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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1899
Description: Students raise their hands in a kindergarten class at Crow School.
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Kindergarten Room at Iowa School

Date: 10 30 1917
Description: Interior view from back of room of a kindergarten classroom at Orange Township Consolidated School. Desks stand in rows, and chairs are lined at the front ...
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North Vietnam School

Date: 1967
Description: Kindergarten classroom in the North Vietnamese village of Phu Xa, showing the ditch in the center of the room that ran to the air raid shelter. Two men sta...
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Sunnyside School

Date: 09 01 1954
Description: Portrait of kindergarteners at Sunnyside School, 3902 East Washington Avenue. Among those pictured are James Strube, Allan Peterson, Jane Ritchart, and Ros...
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1903
Description: Miss Konig's kindergarten class. Students in this photograph include: Roland Heismann, Ewald Bierger, Alfred Krueger, Lawrence Margwardt, Irvin Krueger, Jo...
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Pinata Party at Randall School

Date: 12 18 1954
Description: Edmundo Calva, son of Dr. and Mrs. Edmundo Calva of 1603 Jefferson Street and formerly of Mexico City, brought a pinata to Miss Marguerite Drews' morning k...
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New Teachers at Madison Public Schools

Date: 09 11 1956
Description: Miss Dorothy Calkins of 1 E. Gilman Street is the new kindergarten teacher at Washington School. Theresa Roche, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roche, 143 ...
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Christmas Party

Date: 12 17 1992
Description: "Kindergarten children perform at a Christmas Party at the Theresa School."
Postcard

The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 
Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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School Children Celebrating Thanksgiving

Date: 11 1953
Description: Children dressed as Puritans sing Thanksgiving songs for their fellow kindergartners at Franklin School.

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