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Capitol Interior (Third) — Turner Seminar in Historical Society Alcove

Date: 1893
Description: Frederick Jackson Turner with his History Seminar in an alcove of the Historical Society rooms in the third Wisconsin State Capitol, about 1893-1894. Back ...
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Award Presentation to WHA Radio

Date: 05 10 1945
Description: Lieut. Governor Oscar Rennebohm (on right), presenting a citation for twenty-six years of on-air service for radio station WHA to University of Wisconsin P...
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Professor Robert von Schlagintweit, Geographer

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Robert von Schlagintweit (1833-1885), German orientalist, geographer and explorer. Along with his oldest brother Hermann, Rober...
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Professor Charles Abiathar White, Geologist

Date: 1868
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Charles A. White (1826-1910), an American geologist and paleontologist. White was the State geologist of Iowa in 1866-70, and a...
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Joseph H. McChesney, Geologist

Date: 1864
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Professor Joseph H. McChesney, a geologist and paleontologist associated with the Illinois State Geological Survey. Shown here ...
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Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland, Geologist and Physician

Date: 1866
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite of Dr. Jared Potter Kirtland (1793-1877), American scientist. Kirtland, among many other exploits, worked on the 1837 Ohio geolog...
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Professor Alexander Winchell, Geologist

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Description: Quarter-length carte-de-visite of Alexander Winchell (1824-1891), State Geologist of Michigan and Professor of Geology and Paleontology at the University o...
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University of Wisconsin Industrial Management Institute Staff

Date: 02 11 1948
Description: Instructors of the University of Wisconsin Industrial Management Institute staff. Seated at a desk is Associate Professor Russell Moberly, institute direct...
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University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet

Date: 02 08 1949
Description: Three attendees at the University of Wisconsin Centennial Birthday Banquet held in the Great Hall of the Memorial Union. From left are John Berge, executiv...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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"Sun Trade Journal" Article Featuring Richard Ely

Date: 03 01 1903
Description: An article in Tokyo publication the "Sun Trade Journal" featuring Richard Ely, along with images of the main buildings of the University of Wisconsin-Madis...
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Hodding Carter

Date: 03 20 1957
Description: Hodding Carter (left), Pulitzer prize-winning editor of the Delta Democrat-Times in Greenville, Mississippi speaks with Supreme Court Justice Emmert...
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People's Poster Collector

Date: 10 23 1973
Description: J. Wesley Miller posing with some of the campus street posters and handouts he collected. Mayor Soglin, Toby Emmer, Richard Nixon, Melvin Laird and Angela ...
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Mathematics Professor Donald W. Crowe Directs Mathematics Talent Hunt

Date: 11 24 1965
Description: University of Wisconsin Mathematics Professor Donald W. Crowe explaining a math problem on how to cut up a rectangular cake into equal size acute triangles...
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Sam Brown

Date: 06 12 1976
Description: Activist Sam W. Brown, Jr., having a conversation with people outdoors at the Conference on Alternative State and Local Public Policies held at the St. Edw...
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Article About Rabbi Winograd

Date: 08 10 1967
Description: An article in the Daily Cardinal newspaper titled: "Rabbi Winograd Speaks Out On Hippies, Draft Resistance, Morals." The article is accompanied by a...
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Edward Alsworth Ross with Chinese Friends

Date: 1910
Description: UW-Madison sociology professor Edward Alsworth Ross poses between two men. Behind them is a building with a sign that reads: "[?]: ten thousand-year law/[?...
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He Favors More Student Marriages

Date: 12 23 1932
Description: Portrait of a man seated in an office. Caption reads: "HE FAVORS MORE STUDENT MARRIAGES. Prof. Edward Aylesworth [sic] Ross, widely known sociologist of th...

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