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Freedom School Class

Date: 1964
Description: A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ...
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AAA Driver's Education Class and Instructor

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA driver's training instructor with group of students, posing with dual control driver's education car, in front of Madison East High School.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Myles Horton.
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Myles Horton

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Description: Seated group observes Myles Horton making notes.
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Jane Lloyd Jones

Date: 1898
Description: Jane Lloyd Jones (also known as Aunt Jen), co-owner of the Hillside Home School, an early progressive school in Wisconsin.
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Teacher and Students participating in World War II Scrap Drive

Date: 1942
Description: Eight North Bright School pupils and teacher filling International truck and trailer with scrap metal collected for salvage drive during Governor Julius P....
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Smokey Bear with Sign

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Description: Cut-out of Smokey Bear standing next to a sign that reads: "Mr. Sportsman..Thanks for helping prevent forest fires. Smokey."
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Children at Play in Rural Setting

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Description: Children and a few adults (possibly teachers) hold hands in a circle while other children stand by or swing under a tree in a rural setting. Horse-drawn ca...
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School Children Folk Dancing

Date: 1919
Description: School children dancing in a circle to music from a Victrola phonograph as women look on. The children are outdoors, possibly in a rural schoolyard.
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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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Holy Redeemer School, Graduation Class

Date: 06 08 1945
Description: Outdoor group portrait of graduation class, Holy Redeemer School, 140 West Johnson Street, with priest and nun.
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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...
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AAA Driver Training Car

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA dual-control training car parked at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue. Several students are in the car, a Pontiac, with a man standing next...
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Erwin Alfonsus with Bees

Date: 08 09 1934
Description: Portrait of Erwin Alfonsus, University of Wisconsin entomology department's "bee man," with hand covered with bees. There are beehives in the background.
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Professor Edward Ross in Tahiti

Date: 07 11 1933
Description: Group portrait of Professor Ross and five friends in native dress in Tahiti. Two of the people are sitting on a stack of logs, with a cat sitting between t...
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Children's Golf Class

Date: 06 24 1933
Description: Twelve children swinging golf clubs at the Nakoma Golf Club with Karl Schlicht, Nakoma's golf pro, giving the lesson.
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Marquette School Playground Group in Costumes

Date: 07 18 1932
Description: Marquette School children, with their drama teacher Ethel Kaump, in costumes for their play "The Fairy Woods," presented on the banks of the Yahara River.
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Sherman Park School, Student Graduates

Date: 05 27 1932
Description: Sherman Park School, 1601 North Sherman Avenue, eighth grade graduates, five boys, one girl, and teacher. Floral arrangements and programs are featured.
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Teacher and Students in Schoolyard

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Description: A teacher and students posing outdoors in the schoolyard of Shamrock School. The teacher is holding a reading chart and the children are holding books.
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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children playing outside the nursery school classroom at the First Unitarian Society meeting house while teachers are watching. The building was designed b...

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