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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Two-Story Brick Public School

Date: 1870
Description: Two-story brick building built in 1870 with arched windows, corner brackets, bell tower with elaborate cut work, four chimneys and fence in front. Inscript...
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Machine Shop

Date: 1904
Description: View down hill of Machine Shop, Electrical Laboratory and Industrial Arts Laboratory, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A large smokestack is ...
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Glen Haven District #3 School Building

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Description: Small clapboard one-room schoolhouse with chimney.
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Martha Berry School

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Description: The birthplace of the Martha Berry School for girls, founded by Martha McChesney Berry (10/7/1865 – 2/27/1942). The school for girls would eventually evolv...
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St. Michael's Industrial School

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Description: A view of St. Michael's Industrial School, with students lined up in formation along the road that leads to the school. Two boys with drums lead the proces...
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Old School House

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view across path toward a school house. On the left are stairs and a handrail leading to the basement area.
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Hillside Home Building

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Description: The first building built for the Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green. Exterior view of the Hillside Home Building, a Shingle Style building, de...
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The Moravian Center

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Description: Elevated view of the Moravian Center. On the left is the Central Moravian Church, constructed between 1803 and 1806, and on the right stands the Moravian C...
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Connecticut Hall of Yale University

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Description: Engraving of Connecticut Hall, Yale's first permanent building, completed in 1752. The engraving shows a front view of the original Yale building, and a fe...
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Lauralton Hall at Academy of Our Lady of Mercy

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Description: Exterior of Lauralton Hall, founded in 1905 by the Sisters of Mercy. The large building exhibits a porch and an ivy-covered stone shelter with arches on ea...
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The Selleck Overlook Military Academy

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Description: Exterior of the Selleck Overlook Military Academy, completed in 1906. The castle-like structure features a lamp post near a staircase at the entrance, as w...
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Saint Xavier Academy

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Description: Exterior of Saint Xavier Academy, erected in 1874. Groups of people stand on the lawn.
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Ward School

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Description: Exterior of Ward Public School. The sidewalk leads to an entrance where a sign reads: "Public School."
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St. Coletta School

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Description: View of St. Calletta School. The three-story brick school building features arch and rectangular windows, several porch-like entrances, and a cupola. A w...
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Jefferson High School

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Description: Exterior view of a high school taken from across the lawn. The three-story brick building features arch and circular windows, an arch entrance, trees, and ...
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New School House

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Description: View of a new multi-story school house as seen from across a lawn. The building features an American flag, two chimneys, and a walkway leading to a column...
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State Normal School

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Description: Exterior of the State Normal School at Stevens Point, which opened in 1894. The main entrance flanked by columns and a central cupola can be seen, along wi...
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Wisconsin State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of "Old Main" at the State Normal School, founded in 1868. The view from an adjacent road features the brick building's two towers with additional...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior view of a two-story public school. The basement windows are broken. A tree and a house are on the left in the background. Stacks of fuelwood are o...

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