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Edgewood Kindergarten

Date: 08 26 1932
Description: Edgewood kindergarten play corner with children, including Jack Kurth, Alex McCormick, Kathleen Kellogg, Dorothy Fox, Bobbie McCormick, and Patsy McCarthy....
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Margarethe Meyer Schurz

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Margarethe Meyer Schurz, the first kindergarten teacher in the United States. Caption reads: "Mrs. Carl Schurz First Ki...
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Shorewood Hills Kindergarten

Date: 02 21 1947
Description: Group portrait of 15 Shorewood Hills kindergarten students and the teacher.
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Caged Turkey at Longfellow School

Date: 11 17 1948
Description: Six Longfellow School kindergarten students admiring a turkey in a cage. They named the turkey "Cindy" as they learned about turkeys as part of their schoo...
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Young Students Playing

Date: 1939
Description: A young boy and a young girl playing in their kindergarten classroom near a ladder and slide.
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Young Students in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A young boy and a young girl playing in their kindergarten classroom. Desks, chairs, easels, a fireplace, and a broom are visible in the background.
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Playing in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students playing in their kindergarten classroom with a large train model.
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Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: Kindergarten students laying on the floor in a row, possibly for nap time.
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Young Girl Near Window

Date: 1939
Description: A young girl posed near a window and glancing up. The window has a stained glass panel, possibly depicting the nursery rhyme character Humpty Dumpty.
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Young Students Holding Books

Date: 1939
Description: Two young students holding books in their kindergarten classroom next to a piano. The young girl is posed seated on a piano bench and holding an open book....
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Group of Students Near Fireplace

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing near the fireplace in their classroom. The fireplace is surrounded by tiling depicting fairy ta...
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Students at Nap Time

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students laying down on the floor of their kindergarten classroom, probably for nap time. In the background there is a fireplace surrounded with...
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Two Students Near Fireplace

Date: 1939
Description: A portrait of two young students, a boy and a girl, standing next to each other and holding hands near the fireplace in their kindergarten classroom. The f...
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Fourteen Kindergarten Students

Date: 1939
Description: A group of fourteen kindergarten students posed in their classroom, standing and sitting with their arms above their heads. Behind them is a window with a ...
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1939
Description: A group of kindergarten students posed sitting and standing outside. Each child is holding a rolled up paper.
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Students and Teacher

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of eleven kindergarten students and their teacher, Winnifred Ahrens Spring, standing outside of a building, probably the West Side School.
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1903
Description: Miss Konig's kindergarten class. Students in this photograph include: Roland Heismann, Ewald Bierger, Alfred Krueger, Lawrence Margwardt, Irvin Krueger, Jo...
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Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1992
Description: "Kindergarten children perform at a Christmas Party at the Theresa School."
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Album: Playtime

Date: 1925
Description: Page from an album kept by Neighborhood House, with images of infants and young children being cared for at the settlement house, including a group outside...
Postcard

The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...

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