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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America. |
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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... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the high school, with a group of people near its entrance and a couple seated on a bench in the foreground. There is a water tower behind the schoo... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The public school in Sullivan, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Joint Dist. #4 Sullivan, Wis." |
| Date: | 1860 |
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| Description: | The first high school erected in Palmyra, built about 1860. People are standing in the yard. |
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| Description: | Exterior of Ward Public School. The sidewalk leads to an entrance where a sign reads: "Public School." |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a high school taken from across the lawn. The three-story brick building features arch and circular windows, an arch entrance, trees, and ... |
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| Description: | A view of the facade and side of the building, made mostly of brick. |
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| Description: | View across street toward the facade and right side of a high school building. A postman walks along the sidewalk in front, and nearby a man sits in his ho... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A view of Fourth School, featuring a cupola with a weathervane. Three young girls are posing standing beneath a tree beside the school. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the front and right side of St. Mark's Parish School. A dirt lot is to the right. |
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| Description: | Exterior of Public School No. 4, built in 1883. The brick building entrance has a sign that reads: "High School," and features Gothic arches, long, rectang... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Miss Konig's kindergarten class. Students in this photograph include: Roland Heismann, Ewald Bierger, Alfred Krueger, Lawrence Margwardt, Irvin Krueger, Jo... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | School #4, Second Grade class, Watertown, Wisconsin. Top Row: Esther Jaeck, unknown, Celest McGobrick, Frank Bomb, Edna Stevy, Ruth Archie, George Dame, Es... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Northey School, District No. 7, pose in front of a brick wall at the school. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | William Richard Leonard, the director of the Northey School board, poses next to an automobile. He is wearing bib overalls and a cap. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Pupils at the Northey School, District No. 7, read and work at their desks. Student artwork and other prints decorate the walls. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Edna Leonard, a student at Northey School, posing in front of shrubs near a building. On the reverse of the photograph is written: "Belongs to a local 4-H ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Richard Northey, 11, a student at the Northey School, poses on a pony. There is a barn in the background. On the reverse of the photograph is written "He h... |
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