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Photograph

International R-183 School Bus

Date: 1953
Description: Two children are exiting an International R-183 School Bus. The children are greeted by a woman, possibly their mother. A man, possibly the father of the c...
Photograph

Danville Schoolhouse

Date: 05 1925
Description: View across road of the front facade of a rural schoolhouse. A small dog is lying on the entrance's front steps, and the sign above reads: "Liberty School ...
Photograph

Houses on a Rural Road

Date: 05 30 1916
Description: View down center of rural dirt road with houses along both sides in Black Hawk County. A man and horse are in a field on the left, near a sign that says: "...
Photograph

Group of Youth on Way to School

Date: 06 11 1920
Description: Four young boys walking on a dirt road in rural Cook County on their way to school. All are dressed similarly. Two older girls are also seen walking closel...
Photograph

Crowd after Winning State Championship

Date: 1978
Description: "Lomira High School's girls receive a rousing reception on their return from Madison."
Photograph

Bird's Eye View

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view over farm fields in the foreground and town in the distance, with low rolling hills in the far background. Buildings that stand out are St Lu...
Photograph

Boy with Calf

Date: 1931
Description: Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background.
Photograph

Boarding R-Line School Bus

Date: 1958
Description: Slightly elevated view of a group of four young women and one young man as they board an International R-line school bus parked along a rural road. The tex...
Photograph

Children Exiting an International School Bus

Date: 1930
Description: View down side of road of a group of children exiting an International school bus. On the front and side of the bus is painted the "International" emblem. ...
Postcard

Elevated View of Bagley, Wis.

Date: 1908
Description: Elevated photographic postcard view of town showing homes and businesses. A windmill is in the foreground. The school is on the far edge of town on the lef...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 514-521

Date: 
Description: Put aside anything so futile

All that fermented time
spent and blackened, much obscured,
is now restored with cheese and wine
Photograph

Hixton School in Winter

Date: 
Description: View along fence line snow-covered field towards a three story building in the distance on the left. Identified as the Hixton school towards Sechlerville.
Postcard

East from Water Tower

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Dodgeville, with fields, houses, and lawns in the foreground, larger, brick buildings in the center, and a church in the distance. Caption...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Photograph

Humbird School, Clark County

Date: 
Description: View across field from board sidewalk towards a school near a hill, with an exposed bluff in the background. Identified as the Humbird School in Clark Coun...
Photograph

Aerial View of Schenk School Construction

Date: 1954
Description: Aerial view of the construction of Herbert Schenk Elementary School, as well as the surrounding neighborhood.

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