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West High School

Date: 02 15 1939
Description: View of Regent Street side of West High School from Vista Road.
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Walking to School

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Description: Winter scene with children bundled-up against the cold carrying their lunch pails down a snowy rural path to the one room school house called the Pahquahah...
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Harrell International Institute Grounds

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Description: Harrell International Institute grounds. A few people stroll and relax among the trees.
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Union High School

Date: 1890
Description: Front view of Union High School with several people and a bicycle in the foreground.
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Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i...
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Madison Central High School

Date: 1938
Description: View across intersection towards Madison Central High School, located on Wisconsin Avenue.
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School for the Blind

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Description: Institution for the Education of the Blind.
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Ruins of Sturgeon Bay High School

Date: 03 05 1908
Description: The Sturgeon Bay High School after the fire the destroyed the building on March 5, 1908. Handwriting on front reads: "S.B. H.S. After Fire Mar. 5, 08 — A.S...
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Crossing Guard Helping Student

Date: 09 1956
Description: A crossing guard helps a young student to cross the street at a cross walk at Abert and Green Bay streets in Milwaukee. Two cars (one a Chevrolet), have en...
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1200 Block of Williamson Street

Date: 04 17 1945
Description: The view east down the 1200 block of Williamson Street taken for Continental Casualty. Buildings include the Flesch Grocery, 1209 Williamson Street; Fire ...
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Groves-Barnhart Secretarial School

Date: 12 12 1945
Description: Group of five women in class at the Groves-Barnhart School for Secretaries, 502 State Street at Gilman Street. There is a large window in the background, s...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students near Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street near The University Coop bookstore at Lake Street.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students on Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street east of Park Street. The State Historical Society building is on the right.
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Milwaukee Commercial School

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Northwest corner of 3rd and Wells Street, facing the Milwaukee Commercial School. A police officer directs traffic in the foreground, with pedestrians on t...
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Original Location of Second Ward High School

Date: 1920
Description: First location of the high school at 301-303 Fifth Street. Consists of two house-sized buildings, with the entrances close to each other. Sign on front of ...
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Harvey School

Date: 1918
Description: Harvey School (demolished), 1005 Jenifer Street at South Brearly Street, Marquette neighborhood. Designed by Louis Claude and Edward Starck, built in 1905...
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Footbridge

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Description: View from top of riverbank along the left side of a steel footbridge over the Sheyenne River leading to the State Normal School Grounds. The sign at the to...
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Schoolhouse Traffic Hazards

Date: 04 24 1926
Description: Children walking along the side of a road in front of a one-room schoolhouse as an automobile approaches from behind. Other children are playing in the sch...
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Girl with Lunchpail

Date: 1918
Description: A girl wearing a hat, winter coat and gloves walking through a field while carrying a lunch pail.
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Madison Panorama from University Heights

Date: 1908
Description: Panoramic view of Madison taken from Summit Avenue looking East South East toward Lake Monona. Included in the view are the Camp Randall bleachers, St. Rap...

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