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Women's Dorm Room

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Description: Group of women clowning around in dorm room with pennants on the wall.
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Parlor

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Six women sitting by the fireplace in the parlor at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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University of Wisconsin Tent Colony

Date: 07 18 1946
Description: A woman and child cooking on a small gas stove in a tent at the University of Wisconsin tent colony, also known as Camp Gallistella on the south shore of L...
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Fraternity Rush

Date: 09 23 1957
Description: Group of men on Langdon Street either participating in Fraternity Rush or watching women participate in Sorority Rush.
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Chadbourne Hall

Date: 1871
Description: Hall, built in 1870, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Below the image is the caption "Female College of Wisconsin."
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Boating at Ann Emery Hall

Date: 11 14 1931
Description: University of Wisconsin coeds sitting in a boat surrounded by sand bags in front of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory. I...
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Three University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds are playing cards, and one woman is reading, on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent ...
Book or Pamphlet

Private Dormitories on University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 09 10 1964
Description: In one of a series of photographs showing the luxurious features of private dormitories on campus, two grad students, Shirley Olsen, left, Milwaukee, and J...
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Resident-Members Groves Women's Co-op House

Date: 10 1946
Description: Group portrait of eighteen women who are resident-members of Groves Women's Cooperative House, 1104 West Johnson Street, inter-racial home for University o...
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Chadbourne Hall 75th Anniversary Celebration

Date: 10 18 1956
Description: Five University of Wisconsin coeds dressed in 1871 period costumes with Professor Harry F. Harlow in his classroom. Pictured left to right: Marilyn Moevs, ...
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Advance Registration for U.W. Freshmen

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Joy Justesen of Sun Prairie poses in her room in the University's new dormitory, Chadbourne Hall, as she participates in the advance registration process f...
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Alpha Gamma Delta Alumnae Host Bridge Party

Date: 10 10 1953
Description: Group portrait of the women of Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority in charge of arrangements for the benefit bridge party at the chapter house for cerebral palsy. L...
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New Dormitory Hours at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Date: 05 31 1963
Description: Mary Captaine, a junior at the University of Wisconsin, from Appleton, letting herself into Barnard Hall with her key late at night. This dormitory is unde...
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Elizabeth Waters Dormitory Library

Date: 09 24 1947
Description: Five women enjoying the library at Elizabeth Waters Dormitory on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The portrait on the wall at the far end is of ...
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Elizabeth Waters Hall

Date: 1947
Description: Exterior from road of the women's dormitory, Elizabeth Waters Hall, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Built in 1940 as the campus home for fou...
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University of Wisconsin Fraternity Housemothers

Date: 01 19 1959
Description: Kappa Sigma fraternity housemother, Mrs. Donald Matheson, serving as hostess with some of "her boys" in a simulated rushing scene. Included in the picture...
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Lowell Hall, New U.W. Women's Residence

Date: 09 05 1961
Description: Kay Wilgus, a University of Wisconsin freshman student from Arcadia, California, standing in front of the newly opened Lowell Hall, a private women's resid...
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Lowell Hall, New U.W. Women's Residence

Date: 09 05 1961
Description: Joy Feinberg, a University of Wisconsin freshman from Mansfield, Ohio, reading in the living room of the newly opened Lowell Hall, a private women's reside...
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Four University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds sunbathing on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent women's dormitory named for the fir...
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Private Dormitories on University of Wisconsin Campus

Date: 09 10 1964
Description: In one of a series of photographs showing the luxurious features of private dormitories on campus, Freddie Gross, Houston, Texas, left, and Wendy Smith, Gr...

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