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Thornton N. Wilder

Date: 1949
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses.
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Physics Lab

Date: 1901
Description: Students and teacher in physics lab at Stevens Point Normal School, which would later become the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Female Pharmacy Students

Date: 1915
Description: A professor checks the progress of several female students in a pharmaceutical laboratory course.
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Hospital Care

Date: 1950
Description: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater students care for a patient at the Fort Atkinson Hospital.
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Gross Anatomy

Date: 1902
Description: Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor...
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Operating Theater

Date: 1902
Description: Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College.
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International Scout Painted in University of Illinois Colors

Date: 1967
Description: Color advertising photograph of a 1967 International Scout pickup painted in the colors of the University of Illinois, apparently carrying college football...
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Graduate Blowing Bubbles

Date: 05 21 1989
Description: Marquette University graduate blowing bubbles before his graduation ceremony at the Bradley Center.
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Orrin H. Ingram

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Description: Portrait of Orrin H. Ingram, lumber baron and philanthropist, especially for the development of Ripon College.
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Madison Business College Male Students

Date: 03 27 1939
Description: Group portrait of twelve Madison Business College male students.
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Charles Fluke and Insect Specimens

Date: 06 21 1934
Description: Charles Fluke, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin, examines a tray of insect specimens.
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Prof. C. Morse Huffer with Telescope

Date: 08 14 1931
Description: Prof. C. Morse Huffer is standing with the 20 foot telescope in the Washburn Observatory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Visiting a Lead Mine

Date: 1950
Description: Students from Platteville, Wisconsin tour a mine to see how lead is extracted.
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Anatomy Lab

Date: 1900
Description: Cadavers are laid out on gurneys in a sky-lit anatomy lab at Rush Medical College.
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University of Minnesota Bee Culture

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Description: Display for the University of Minnesota's Division of Bee Culture. An unknown man wearing a suit and tie and holding a hive frame stands near the display. ...
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Professor Selig Perlman

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Description: Portrait of Professor Selig Perlman, a student of University of Wisconsin economics professor John R. Commons.
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Arlie W. Schorger

Date: 02 20 1944
Description: Arlie W. Schorger, a chemist for the U.S. Bureau of Standards for one year, and at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory for nine years, before joining the f...
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Dean Mark Ingram

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Portrait of Dean Mark H. Ingram, College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin.
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Captain Arthur S. Adams

Date: 05 29 1944
Description: Captain Arthur S. Adams, director of the Navy's administration division of training, with from left to right: Commander Leslie K. Pollard and University Pr...
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Eight Foot Tall Lawyer

Date: 07 01 1944
Description: Clifford Thompson, the second tallest man in the world, being sworn into the Wisconsin state bar at the Wisconsin State Capitol by Justice Elmer E. Barlow....

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