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Community Union Teacher Solicitors

Date: 09 15 1932
Description: Group portrait of six teachers who have been designated by the Madison Teachers' Association to conduct solicitation in the schools.
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Alfalfa for the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 1951
Description: Irving Gerhardt, instructor of Vocational Agriculture, and Duane Lehr, Future Farmers of America member and agriculture student from Madison East High Scho...
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Vocational School Christmas Seal Work Committee

Date: 11 15 1944
Description: Members of the vocational school Christmas Seal work committee, and the departments they represent, are, left to right, (back row), Herbert Zindars, Trade ...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: A Red Cross instructor with a children's swimming class at the Bluemounds swimming pool. The instructor is George Steiner, assistant principal at Madison W...
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Mt. Horeb Swimming Class

Date: 08 03 1945
Description: Mt. Horeb children and adults splashing in the Bluemound pool during a Red Cross swimming class.
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Peter Engelmann, Naturalist

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Peter Engelmann (1823-1874), Wisconsin educator and naturalist. Engelman founded the German-English Academy in Milwau...
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John Tyndall, Philosopher

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of John Tyndall (1820-1893), Irish natural philosopher. Tyndall was one of the leading figures in Victorian science and a member o...
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Shriners High School Football Champion Coach

Date: 10 19 1947
Description: East High School coach, A.J. "Hunk" Barrett, accepting the traveling city championship trophy from Bob Gerry, of the Zor Shrine.
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Madison Art Association Summer Scholarship Winners

Date: 07 14 1949
Description: Instructor Fritz Carpenter discusses Paul Hochstetter's colorful water color of a University of Wisconsin barn for the three winners of Madison Art Associa...
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Yerkes Observatory Tour

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Three high school science teachers and a Kiwanis Club representative escort 22 pupils from Madison's five high schools on a Kiwanis-sponsored educational t...
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Madison Art Association

Date: 04 03 1950
Description: Three junior high school students, recipients of a 1949 summer scholarship, pose with their teacher near an exhibit of the students' watercolor sketches. S...
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Madison Council of Parents and Teachers

Date: 05 08 1950
Description: New and retiring officers of the Madison Council of Parents and Teachers are pictured. In the first row, left to right, are: Mrs. Walter Barr, vice-preside...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers participating in a Red Cross first aid training course as part of the civil defense program. West high school principal R. O. Christoffers...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers participating in Red Cross first aid training for the civil defense program. Teachers Luna Bauer, Wanda Hawley, Helen Bickel, Anstar Svann...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers taking a break from first aid training by the Red Cross for the civil defense program. Around the table at East high school are Edith Olso...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers participating in first aid training by the Red Cross for the civil defense program. Demonstrating how to carry an injured person are Floyd...
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Walkenhorst School Canning Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of girls from the Canning Club of Walkenhorst School sitting and standing around a table outdoors to display their canned goods. A man wearing eyeg...
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The Loraine Hotel

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Description: Men and women stand on the sidewalk in front of the Loraine Hotel near a parked automobile. One of the men holds a pennant reading, "Ocean City Teachers We...
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YMCA Camp Wakanda

Date: 07 04 1953
Description: A scene from YWCA's day camp at Camp Wakonda, located on a shore of Lake Mendota. During craft time, Gerald Peck, James Foster, and Russell Bright paint sm...
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Madison Art Foundation Summer School Scholarships

Date: 07 11 1953
Description: Two recipients of the Madison Art Foundation summer school scholarship, Carol Moeller (center) and Thomas Hammill are sitting on a wall with their instruct...

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