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Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, the President of UW Madison 1887-1892.
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Setting Up Pins

Date: 02 19 1956
Description: Father and daughter Theodore and Janet Weiss setting up bowling pins on Dads Day at Milwaukee-Downer College.
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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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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Three members of the advisory committee of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation pose for a portrait. Left to right: University of Wisconsin pro...
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S.M. Babcock with a Cow

Date: 05 1928
Description: Dr. Stephen M. Babcock posed with a cow in a University of Wisconsin pasture.
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Social Security Conference with President Roosevelt

Date: 03 20 1939
Description: Leaving the White House after their Social Security conference with President Roosevelt are (left to right): John Hanes, Undersecretary of the Treasury; Ar...
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Henry, Chamberlin and Babcock with Butterfat Tester

Date: 1917
Description: Dean W.A. Henry, University President Thomas C. Chamberlin, and Stephen M. Babcock with Babcock's butterfat testing device.
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Class of 1886

Date: 1886
Description: Posed group portrait of men and women members of the “Class of '86” at Lawrence College. The 8 men have silk top hats and the 4 women have umbrellas, for a...
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Medical Students and Cadaver

Date: 1896
Description: Group of medical students (?) and instructor (?) posed around a cadaver. Presented by Dr. John G. Meachem III of Racine, Wis. Probably a dissection class a...
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Forest Products Lab

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of men from the Forest Products Lab posed along with wooden propellers. They are posed on a hill, with trees in the background.
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Frederick Jackson Turner

Date: 12 1917
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Frederick Jackson Turner during his tenure as Professor of History at Harvard.
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Dr. Joseph Carpenter

Date: 1973
Description: Waist-up portrait of Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy, posing wearing a suit. This image accompanied publi...
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Dr. Joseph Carpenter and Family

Date: 1973
Description: Dr. Joseph Carpenter, assistant professor of Afro-American Education & Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, is seated with his family. His ...
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Mayor Paul Soglin in Group Portrait

Date: 01 1994
Description: Mayor Paul Soglin in a group portrait at a UW Campus event featuring U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley. Names (l to r) are: UW Chancellor David War...
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Edward Bennett

Date: 1923
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Edward Bennett, a professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Wisconsin.
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University of Wisconsin Honor's Convocation

Date: 06 07 1959
Description: Mark Ingraham, Dean of the University of Wisconsin College of Letters and Science and Professor of Mathematics (L) sits with his son Edward prior to the UW...
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Henry Carter Adams

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Description: Seated portrait of Henry Carter Adams, a Professor of Political Economy and finance at the University of Michigan, 1880-1921.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Edward Anderson Alderman

Date: 1905
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Edward Anderson Alderman, the first President of the University of Virginia. He was an education reformer for the university, an...
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John Alcock

Date: 1880
Description: Oval-framed tintype portrait of John Alcock, a professor of phonography/shorthand at Bayless' Business College of Dubuque. He moved to Platteville and foun...
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Indiana University Faculty

Date: 1892
Description: Group portrait of the faculty at Indiana University. Edward Alsworth Ross is second from the right in the second row. Ross taught at Indiana from 1891-1892...

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