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Group of People in Fraternity House

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Description: Group of people in dormitory or fraternity house. Four girls and three men inside room. One girl has a guitar and the other a small megaphone.
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Man in Dormitory Room

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Description: Man in dormitory room, with his feet resting on a spittoon. There is a banjo in the room and a picture of a cat on the wall.
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Man in Dormitory

Date: 1900
Description: Man in dormitory or fraternity playing banjo. There are signs that say "University of Missouri" and "Don't be woozy" above the door. There are photos and c...
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Edgewood College

Date: 1942
Description: Edgewood College's Marshall Hall, built in 1864 by Samuel Marshall and later used as a powerhouse and laundry. It was remodeled as a residence hall for col...
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior of Chadbourne Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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YWCA Open House

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Mrs. Florence Marquart, recently from Milwaukee, the new director of resident girls at the YWCA, shown at the left, enjoying a radio program with some of t...
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Young Women's Christian Association Open House

Date: 09 20 1949
Description: Ardella Nelson of Klemme, Iowa, a member of the Teen and Twenty club, points out something on the screen to Mrs. Florence Benjamin, formerly of Berkeley, C...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Firemen are carrying a hose up an extension ladder during a fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street.
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Madison fireman Arnold Moen lying on the ground near two other firemen. He was overcome by smoke at the Ann Emery Hall fire at 263-71 Langdon Street.
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Mrs. R.K. Boutwell, Dietition

Date: 08 31 1953
Description: Portrait of Mrs. R.K. Boutwell, U.W. Elizabeth Waters Hall dietition.
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Ellsworth House

Date: 12 12 1953
Description: Portrait of Helen Young, housemother at the recently opened Ellsworth House, a residence for UW co-eds. The building, located at 422 North Murray Street, ...
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University of Wisconsin YMCA

Date: 09 23 1954
Description: Paul Worthington receives his mail from Emma Dais, chief clerk and housemother, at the reception desk at the newly built University of YMCA at 306 North Br...

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