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Sewing Class at School for Indian Children

Date: 1895
Description: Sewing room at Lac du Flambeau U.S. Government School for Indian children. Female students posed at their sewing machines and work tables.
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St. Mary's Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Alleged to be the earliest known view of St. Mary's Institute, which later became St. Mary's College. One-half of a stereograph.
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Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse

Date: 1890
Description: Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop...
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Inch School

Date: 1898
Description: Students and teachers pose in front of Inch School.
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: The football team from Platteville Normal School.
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NY College of Pharmacy, Class Portrait

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1890, NY College of Pharmacy.
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"Cottage" Sewing Room

Date: 1884
Description: "Cottage" sewing room at the Wisconsin Industrial School for girls, depicting a class of young girls handling fabrics, sewing, and working with sewing mach...
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Fishing near the State Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Group of young boys and two adult men fishing near the Water Works of the State Industrial School for Boys.
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Mrs. Jenkins' Schoolroom

Date: 1895
Description: View of an elementary school classroom with two-seater desks. American flags and bunting complete the decor.
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Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait of the 1897 Henry Kendall College football team, holders of the championship in Indian Territory. The players are Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw,...
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Henry Kendall College Football Team

Date: 1898
Description: Group portrait of the 1898 Henry Kendall College football team, made up of four Creek Indians, two Choctaw Indians, one Cherokee Indian, and ten white men.
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Kingman Indian Day School

Date: 1898
Description: Students in front of Kingman Indian Day School.
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Multiple Views of Crandon

Date: 1895
Description: Collage of multiple views of buildings and stores in Crandon.
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Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i...
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Koll Schoolhouse

Date: 1860
Description: Koll schoolhouse in Truax Prairie.
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Bartlett School

Date: 1870
Description: Third Ward, East Side, or "Bartlett School." This is probably the earliest picture in existence and is copied form the margin of "an old map." This first...
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Bartlett School

Date: 1885
Description: The Third Ward, East Side, or Barlett School, after additions had been put on in the rear. The Bartlett after whom the school building was named was Willia...
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui...
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"Washington" School in Eau Claire

Date: 1885
Description: Front entry way to the "Washington" school, on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Broadway.
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Wesleyan Seminary in Eau Claire

Date: 1860
Description: Front entry to the Wesleyan Seminary. It was built in the early 1860's on the site of the present High School building.

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