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State Public School Records Room

Date: 1893
Description: Records room at the State Public School. Volumes of "analyzed accounts" are seen in the foreground, and small drawers line the right wall.
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Laundry Room at the State Public School

Date: 1893
Description: Laundry room at the State Public School, with large range equipment featured.
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Dining Hall at the State Public School

Date: 1893
Description: Dining hall at the State Public School, with numerous tables and place settings.
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State Public School

Date: 1893
Description: Exterior of the State Public School grounds, with numerous school buildings.
Photograph

Tomah Indian School

Date: 
Description: Tomah Indian School with boys standing in front of the entrance sign.
Postcard

Wilton High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior of the Wilton High School. Caption reads: "High School, Wilton, Wis."
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Graded School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the graded school. There is a bell tower above the entrance. Caption reads: "Graded School, Warrens, Wis."
Postcard

Government Indian School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the main building. Caption reads: "Government Indian School, Main Building, Tomah, Wis."
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Indian School. Caption reads: "Indian School, Wis."
Photograph

Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Indian School.
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School Milk Cooler

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: A man loads a milk can into a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children.
Photograph

High School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view of the Cashton High School with bell tower. A woman looks out the window above the entrance, and a group of children and teenagers pose along...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the first district public school, erected in 1916. There is a hand-pump for water in the yard in front of the building.
Map or Atlas

Map of Monroe County, Wisconsin

Date: 1877
Description: A map of Monroe County, Wisconsin that shows the townships and landownership and acreage wagon roads, railroads, streams, schools, and houses. Also include...
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Public School

Date: 1925
Description: A one-story wood frame school with a lightning rod or flagpole on the bell tower. A hand water pump is near the front entrance, and a tire swing is wrapped...
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High School

Date: 1915
Description: View of front and part of left side of the high school. The large brick building features arched windows, a belfry and a flagpole on the roof.
Postcard

High School

Date: 
Description: View of exterior of the high school, a brick building with a belfry in the center of the roof, and a flagpole going through a gable in the roof on the left...
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Group of Native American Children

Date: 1935
Description: A group of nine children, two girls and seven boys, sitting on the steps of the Indian School at Tomah. Two boys on the left are holding balls. All of the ...
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Back to School

Date: 1975
Description: Elevated view down road from a hill towards a dog returning to his driveway after the children were picked up by the school bus on a rural road.
Postcard

Indian School

Date: 06 22 1942
Description: Text on front reads: "U.S. Indian School, Tomah Wis." Opened in 1893, the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian children how to shed ...

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