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Cooking Classes at Hillside Home School

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Description: Students in cooking class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school, operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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San Padeo Workshop

Date: 1964
Description: Highlander Folk School students and directors standing in a line, possibly singing together, at the San Padeo workshop. Third from left, Myles Horton, Will...
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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Seated group observes Myles Horton making notes.
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Girls' Gym Class

Date: 1900
Description: Girls playing basketball outdoors at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Dudgeon School Classroom

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: An Indian unit being developed in the 2B classroom at Dudgeon School. A teepee is standing in front of the class.
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Pharmacy Class, U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: Students from the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School perform practical experiments for the chemistry phase of their course. The officer in charge of th...
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First Aid Instruction, U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps School

Date: 04 04 1943
Description: One member of the U.S. Coast Guard Hospital Corps class demonstrates the method of treating a leg injury while fellow classmen look on and make notes. The ...
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Atomic Energy

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Description: Students and teacher in classroom demonstrating an experiment with atomic energy.
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: The football team from Platteville Normal School.
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Mock Convention

Date: 11 01 1968
Description: A mock presidential political convention at a middle school.
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Trouble Shooting

Date: 09 29 1962
Description: Electronics training at the United School of Electronic Trades gives a student the opportunity to trouble shoot problems.
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Curtiss Aviation School

Date: 1912
Description: Photo opportunity day at the Glenn Curtiss School of Aviation on North Island in San Diego Harbor. The man in the lower left corner is thought to be Glenn ...
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Regina E. Groves

Date: 11 08 1937
Description: Regina E. Groves (Mrs. Earl Barnhart) talking to a man sitting across the table/desk from her at the Groves School for Secretaries, located at 502 State St...
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Nakoma School Groups Dancing

Date: 01 31 1935
Description: Girls in costume for Nakoma Circle Dance. Taken for Fannie Steve, Board of Education.
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Nakoma School Folk Dancing Group

Date: 01 31 1935
Description: Nakoma School girls folk dance class. There are six "couples" in a row in ethnic costumes, with each "boy" on their knee holding a girl's hand.
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Nakoma School Folk Dancing Group

Date: 01 31 1935
Description: Nakoma School girls folk dance class, five "couples" dressed in ethnic costumes dancing with hands interlocked. Circle Dance.
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Franklin School Eighth Grade Banquet

Date: 06 13 1934
Description: Five women and group of eighth grade students sitting around banquet tables at the Franklin School Mothers Club eighth grade banquet in the school gymnasiu...
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Kiddie Camp Children

Date: 04 27 1934
Description: Three members of the Emerson Fresh Air school and the Longfellow Nutrition room eating at a table to demonstrate that the Kiddie Camp's provision of good n...
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Children Making Furniture

Date: 10 18 1933
Description: Large group of children making orange crate furniture at Hawthorne School, 216 Division Street. Activities include sawing and hammering.

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