By Kieran Corcoran PUBLISHED: 04:07 EST, 6 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:00 EST, 6 October 2013 At first glance these pictures of student life more than a century ago look like they would not be out of place in Downton Abbey. But on closer inspection, the tell-tale signs of university fun can be seen among the porcelain crockery and pleated curtains. Because like most American frats of today, Leila Bascom is desperate to show support to her university sports teams. This room belonged to Leila Bascom in 1898, and still features tell-tale signs of university life Leila and her roommate are engrossed in books in this picture where family photos are hung on the wall
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Photographs unearthed from archives of University of Wisconsin-Madison
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Show similarities and differences of student life since 1898
Like a true picture of a 1950s @placeholder family, two parents and their daughter were photographed readings and studying in their room.