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Mr. Schleck Talking on Radio

Date: 10 01 1931
Description: Emerson school principal Leo P. Schleck, director of radio education for the city, talking on the radio at Emerson School.
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Students at a High School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Four students, Kris Roisum, Karen Nelson, Charles Leveque, and Rick Radder, drinking sodas and chatting with Principal Emery Bainbridge at a Cherokee Heigh...
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Mrs. Grace M. Pekel

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Mrs. Grace Pekel, principal of Shorewood Hill school, retiring after serving as principal at that school since 1928.
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Mazomanie High School Football Players

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Joseph "Roundy" Coughlin presenting the Wisconsin State Journal Trophy, emblematic of the suburban Six-Man Football league championship, to two memb...
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Samuel Sterling Sherman, Educator

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Description: Cabinet card of Samuel Sterling Sherman (1815-1914), American educator. In 1842, Sherman became president of Howard College in Alabama, which was later ren...
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LeRoy Luberg

Date: 06 05 1947
Description: Portrait of Leroy Luberg who, while on leave from his West Junior High school principal job, served in WW II as a civilian employee of the Office of Strate...
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Teachers with Educational Toy

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: Two Madison teachers, Ruth Allcott of Wisconsin High, and Lillian Simonson, Marquette principal, are shown experimenting with a new "teaching gadget" for u...
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Frank Allis School Basketball Team

Date: 03 14 1949
Description: Group portrait of the Frank Allis Grade School basketball team, champions of the Suburban Grade School League. Also pictured, back row left, is Principal-C...
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Madison Community Chest Budget Committee

Date: 04 05 1949
Description: A.F. Ketterer, principal of Franklin elementary school is at his desk looking over Wisconsin State Journal Badger Spelling Bee material with two of h...
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East High School Athletic Night Banquet

Date: 04 14 1949
Description: East High School Athletic Night Banquet held at the East Side Business Men's Association clubhouse. Seated, left to right, are John Brickhouse, toastmaster...
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Madison East High School Football Banquet

Date: 11 10 1949
Description: The four main speakers at Madison East High School's 27th annual football banquet stand together beneath a clock. They are (left to right): Foster Randle, ...
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Elizabeth Agnes Waters

Date: 09 15 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Agnes Waters, Fond du Lac principal.
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West High School Football Banquet

Date: 12 07 1949
Description: Seated at the head table of the West High School football banquet are, (left to right): Bob Odell, University of Wisconsin backfield coach and main speaker...
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West Junior High School Spelling Finalists

Date: 04 04 1950
Description: Roger E. Trafford, principal at West junior high school, standing in an auditorium with his students who won the first four places in the school spelling b...
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Nakoma School Spelling Contest Finalists

Date: 04 07 1950
Description: The six finalists in the recent Nakoma School contest to pick a champion for the city finals of the State Journal's Badger spelling bee look up misspelled ...
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Randall School Spelling Champion

Date: 04 12 1950
Description: John Wyngaard, Randall school spelling champion, is shown reviewing the word list with the two runners-up and principal H. Ralph Allen. Left to right are: ...
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Madison East High School Football Banquet

Date: 11 28 1950
Description: Group portrait of a few of those who helped make the annual Madison East High School football banquet possible. Pictured left to right are: Don Evans, vars...
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West High School Football Dinner

Date: 12 08 1950
Description: The speakers at the annual West High School football dinner, seated at the head table from left to right. They are: R.O. Christofferson, West High principa...
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Emerson School Cub Scouts

Date: 02 27 1952
Description: Group portrait of five Cub Scouts as they receive awards at Emerson School. At front is David Todd. First row, left to right: James Wahlber, Jerry Lomas, D...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers participating in a Red Cross first aid training course as part of the civil defense program. West high school principal R. O. Christoffers...

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