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Description: Seated group observes Myles Horton making notes.
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Linguistic Exhibit

Date: 09 27 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Professor Miles L. Hanley watching coeds Laura Severson and Theressa Fein, while they are working on transcriptions for a linguisti...
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The Answer Machine

Date: 11 13 1963
Description: A question is fed into a "computer" created by the mathematics club at John Marshall Junior High School. This was a project in observance of American Educa...
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Video Portraits

Date: 04 02 1987
Description: Three school children are posing for a video camera portrait, one attraction at a school fair sponsored by the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA).
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Elizabeth Waters Hall Students Tea Committee

Date: 11 10 1944
Description: Three University of Wisconsin coeds of Elizabeth Waters Hall dormitory who have arranged for a tea and open house for facility members and friends. Standin...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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Peggy Algren and Henry Lawrence Ahlgren

Date: 1966
Description: Peggy Algren (b. 1943) and her father Henry Lawrence Ahlgren at her graduation from the University of Wisconsin in 1966. At the time Henry Ahlgren was a Un...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 05 1952
Description: Group portrait of Beth Knope, winner of the 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, holding her trophy and standing between her teacher Floy Kendrick, on the left, and h...
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Boys Grain Judging Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Boys Grain Judging Club at Walkenhorst School sitting around a table outdoors to look at cobs of corn. A man, wearing eyeglasses, ...
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Madison Spelling Bee Officials

Date: 03 25 1954
Description: Madison Spelling Bee Officials prepare for the up-coming spelling bee. They are, from left to right, Francis Clawson, Rev. Sig G. Sandrock, Nancy Stoufenra...
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Senior Swingout

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Connie Kowalski, marching chairman, and Joan Fagan, general chairman of the Senior Swingout ceremony. The annual event was held outdoors on Bas...
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Theresa Public School

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Principal Delores Justman and her first and second grade class — Theresa Public School."
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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9th Annual Wisconsin Students' Association Student Leadership Conference

Date: 09 25 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin faculty members and students meet at the YMCA Camp Wakanda for the 9th annual Wisconsin Students' Association (WSA) student leaders...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: Mrs. and Mr. Arnold Langman, Racine, seated, were guests of their son, Wendell, standing right, at the pre-Prom dinner. Also shown at upper left is Deanne ...
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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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Advance Registration for U.W. Freshmen

Date: 07 23 1959
Description: Joy Justesen of Sun Prairie sits front row center at an introductory "briefing session" as she participates in the advance registration process for Univers...
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Advance Registration for UW Freshmen

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Joy Justesen of Sun Prairie, at right, fills in a registration form as she participates in the advance registration process for University of Wisconsin fre...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 11 12 1959
Description: Alice Peet, assistant technical director of the Wisconsin Union Theater, talks with Madison West High School pupils attending the Drama Institute. They are...
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Fans at a Badgers Game

Date: 1965
Description: Section of an active crowd of University of Wisconsin students yelling and cheering at a campus rally to work up spirit before a football game. Annotated: ...

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