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Freddie Mae Hill
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Quarter-length profile portrait of Freddie Mae Hill, the first African-American resident of Madison to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison Home Economics Department. Ms. Hill received her Bachelors of Science degree in home economics in 1928. Her parents were John and Amanda Hill, who owned Hill's Grocery at the intersection of Dayton and Blair.
1928
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Home Economics Building
March 27, 1928
Winter scene, looking east, with snow on the ground in front of the Home Economics Building, University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A snow-covered tree is in the foreground.
Snow Scene Agricultural Campus
March 27, 1928
Winter scene, looking west, of the snow-covered Agriculture Campus, with the Home Economics building at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Home Economics Building
1922
Home Economics building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Washburn Observatory is on the hill behind.
Mrs. Margaret C. Browne, UW Extension Home Economics
February 16, 1961
Mrs. Margaret C. Browne is Assistant Director of the University of Wisconsin Co-operative Extension Service and state leaders of the the home economics extension. Twelve home economics staff specia...
Home Economics Building
July 16, 1926
Home Economics building, University of Wisconsin, 1300 Linden Drive, from the east.
