Mount Mary College yearbook, “Autobiography of a College,” Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1939.

Mount Mary College was the first four-year women’s college established in Wisconsin. This two-page layout from the 1939 college yearbook shows students in history, math, and science classes.

via: Mount Mary College Yearbooks Collection

Source: box2.nmtvault.com

Record-setting sprinter Ralph Metcalfe attended Marquette University in Milwaukee from 1932-1936. 

Metcalfe took the silver medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in a photo finish against Eddie Tolan. He won silver again in Berlin in the 1936 Olympics, finishing just behind track legend Jesse Owens. Metcalfe went on to a career in politics, first as an alderman in Chicago and then in the U. S. Congress, representing the state of Illinois.

via: Ralph Metcalfe, The Olympic Years, 1932-1936, Marquette University Libraries

Source: cdm16280.contentdm.oclc.org

Dolphin Club Swimmers, Madison, 1960. It’s not entirely clear what these UW-Madison swimmers are up to (a co-ed synchronized swimming competition?), but they look to be dressed for a performance, with the men in collars and bow ties and the women in elbow-length gloves.  via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections
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Dolphin Club Swimmers, Madison, 1960.

It’s not entirely clear what these UW-Madison swimmers are up to (a co-ed synchronized swimming competition?), but they look to be dressed for a performance, with the men in collars and bow ties and the women in elbow-length gloves. 

via: UW-Madison Archives by way of University of Wisconsin Digital Collections

Source: digital.library.wisc.edu

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