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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Date: 1880
Description: Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin...
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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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Flying School

Date: 05 1917
Description: A ground school conducted by Princeton University for students who wished to enlist in the Army Air Service. During World War I most American aviators were...
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Pheasant Banding

Date: 03 07 1945
Description: Robert McCabe, University of Wisconsin Arboretum biologist, and Jim Hale, his assistant, study the band on one of the pheasants caught in the trap in the b...
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University of Wisconsin Farm and Home Week

Date: 01 31 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin associate professor Dr. Helen C. Dawe, (right) explaining how stringing colored wooden beads aids children's eye-hand coordination....
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Madison Artists Exhibition Award Winners

Date: 02 06 1949
Description: Four award recipients from the University of Wisconsin at the Madison Artists exhibition. From left are Donald M. Anderson, art education instructor, water...
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University of Wisconsin Boxing Team

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: Preparing to depart by train for the forthcoming NCAA boxing meet are University of Wisconsin national boxing team defending champions and their coaching s...
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Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity and Bamby

Date: 11 22 1949
Description: Bamby, the 150-pound goat who was the mascot of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, was sent to the ATO chapter at Ohio Stat...
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Wisconsin's Great Miler, Don Gehrmann

Date: 01 09 1950
Description: U.W. Madison track coach Guy Sundt, right, examining new track shoes with his star miler, Don Gehrmann, who once ran a mile race in 4:09.5 minutes.
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Big Ten-Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Track Meet

Date: 06 20 1950
Description: Portrait of Don McEwen, University of Michigan, who won the two-mile race in the record time of 9:09.9 in competition at the Big Ten-Pacific Coast intercol...
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Two Journalists Depart for World Wide Tour

Date: 01 15 1952
Description: University of Wisconsin journalism professor Graham Hovey (left) and Wisconsin State Journal editor Roy Matson confer at the Madison airport before departi...
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Paul Quinn College

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of African American students posing in front of a large brick building. Two turrets flank the arched main entrance, with wings jutti...
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University of Philadelphia, Wharton School

Date: 1881
Description: A view of Logan Hall, home to the Wharton School of Business. The building features Gothic Revival elements, including the arched windows and quatrefoils f...
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Marquette University Honors MacArthur

Date: 04 27 1951
Description: Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur....
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New York University Track Meet at Ohio Field

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Description: A New York University hurdle race takes place on the track at Ohio Field. Spectators watch from a grandstand to the right and buildings are visible in the...
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Race At The Cornell University Running Track

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Description: Young men in track uniforms compete in a race around a track at Cornell University. Judges and spectators stand on the grass near the track while addition...
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Samuel L. Popkin

Date: 1972
Description: Political scientist Samuel L. Popkin and his wife. This photograph was taken about the time Wisconsin-born Popkin was jailed for his refusal to testify abo...
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Annual Farm and Home Week

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Distinguished University of Wisconsin agronomist and geneticist Professor Norman P. Neal looking over an exhibit at the annual University of Wisconsin's Fa...
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Kitten Ball

Date: 1932
Description: A girl poses with a bat as a second girl holds a ball. Two young men in sweaters, identified as students from Whitewater Teachers College (now the Universi...

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