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Christmas Tree on Bascom Hill

Date: 1960
Description: Elevated view looking east from Lincoln Terrace on Bascom Hill on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Lincoln Monument is in the foreground and...
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Science Hall

Date: 1929
Description: View across Observatory Drive of east facade of Science Hall on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Spice Collection

Date: 09 09 1943
Description: Chef Carson Gulley, UW residence hall chef, proudly displaying his spice collection.
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Langdon Hall Front Entrance

Date: 10 1941
Description: Front entrance to Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street, with five coeds posing on the steps.
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Dormitories and Commons Committee

Date: 05 26 1937
Description: Group portrait of men in the Memorial Union Dormitories and Commons Committee on the steps of the Memorial Union, University of Wisconsin.
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Tennis Champion

Date: 11 08 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin coed, Cecil McLaren, from Cincinnati, Ohio, co-champion in Western girls' doubles and finalist in National girls' tournament, demon...
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Palm Reader

Date: 04 11 1934
Description: Sitting at a table, Doris Witter of Oconto Falls, is reading the palm of Helen Haldiman from Monticello. Both are University of Wisconsin students.
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Emma Goldman

Date: 03 27 1934
Description: Portrait of Emma Goldman, noted anarchist "Red Emma, Queen of the Anarchists," sitting in a chair. Goldman spoke at the University of Wisconsin at Madison ...
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David Barr

Date: 06 29 1933
Description: Portrait of David Barr, son of University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Mayor Glenn Barr, at age 10 months, standing beside a chair. Family from Miami Universit...
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Kitchen Work

Date: 10 07 1931
Description: U.W. co-ed, Maybelle Goodyear of Sauk City, earns money to pay for school by preparing a meal in the kitchen of Dr. and Mrs. C.R. Mooney, at 306 Virginia T...
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North Walk on Bascom Hill

Date: 05 05 1931
Description: Elm-shaded north walk looking up Bascom Hill, with Bascom Hall in the background at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Chi Phi House Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 18 1930
Description: Chi Phi House, 200 Langdon Street, with the facade decorated as a theater with a marquee for homecoming. "See the Badgers in 'Smashing Pennsylvania.'" 1st ...
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University of Wisconsin Music Hall

Date: 05 04 1930
Description: View of University of Wisconsin Music Hall at 925 Bascom Mall, 455 N. Park Street.
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Phi Delta Gamma

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: South side from steps (second landing) of the Phi Gamma Delta house, 16 Langdon Street.
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Memorial Union

Date: 10 09 1928
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Memorial Union through trees, located at 800 Langdon Street.
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Memorial Union Ball Room

Date: 09 28 1928
Description: University of Wisconsin Memorial Union ballroom from the foyer.
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Campus Sidewalk

Date: 06 03 1928
Description: Campus sidewalk past South Hall, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Old Scale

Date: 04 12 1928
Description: View of a man taking Sodium Chloride (NaCl) out of a jar to measure it on an old scale on a table. The man is working in the Ricketts laboratory at the Agr...
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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 12 1928
Description: Man measuring chemical CaCO4 on Toledo Scale in Ricketts laboratory at Agriculture Chemistry Building, University of Wisconsin.
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Toledo Scale

Date: 04 12 1928
Description: Man taking chemical CaCO4 out of a jar to measure it on Toledo Scale in Ricketts laboratory at Agriculture Chemistry Building, University of Wisconsin.

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