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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Crew Team

Date: 05 26 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison crew team holding their long oars, with coxswain on a pier on Lake Mendota.
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University of Wisconsin Students with Senator Mueller

Date: 03 09 1933
Description: University of Wisconsin students representing the U.W. Student Budget Committee present a petition to Senator Otto Mueller at the Wisconsin State Capitol. ...
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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Standing on the Alpha Chi Omega sorority pier, Willard Grasser and Robert Estes show what is and is not permitted with regard to men's bathing suits. "The ...
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Christopher Columbus Play

Date: 11 28 1933
Description: Four children in costume surround a cardboard cutout of a sailing ship for a play about Christopher Columbus. The play was performed at Longfellow School, ...
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"The Hare and the Hedgehog"

Date: 12 11 1934
Description: Longfellow School children on stage perform a scene from the folk play "The Hare and the Hedgehog." Longfellow School is located in the Greenbush neighborh...
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Fudge Party

Date: 1890
Description: College students at the University of Wisconsin having a fudge-making party around a small gas burner.
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Linguistic Exhibit

Date: 09 27 1934
Description: University of Wisconsin Professor Miles L. Hanley watching coeds Laura Severson and Theressa Fein, while they are working on transcriptions for a linguisti...
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Dancers Frolic Among the Trees

Date: 1923
Description: University of Wisconsin physical education interpretive dance students perform out of doors in a grassy meadow.
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Cheerleaders Rally the Crowd

Date: 1957
Description: Spectators at a high school basketball game are urged to support the team by jumping cheerleaders.
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Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hall Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lincoln Monument is near the front entrance.
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Home Economics Class in a Social Moment

Date: 1929
Description: University of Wisconsin home economics students have a tea party.
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Lake Mendota Boathouse

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Description: View from shoreline of a crew rowing a Pabst Shell on Lake Mendota near the University of Wisconsin-Madison boathouse, with two men in a canoe and people s...
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Edgewood High School Basketball Squad

Date: 12 08 1945
Description: Group portrait of Edgewood High School male basketball squad in gymnasium.
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Edgewood High School Basketball Squad

Date: 12 08 1945
Description: Group portrait of Edgewood High School male basketball squad in gymnasium.
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Holy Redeemer School Play

Date: 05 20 1945
Description: Students play cast in costume on stage at Holy Redeemer Catholic School 140 West Johnson Street.
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Edgewood High School

Date: 05 21 1945
Description: Students play cast in costume on stage at Edgewood High School, 2209 Monroe Street.
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Edgewood High School Play Cast

Date: 04 13 1945
Description: Three student actors in a play scene on stage at Edgewood High School.
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Nativity Play Cast

Date: 12 17 1944
Description: Nativity play cast in costume on stage at Holy Redeemer School, 140 West Johnson Street.
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"Moonlight Formal" at Tripp Commons

Date: 08 25 1944
Description: Couples enjoy the "Moonlight Formal" in Tripp Commons, University of Wisconsin Memorial Union. They are in formal dress with some of the men in military un...

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