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Maypole Dance on Bascom Hill
May 1916
A view looking down on the Maypole Dance at the May Fete on Bascom Hill, showing dancers around four different Maypoles. In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument.
May Fete
1914
Eight women in costumes are posing in a field, in front of flowering bushes. One is holding a caduceus. Caption identifies this as: "May Fete, Spring Festival 1914."
Barn Dance
May 1969
A crowd of various ages square dancing at a Barn Dance, Three women in the foreground are sitting on hay bales and talking.
Maypole Dancers on Bascom Hill
1916
Maypole dancers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Bascom Hill (Main Hill). In the foreground is the Lincoln Monument. In the distance is the Wisconsin State Capitol.
