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Class in a One-Room School House

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Description: Class of young boys and girls in a one-room school house. The children sit in three rows of school desks, watching their teacher as she instructs. Books an...
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School in Black Hawk

Date: 1925
Description: Exterior view of a school with a gable roof with bell steeple.
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Public School

Date: 1928
Description: The exterior of the white public school building. Trees and bushes partially obstruct the view.
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Public School

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Description: A class of children and a teacher pose outside the school building in the winter.
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: The exterior of the public school.
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Public School

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Description: The exterior of the public school. The building features two entrances and a bell tower.
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Public School

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Description: A class of students and their teacher pose outside of the public school.
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1933
Description: Interior view of Eagle Corners School, a one-room schoolhouse in Richland County. The students are all seated at desks and most are reading. Their coats ha...
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Hillcrest School

Date: 1933
Description: Students standing in front of Hillcrest School, a one-room school in Waukesha County.
Manuscript

What Shall We Do about Our School?

Date: 07 1951
Description: Front cover of University of Wisconsin Extension Service Special Circular 20 dealing with rural schools. The cover features a drawing of two children walki...
Manuscript

Have Our Rural Schools Kept Pace?

Date: 07 1951
Description: Graphic from University of Wisconsin Extension Service Special Circular 20 showing progress in transportation and economics and posing the question "have o...
Manuscript

A Message from the Officers of the Wisconsin Rural Schools Association

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Description: Pamphlet published by Wisconsin Rural Schools Association in opposition to proposed legislation dealing with one-room schools.
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Schoolhouse in the Woods

Date: 1919
Description: Small schoolhouse with a bell tower on the roof over the entrance to the building. The schoolhouse is surrounded by trees. A class of students is pictured ...
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Cooksville School

Date: 1924
Description: Cooksville School Class. Teacher Lloyd Porter (top row). First row: Arthur Julseth, Alvin Nording, Walter Weber, _______ Moe, Freddie Zinn, Tollef Lunde, C...
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Danz School

Date: 1921
Description: Danz School building with the students and teacher gathered outside. Several students are holding up a large American Flag.
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One Room School House Classroom

Date: 10 1928
Description: Mrs. Nash-teacher. 1st Grade: Stella Larson, Donald Knutson, Joyce Allrich, Bernell Wetterlin, Bernard Martindale, Ruth Hanson and Edith Hanson. 2nd Grade:...
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Old and New School Building

Date: 1924
Description: Children play on makeshift seesaws created from construction materials outside the old schoolhouse.
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Brick Outhouses

Date: 09 1983
Description: "These are the proverbial 'Brick Outhouses' that were found at a one room school at the corner of Fair View Drive and Wayne Center Road."
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and a group of boys and girls posing standing on the snow-covered ground behind a barbwire fence, in front of a wooden building w...
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School Group in front of Thomas School

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Description: Group portrait of a woman holding a broom and a book standing with a group of boys and girls. They are standing in front of a wooden building, probably a s...

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