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Oscar Mayer Cafeteria

Date: 09 27 1943
Description: Oscar Mayer Company cafeteria showing counter in the background, and women sitting at tables in the foreground.
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Coed Models in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing in front of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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Coeds Model in front of Langdon Hall

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Two Manchester's Department Store coed models, wearing dresses, hats and purses, posing on the steps of Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street.
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Bascom Hall President's Office

Date: 1947
Description: President's office with fireplace and large table in Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Library School

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior of three-story building on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
Description: Men working on construction of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Construction works are on top of a partially constructed frame an...
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Demolition of University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall

Date: 1885
Description: View down Bascom Hill of Science Hall (1876-1884) in the process of being demolished.
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Governor Authorizes University of Wisconsin Library

Date: 08 04 1949
Description: Governor Rennebohm signs a bill which will provide the University of Wisconsin with a new library. He is using a pen once used by President John Bascom. Th...
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University of Wisconsin Dormitory Construction

Date: 09 30 1957
Description: Construction site of the University of Wisconsin Holt dormitory on Elm Drive.
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Chadbourne Hall Under Construction

Date: 01 17 1958
Description: Elevated view of Chadbourne Hall under construction on the University of Wisconsin campus. The building will house 678 female students. The structure will ...
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Bascom Hill Burial Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o...
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Inauguration of UW President Conrad A. Elvehjem

Date: 10 09 1958
Description: Wisconsin governor Vernon Thomson addresses the crowd during the inaugural ceremonies at the field house for Dr. Conrad A. Elvehjem as the thirteenth presi...

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