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Old Abe Memorial Day

Date: 05 30 1904
Description: Chromolithograph of Old Abe, Wisconsin War Eagle. The title reads: "Memorial Day in Wisconsin Schools."
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Kehl Recital Advertisement

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Description: Eleven portraits of young costumed students appear in an advertisement reading "Leo Kehl Dancers To Appear In Recital."
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Front of Hillside Portfolio

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Description: The front of the portfolio envelope for views of Hillside Home School.
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Inside Portfolio of Hillside

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Description: Inside of the portfolio envelope for view of Hillside Home School.
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Institution for the Education of the Blind

Date: 1865
Description: The Institution for the Education of the Blind. Caption reads: "Institution for the Education of the Blind, Janesville, Wisc. Free to Blind Children of Wis...
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State Normal School

Date: 1878
Description: State Normal School in Whitewater.
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Hillside Calendar April

Date: 1895
Description: Page showing the month of April from the Hillside Home School calendar. Included are two small cyanotype photographs, one of a house and the other of a fie...
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Teachers' Seminary

Date: 1867
Description: 1868-1875. Founded by Dr. Joseph Salzman (featured in the vignette at left, teaching). Vignette, lower left, features St. Francis Seminary, founded in 1856...
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Menominee Training School Dance Card

Date: 06 23 1908
Description: Menominee Training School dance card.
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U.S.S.G. Banner

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Description: Insignia of the United States School Garden Army (U.S.S.G.), which consists of a hoe and a rake crossed to form an "x" along with the initials of the group...
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School Funding Chart

Date: 1940
Description: Flyer titled In Wisconsin, School Costs Are the Heaviest Burden on General Property Taxpayers published by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities wi...
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf in Delavan, Wisconsin, with a background image of an elevated view of the school? and surrounding grounds p...
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City of Eau Claire Public Schools Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the City of Eau Claire Public Schools, with a three-quarter view of the High School building, and names of officers of the school district an...
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Glenwood Public Schools Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Glenwood Public Schools, with a three-quarter view of a school building, and names of school officials. Printed in blue ink on memo pad pap...
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Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys, in Waukesha, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin State Seal is on the left. On the right is the name of the sc...
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A Typical Country District School House in Price County

Date: 1895
Description: The front (left) and back (right) of a promotional card advertising farming land in northern Wisconsin.

The caption below the image reads: "A typical cou...

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School House

Date: 1895
Description: Promotional card advertising the school house in Rib Lake. The caption reads, "SCHOOL HOUSE, RIB LAKE, TAYLOR COUNTY, WIS. -In all the towns of Price and T...
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Martin Luther King Broadside

Date: 1963
Description: "Martin Luther King .... at Communist Training School," a broadside received by Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey, while civil rights legislation was bei...
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Senior Reception Menu

Date: 06 28 1887
Description: Menu for a senior reception catered by W.H. Burleson, with a wide border of pig or demon half-faces, and in the center a figure in a kimono and sandals wit...
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Wisconsin — Home of the 1928 Summer White House

Date: 1928
Description: Stamp for Wisconsin created during or after President Calvin Coolidge's 1928 summer visit to Wisconsin. President Coolidge spent the summer fishing on the ...

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