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Getting Ready for College
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Virginia Tormey, a senior at Trinity College in Washington, D.C., with her sister, Betrice, who is entering the same school as a freshman. They are shown sitting in their home, 1228 Sherman Avenue.
August 14, 1944
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Richard Straavaldsen floating in an inner tube in the water.
Sarah Lee Makin
June 14, 1944
Sarah Lee Makin, daughter of John C. Makin, Route 4, seated on a chair.
Dean Mark Ingram
May 25, 1944
Portrait of Dean Mark H. Ingram, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin.
Swimming Safety
June 14, 1944
Billy Wiedenbeck pushing Wally Britton into the water from a swimming platform.
