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University of Wisconsin International Students

Date: 01 1960
Description: Five unidentified University of Wisconsin students, all sitting cross-legged on the floor with a small portable pump organ or harmonium. In South Asia, the...
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Arthur J. Altmeyer

Date: 1918
Description: Portrait of Arthur J. Altmeyer, who would be a key figure in developing the U.S. Social Security system, as a young men. Appears to be around the time he w...
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Katharine Allen

Date: 1887
Description: Vignetted head and shoulders carte-de-visite portrait of Katharine Allen, daughter of historian and UW-Madison classics professor William Francis Allen. Ca...
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Fire Drill Held at UW Bascom Hall

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: A fire drill and test of the alarm system is held at the University of Wisconsin Bascom Hall. The building was evacuated of all students and staff within f...
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Graduate Students Share a House

Date: 01 10 1961
Description: One in a series of photographs of four U.W. physics graduate students who are renting a furnished home at 429 Russell Walk. In this photograph Brandt Kehoe...
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Graduate Students Share House

Date: 01 15 1961
Description: One in a series of photographs of four U.W. physics graduate students who are renting a furnished home at 429 Russell Walk. Mark Daehler, Cedar Rapids, Iow...
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Graduate Students Share a House

Date: 01 10 1961
Description: One in a series of photographs of U.W. four physics graduate students who are renting a furnished home at 429 Russell Walk. Sharing a meal are, left to rig...
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Graduate Students Share a House

Date: 01 10 1961
Description: One in a series of photographs of four U.W. physics graduate students who are renting a furnished home at 429 Russell Walk. Having his hair cut by Reinhard...
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University of Wisconsin Students Walk Down the Hallway at Bacom Hall

Date: 01 04 1961
Description: Unidentified University of Wisconsin students walk down the hallway at Bascom Hall.
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University of Wisconsin Badger Beauties for 1960-1961

Date: 12 14 1960
Description: Six young women are chosen from more than 250 entries to be named UW Badger Beauties for 1960-1961. Shown (front row, L-R) are Margaret Morgan (21), Delta ...
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Wisconsin vs. Air Force Basketball Game

Date: 12 03 1960
Description: Wisconsin player Marty Gharrity gets a moisture spray from a trainer after coming out of the basketball game between Wisconsin and the Air Force Academy in...
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Wisconsin vs. Air Force Basketball Game

Date: 11 03 1960
Description: Wisconsin basketball coach John Erickson explains a strategy during a timeout of the Wisconsin vs Air Force Academy basketball game in the University of Wi...
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Wisconsin vs. Air Force Basketball Game

Date: 12 03 1960
Description: Wisconsin's Siebel and Air Force's Vicellio battle for a rebound during their game in the University of Wisconsin Field House.
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Chadbourne Hall Residents Admire Christmas Tree

Date: 12 15 1960
Description: U.W. Chadbourne Hall residents view a Christmas tree put up in the second floor lobby of the dormitory. The State Capitol is in the background. Shown (L-R)...
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Vice President Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon on the speakers platform during a presidential campaign stop at the Madison Municipal airport. With him are his wife, Pat; injure...
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Vice President Richard Nixon Makes a Campaign Stop in Madison

Date: 11 07 1960
Description: Then-Vice President Nixon helps lift crutch-clutching Lynn Cooperman to the speaker's platform during a campaign stop at the Madison Municipal Airport. She...
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U.W. Young Republicans Picketing

Date: 10 28 1960
Description: University Republican students picketing the Kennedy-Nelson campaign headquarters at 610 University Avenue, carrying signs asking why the Democratic campai...
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Field Hockey Game

Date: 09 28 1960
Description: When one of the field hockey players "made a mistake, it brought gasps and disgruntled looks from the other players as the ball sailed away."
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Field Hockey Game

Date: 09 28 1960
Description: University of Wisconsin students play field hockey. "This being their first day at the game, the freshmen and sophomores were a bit clumsy."
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Raye Franz

Date: 09 30 1960
Description: Co-ed Raye Franz' campus job is grinding rat's teeth on emery stone.

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