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Women Playing Basketball

Date: 1900
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison freshman women's basketball team in the gymnasium of Ladies Hall (now Chadbourne Hall). A man stands in the center holding ...
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy at the Podium

Date: 10 23 1960
Description: A campaign speech by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House.
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Cassius Clay at the Pan-American Games

Date: 04 30 1959
Description: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, (white trunks) fighting Amos Johnson in the 178 pound final of the Pan-American Gam...
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College of Agriculture Gym Class

Date: 1929
Description: Gymnasium class in the Red Gym for students in College of Agriculture short course.
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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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Pie in the Face

Date: 12 10 1968
Description: Roland Sieg wiping pie from his face while smiling, after someone threw enough ping pong balls in a bucket to win a chance to hit him with a pie at a carni...
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Naval Training School, Ship's Store

Date: 02 07 1945
Description: Naval clerk selling Old Gold cigarettes to a trainee at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) ship's store in the University of Wisconsin athletic stadium...
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University of Wisconsin Athletes Trying on Shoes

Date: 12 1940
Description: University of Wisconsin athletes trying on shoes in the Walk-Over Shoe Store, 8 East Mifflin Street.
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Roundy with University of Wisconsin Court of Honor Girls

Date: 01 16 1937
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin Court of Honor girls for the President's Birthday Ball, with Roundy Coughlin and another man.
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Court of Honor Members

Date: 01 16 1937
Description: Group portrait of six non-University Court of Honor members for President's birthday ball with Roundy Coughlin and another man.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduation, Lineup of Notables

Date: 06 24 1935
Description: Lineup of professors and dignitaries in caps and gowns standing behind the bleachers preparing to march into the Field House for University of Wisconsin-Ma...
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Palm Reader

Date: 04 11 1934
Description: Sitting at a table, Doris Witter of Oconto Falls, is reading the palm of Helen Haldiman from Monticello. Both are University of Wisconsin students.
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Young Boys Boxing

Date: 01 15 1934
Description: Young boys, Alex and Bobby McCormick, posing as boxers in front of John Walsh, University of Wisconsin boxing coach.
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Two University of Wisconsin-Madison Basketball Players

Date: 12 01 1933
Description: Portrait of two University of Wisconsin-Madison basketball players in uniform.
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Two University of Wisconsin-Madison Basketball Players

Date: 12 01 1933
Description: Portrait of two University of Wisconsin-Madison basketball players in uniform. #3 Nick DeMark and #10 Tom or Karl Ockerhauser.
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David Barr

Date: 06 29 1933
Description: Portrait of David Barr, son of University of Wisconsin Tent Colony Mayor Glenn Barr, at age 10 months, standing beside a chair. Family from Miami Universit...
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Two Dolphin Club Girls

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Two female Dolphin Club members in bathing suits take an acrobatic pose on the diving board of the Lathrop Hall pool.
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Fanchon & Marco Girls with University of Wisconsin Cheerleaders

Date: 11 03 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco girls, graduates of Carla Tormey School of Dance, Milwaukee, rehearsing a Homecoming show with University of Wisconsin cheerleaders, Joe St...
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Martin's Restaurant

Date: 09 28 1932
Description: Mark Martin's Restaurant, 107 State Street, second floor room next to "The Trophy Room" with tables, chairs, radio and pinball machine, with "Wisconsin" an...
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Women in Synchronized Swimming Formation

Date: 05 12 1927
Description: Elevated view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Dolphin Club women in the Lathrop swimming pool in a synchronized swimming formation.

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