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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.
Photograph

People Playing Golf near Hillside Home School

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Description: People playing golf in the fields at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

People Playing Golf

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Description: People playing golf outside of Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

Thomas Ridge

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Description: People playing golf on Thomas Ridge at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wrigh...
Photograph

Football Game at Hillside Home School

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Description: A football game being played near Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Photograph

Snow-Covered Skating Pond

Date: 1895
Description: Winter scene of the skating pond at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Postcard

Education Building at the Fair

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Description: Crowd of people in front of the Education Building at the State Fair. Caption reads: "Education Building, Wisconsin State Fair, Milwaukee."
Postcard

State Normal School Gymnasium

Date: 1930
Description: View across street towards the gymnasium for the State Normal School.
Print

International Schoolmaster School Bus Brochure

Date: 1974
Description: Front cover of a brochure for International Schoolmaster school buses. Features a photograph of little league baseball players getting off a bus.
Postcard

New Auburn

Date: 1905
Description: Clockwise from upper left images include: Cutters Point, Long Lake, Wis.; M.E. Church, New Auburn, Wis.; Farmers Store, New Auburn, Wis.; Public School, Ne...
Photograph

Farmers Union Picnic

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Description: Women wearing patterned dresses at a Farmers Union Picnic at Highlander Folk School.
Postcard

Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
Postcard

St. Josephat Church and School

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Description: St. Josephat Church and School from Kosciuszko Park. The classic style church with dome is across a body of water. Three boats with boaters are out rowing ...
Postcard

Swimming Schools at Milwaukee River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from bridge looking over at a hill leading down to bath houses and fenced-in swimming areas for beginners. Establishment of Wm. Bechstein. Ca...
Postcard

Hayward Indian School Students

Date: 1889
Description: Three-quarter length studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop of five Hayward Indian School students, possibly a basketball team, from L to R: John C...
Map or Atlas

Bad River Indian Reservation, Wisconsin

Date: 1939
Description: This map shows the towns to Gingles, Sanborn, and Guney as well as Chequamegon Bay, Kakagon River, White River, Marengo River, Bad River, Potato River, Vau...
Map or Atlas

Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Date: 1946
Description: A map showing the roads, railroads, towns, cities and villages, streams and lakes, airports, schools, churches, cemeteries, and golf courses in Kenosha Cou...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sawyer County, Wisconsin

Date: 1902
Description: This 1902 map of the eastern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, farm houses, camps, school houses, ...
Map or Atlas

Bayfield County : Top o' Wisconsin

Date: 1967
Description: This tourist brochure for Bayfield County, Wisconsin, from 1967 includes a map of the county showing towns, cities and villages, highways and roads, railro...
Magazine or Periodical

Scene in a Velocipede Riding School, New York City

Date: 02 13 1869
Description: Engraved image of several men attempting to ride velocipedes in a large open, interior space. Many have fallen or are struggling with balance.

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