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Students Working on a Homecoming Display

Date: 11 06 1956
Description: Three Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity members, Joe Wimmer, Watertown; Jim Laabs, Abbotsford; and Gene Frederickson, Milwaukee; prepare house decorations for t...
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Three Students with "Yell Like Hell" Trophys

Date: 10 06 1956
Description: University of Wisconsin students Pamela Lynch, Homecomming publicity chairman, Richard Hammes, Homecoming Chairman, and Jack Heffernan, Chairman of the Pep...
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Decorations

Date: 11 06 1947
Description: Homecoming decorations at the Delta Sigma Pi house, 132 Breese Terrace. Dennis Krahn, left, and Charles Krouse, right, set up a dummy with the numerals of ...
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Setting Up Pins

Date: 02 19 1956
Description: Father and daughter Theodore and Janet Weiss setting up bowling pins on Dads Day at Milwaukee-Downer College.
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Two women at the Tri Delta "Pansy Breakfast". The purpose of the breakfast is to honor engaged and "pinned" women. Marilyn McCormick, Alpha Gamma Delta, is...
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Three Tri Delta sorority sisters acting as style show models at their "Pansy Breakfast." Left to right: Charlotte Wagenknecht, Fort Atkinson; Marion Miller...
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Tri Delta Pansy Breakfast

Date: 05 18 1952
Description: Two women visiting on the porch prior to the Tri Delta "Pansy Breakfast". Seated is Joanne Conlin, Alpha Phi, and standing is Pat Devine. The purpose of th...
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May Day at Wilson College

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Description: Students kneel in the grass and wave banners during a May Day ceremony at Wilson College while faculty and students gather on the lawn to watch. The colleg...
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May Day at Wilson College

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Description: A woman on horseback leads a group of women carrying banners down a road at Wilson College as a crowd follows. A school building is in the background.
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Rose Bowl Bid of 1952

Date: 11 24 1952
Description: Badger cheerleader Sharyn Chesten (right) presents a rose to University of Wisconsin football Captain George O'Brien, symbolizing the southern California N...
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Associated Women Students Co-ed Week

Date: 02 15 1954
Description: As part of Co-ed's Week, an event designed to combine features of special interest to college women, three U.W. dance majors perform an interpretive dance ...
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Senior Swingout

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Connie Kowalski, marching chairman, and Joan Fagan, general chairman of the Senior Swingout ceremony. The annual event was held outdoors on Bas...
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Luther Memorial Church International Night

Date: 09 29 1954
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin students representing six nations at an International Night program at Luther Memorial Church. At upper right is ...
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University of Wisconsin Summer Session Pre-Prom Dinner

Date: 08 1958
Description: Mrs. and Mr. Arnold Langman, Racine, seated, were guests of their son, Wendell, standing right, at the pre-Prom dinner. Also shown at upper left is Deanne ...
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Dr. Lester McGary; Pathologist Honored

Date: 08 29 1959
Description: Four members of the present class (1959) attend a dinner given to honor Dr. Lester McGary; they include, from left: Carol Warner, Karen Larson, Carol Gleas...
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Sororities Plan Yule Dance

Date: 12 10 1959
Description: Members of two sororities meet to plan a Christmas dance for teenagers. Seated in front are: Mary Rendall, president of Tri-Hi, and Jean Postweiler, presid...
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University of Wisconsin Boxer Charlie Mohr Wins Fight

Date: 03 21 1960
Description: Boxer Charlie Mohr blocks a punch with his right arm while winding up to deliver a left jab to his opponent. Both boxers wear leather helmets. The original...
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Young Columbus Contest Traveler

Date: 04 06 1960
Description: A man (Henry Derleth) wears an overcoat while posed on the middle of the boarding stairway attached to a partially visible passenger airliner. The original...
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University Rowing Crew Races

Date: 06 11 1960
Description: View across water towards the victorious and still undefeated California Golden Bears shoulder their coxswain Arlen Lackey, and are heading down a boat ram...
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Nakoma Twelfth Night Party

Date: 01 05 1961
Description: Scenes from "Here We Go Again", an amateur variety show put on as entertainment for the 1961 Twelfth Night party at Nakoma School. Five University of Wisco...

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