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Dow Chemical Demonstration
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University of Wisconsin-Madison students clash with riot police during campus demonstration to protest Dow Chemical involvement in the Vietnam conflict. Here, several police officers with clubs hold a student down on the floor.
1967
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Dow Chemical Demonstration
1967
Overhead view of large crowd of demonstrators being beaten back by police at the University of Wisconsin-Madison during the Dow Chemical demonstration on campus.
Anti-Vietnam War Demonstration
1972
A crowd of anti-Vietnam war demonstrators march down Wisconsin Avenue with signs and banners. One banner reads: "Stop the Bombing. Sign the Treaty Now! U.S. Out of Indo-China Now!".
Dow Chemical Protest
October 1967
A small group of women, along with two children, hold signs protesting Dow Chemical. Two women are wearing gas masks.
Home Economics Class in a Social Moment
1929
University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party.
Fudge Party
1890
College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
