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University of Wisconsin Graduation

Date: 06 24 1935
Description: Panoramic view of University of Wisconsin graduation exercises, taken from behind the podium in the Field House. Graduates are standing on the floor, and t...
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Township High School Musicians

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: A group of high school musicians from Township High School, Joliet, Illinois, on sleeping cots in the Field House during a National School Music contest.
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East Waterloo High School Musicians

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: A group of high school musicians, from East Waterloo (Iowa?) High School, sleeping on bleachers in the Field House during a National School Music contest.
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Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
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Two Woman Drawing a Pipette

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Barbara Baird (left,) and Mary Ellen Sperle are drawing a pipette from molten glass in a University of Wisconsin Laboratory. Traditionally, this work was d...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class

Date: 1911
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Home Economics Department Class. The women are using chemistry equipment and microscopes. On the blackboard is a formula fo...
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Rose Sun

Date: 07 06 1945
Description: Portrait of Rose Sun, University of Wisconsin coed and granddaughter of Sun Yat-sen, founder of the Chinese Republic. She came to Madison for summer school...
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Two university students helping serve dinner to patients at Mendota State Hospital. They are John LeSeur from Cornell University on the left, and Roy Klett...
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: Two students making a bed at the Mendota State Hospital during their University of Wisconsin program to learn the inside workings of a mental institution. ...
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Mendota State Hospital

Date: 08 11 1948
Description: A Mendota State Hospital patient shown having her hair arranged and nails manicured by Lucille Schultz (left) from Manitowoc, a University of Wisconsin stu...
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All-State Band Concert

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: Dave Cartwright, Helen Hurd, and Mary Rose Gallagher are standing with Frederick C. Ebbs, conductor of the All-State band concert. The students have been a...
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High School Cheerleaders

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: St. Croix Falls cheerleaders stand along the sidelines in the University of Wisconsin fieldhouse at a high school basketball tournament. They are, from lef...
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High School Cheerleaders

Date: 03 16 1950
Description: Onalaska cheerleaders stand along the sidelines in the University of Wisconsin Field House during a state high school basketball tournament. From left are:...
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East High School Athletic Captains

Date: 05 11 1950
Description: Three famous University of Wisconsin athletes and three East High School athletes pose for a group portrait at the annual banquet for East lettermen at the...
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High School Music Clinic at University of Wisconsin

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Robert Blum, Evansville, front row left, sits with other students attending a music appreciation class at the University of Wisconsin high school music cli...
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High School Music Clinic at University of Wisconsin

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Robert Blum (second from right) of Evansville plays in the All-State High School Band with other students at the University of Wisconsin high school music ...
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High School Music Clinic at University of Wisconsin

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Robert Blum of Evansville, front row left, attends a conducting class with other students at the University of Wisconsin high school music clinic.
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High School Music Clinic at University of Wisconsin

Date: 07 12 1950
Description: Robert Blum of Evansville stands in the cafeteria line at Chadbourne Hall during the University of Wisconsin's high school music clinic.
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WIAA State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 15 1951
Description: Students from Darlington wear St. Patrick's Day hats while sitting in the stands during the boys state basketball tournament at the University of Wisconsin...
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East High School vs. LaCrosse Central Basketball Game

Date: 12 27 1951
Description: Chuck Brendler (center), Ted Blackney (#22) and Jim Kurth (#21) of Madison East, and Don Hawkins (#31) of LaCrosse Central, wait for a rebound as East defe...

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