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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A gondola float with a band playing Italian music is coming down the street.
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European Freshmen Football Players

Date: 09 21 1959
Description: Fred Jacoby, University of Wisconsin football coaching staff, left, talks to Wisconsin freshmen football recruits. Neither had never seen a football game u...
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Wisconsin High School Foreign Students

Date: 12 14 1949
Description: Group portrait of students who have been granted visas from foreign lands to study at Wisconsin High. Left to right: Robert Dawn, Shanghai, China; June Bin...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Three Brittingham scholars at the University of Wisconsin chat with Constance Elvehjem. They include, left to right: Yves Struye from Brussels, Belgium; Jo...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Rosa Fred (shown seated in center) was one of the guests entertained by the 11 Brittingham scholars now attending the University of Wisconsin. Seated at le...
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First Dutch Settlers

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Description: Dutch family posing outside their log home with two horses.
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Visiting French Journalists

Date: 04 24 1952
Description: Visiting French journalists on a U.S. tour arranged by the Department of Defense, had a surprise dinner meeting with Claudine Canetti, Paris (center), a j...
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Swedish Gymnastic Show

Date: 02 04 1955
Description: Members of the Swedish women's team performing a synchronized calisthenics routine during a gymnastics show by Sweden's national men's and women's teams at...
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Portrait of Price Powers

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of young European American man posed sitting and wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and light-colored bow tie. Identified as ...
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Portrait of Mary O. Mills

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of European American woman posed sitting and wearing a light-colored dress with a lace and ruffle bodice and a choker necklace. Wo...
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Portrait of Minnie Taylor

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of young European American woman posed sitting facing to the right. She is wearing a dark-colored, close fitting button-down coat,...
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Father of Ed Lyon

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of an elderly European American man, partially bald, sitting and wearing a dark-colored suit coat, vest, and bow tie. Man identifi...
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Unidentified European American Infant

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Description: An infant is sitting in a baby carriage in a room that has coats and umbrellas hanging near a chair on the right. Behind the infant is a curtain hanging in...
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Unidentified Man Dancing

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Description: An unidentified man dancing for a group of onlookers in Black River Falls during the 1908 Homecoming Celebration. He is wearing a Sioux-style eagle feather...
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Portrait of Mary Wright

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Description: Waist-up studio portrait of a European American woman with a hair bun posed sitting and looking towards the left. She is wearing a light-colored dress with...
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Outdoor Portrait of European American Woman

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Description: Outdoor portrait of an unidentified woman posing standing and leaning against a narrow column of a wooden porch in front of a house. She is wearing a dark-...
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Photo Book Records Visit of Mayor of Oslo

Date: 12 18 1963
Description: A photo book recording the visit of Oslo Norway's Mayor Rolf Stranger is presented to Mayor Henry E. Reynolds (seated at right) by John Kreissler, Wiscons...
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Johan F. Glaaser Contributes to the United Givers Fair Share Club

Date: 09 17 1965
Description: Johan F. Glaaser, 4801 Rothman Place, is a contributor to the United Givers Fair Share Club program. Glaaser, originally from Amsterdam, Holland, works as ...
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Swedish Gymnastic Show

Date: 02 04 1955
Description: A Swedish gymnast performing his high table vaulting act. The Swedish national men's and women's teams putting on their gymnastic show at the U.W. Field Ho...
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Dinner for Brittingham Scholars

Date: 12 06 1960
Description: Attendees at the dinner for U.W. Brittingham scholars include, at right, Anne K. Paulsen from Drammen, Norway in her national costume. She is with Olafur P...

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