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Milwaukee Flying School

Date: 1912
Description: An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption ...
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Exercise at a Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a large group of school children exercising in the schoolyard. Boys and girls are on separate sides of the yard. All are the students are ...
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Central School

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Description: View of the exterior of the school, with students standing on the front lawn. Caption reads: "Central School, Bayfield, Wis."
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School House

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Description: Slightly elevated view of a school with the students gathered on the board sidewalk. Adults are gathered near the front steps of the entrance to the school...
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Governor Philipp and President Van Hise at the U.W Campus

Date: 03 1915
Description: Governor Emmanuel Philipp stands on a dais, covered with a white sheet, behind University of Wisconsin-Madison's President Charles Van Hise. Van Hise stand...
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf, Approach to the Grounds

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Description: Hand-colored view of the drive and front gate of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The main building is obscured by trees. Caption reads: "Wisconsin Schoo...
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Fire Damage; Grant School

Date: 09 26 1908
Description: Grant School in the aftermath of Fond du Lac's biggest fire — September 26, 1908. Caption reads: "Grant School."
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Ray T. Stemper Ski School

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Description: A group of ski instructors assembled for an outdoor group portrait. Text on reverse reads: "Every year thousands of students learn to ski in lessons fro...
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Boat House and Gymnasium, U. of W.

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Description: View of the boathouse and Red Gym from Lake Mendota. Men are carrying a long boat above their heads on the dock. A group of men is gathered at the boathous...
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Central and Stout Manual Training Schools

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Description: Central High School and Stout Manual Training School connected by pedestrian bridge. Two men are walking on the lawn towards the buildings. Caption reads: ...
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North Primary School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "North Primary School." A two-story clapboard schoolhouse with a basement has students gathered on the steps to the entrance. The scho...
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Students' Promenade

Date: 10 15 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Students' Promenade, St. Clara College, Sinsinawa, Winconsin. [sic]" Several groups of students are walking along a wide, tree-shaded...
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Second Ward School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Second Ward School, South Milwaukee, Wis." A brick and stone two story schoolhouse with the students posing on the sidewalk in front.
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Hillside Home School, 4 Miles from Spring Green, Wis." Three boys are posing in front of the school. The Hillside Home School was des...
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"Hammer the Hun" Parade

Date: 1917
Description: A children's parade is marching down a street. In front are several boys dressed in overalls and carrying pitchforks and other farm implements. Behind them...
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Entrance to High School

Date: 09 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Entrance to High School, Stoughton, Wis." Four teenage girls pose on the walk to the entrance of the High School, and more students a...
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School House

Date: 03 21 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "School House, Waukau." Six girls are posing on the front steps of a two-story, clapboard school house with a belfry. Two boys are on ...
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Fern Dell County School

Date: 1950
Description: Text on the reverse reads: "The Fern Dell County School at The Pioneer Village Museum at Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Built in 1883 and used every year until 1955...

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