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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 05 1912
Description: The 1912 class at the Glenn Curtiss Aviation School on North Island, near San Diego. Milwaukee's John Kaminski (in white shirt and tie) is second from the ...
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Around-the-world Telephone Call

Date: 03 18 1931
Description: Norman Clapp, Appleton High School student, sitting in the governor's chair, represents Wisconsin in the around-the-world telephone conversation held in co...
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Barber Science Class

Date: 08 27 1929
Description: Students in the first class in Barber Science with instructor, Chester Feavel, pointing at an anatomy chart.
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Central High School "Mirror" Reporters

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School "Mirror" newspaper reporters.
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AFSCME Summer Vacation Institute Class

Date: 06 20 1946
Description: AFSCME American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Summer Vacation Institute class, standing on the steps in front of Delta Tau Delta Fra...
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Ohio Chemical Bingo Party

Date: 11 18 1950
Description: A large group of Ohio Chemical and Surgical Equipment Company employees sitting at tables playing bingo at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue.
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Ohio Chemical Bingo Party

Date: 11 18 1950
Description: A large group of Ohio Chemical and Surgical Equipment Company employees sitting at tables playing bingo at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue, a...
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High School Students War Work

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Eight high school students taking a few minutes off from their duties at Oscar Mayer and Company. From left: Kenneth Morrow, East High; Edward Wingen, East...
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Children's Art Exhibit

Date: 09 19 1944
Description: Allen Steinmetz, 4th grader at Marquette, Berry Cass, 6th grader at Emerson, and Richard Bender, 9th grader at Central Jr. High School, with their painting...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 03 1945
Description: Group of students listening to a lecture. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summer Institute in Madison for s...
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Abraham Lincoln School, Summer Institute

Date: 07 10 1945
Description: Group portrait of Summer Institute class. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summer Institute in Madison for s...
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Third Farmers Union Session

Date: 10 1948
Description: Group portrait of the third Farmers Union session at Highlander Folk School.
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Lake Nebagamon School Students

Date: 06 08 1948
Description: Group portrait of student members of grades five through eight of Lake Nebagamon village school, Douglas County. The students are pictured as they visited ...
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Ford Automobile Union Meeting

Date: 1944
Description: Group portrait of Ford automobile workers union, Local 903 delegation, at a Highlander Folk School workshop.
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Winners of the Firemen's Poster Contest

Date: 11 09 1948
Description: Group portrait of the winners of the Madison Fire Fighters union poster contest, held in conjunction with the annual Firemen's ball. Left to right in the f...
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First Train Ride Provided by Fun Fund

Date: 12 08 1948
Description: Roundy's Fun Fund and the Milwaukee Road provided forty children from the remedial department of the Madison public schools with their first train ride to ...
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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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Randall School Children Mail a Package

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Four Randall School third grade students mail a package containing a scrapbook of stories, poems, art work and photos. It will go to a third grade class in...
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Verona School Children and Train Engine

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: Thirty-six Verona first and second grade pupils rode the Chicago and North Western train from Verona to Madison, for twenty-two it was a first train ride. ...
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Gimbel Brothers Art Competition

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Madison and University of Wisconsin artists carried off the major share of the prizes and awards in the 1949 Gimbel Brothers art competition. Seated, left...

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