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Romantic Night at the "Moonlight Formal"
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A formally dressed young woman and her beau in his U.S. Army uniform sit at a table and drink Coca-Cola at the "Moonlight Formal" in Tripp Commons at the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
August 26, 1944
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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"Moonlight Formal" at Tripp Commons
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Couples enjoy the "Moonlight Formal" in Tripp Commons, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. They are in formal dress with some of the men in military uniforms.
"Moonlight Formal" Couples
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Young women in formal dress and naval cadets in uniform attend the "Moonlight Formal" at the Tripp Commons in the Memorial Union on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
"Moonlight Formal" Couple
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