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Central High School Entrance

Date: 12 09 1933
Description: View of the Central High School entrance arch at 214 Wisconsin Avenue. Ivy is growing around the entrance, and is obscuring the carved letters of "High Sch...
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Edgewood High School Doorway

Date: 11 30 1969
Description: Inscription in relief above the arched doorway that is the main entrance to Edgewood High School. The inscription reads "Laudare, Benedicere, Praedicare," ...
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Sophomore Shuffle at Wisconsin High School

Date: 03 23 1949
Description: Nancy Fowlkes, left, and Virginia Hammen are shown as they worked on decorations for the Sophomore Shuffle at Wisconsin High School. "With the arrival of s...
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High School and Training School

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Description: Exterior of High School and Training School. The building features a cupola and brickwork. To the left, a horse-drawn carriage is parked, and a sidewalk le...
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Edgewood High School Play "Youth is A Journey"

Date: 07 29 1953
Description: Three members of the Edgewood High School 1953 graduating class performing "Youth is A Journey" on the steps of the school. Left to right are: Mary Durfee,...
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West High School Christmas Tree

Date: 12 17 1953
Description: West High School students Janis Tande, Phyllis Waddell, and Dick Stephen decorate a Christmas tree for a school party.
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West High School Girls' Club Christmas Activities

Date: 12 08 1954
Description: Three girls displaying Christmas decorations that their club had made for the Veterans' Administration Hospital. They are Judy Davis, Heidi Trummer, and Ma...
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Christmas Parties

Date: 12 20 1954
Description: Four Wisconsin High School sophomore girls, co-hostesses for a holiday dancing party at Blackhawk Country Club, include, from left to right: Gill Wolff, Ju...
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Belgian Exchange Student

Date: 12 10 1956
Description: Georges Thomsin (left), from Liege, Belgium, showing Dick Trappe how Christmas decorations are made in Belgium. Both are students at Monona Grove High Scho...
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West High School May Dance Royalty

Date: 05 11 1957
Description: Thomas Christensen, Sally Canfield, James Fisher, Betty Feig, Lynn Morton, Thomas Stevens, all shown in fancy dress, are the reigning royalty for the West ...
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West High School Valentine Dance

Date: 02 05 1957
Description: Connie Platz (left) and Mary Hess (right), decorations chairman and social chairman, prepare for West High School's Valentine dance.
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Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom

Date: 05 07 1957
Description: "Cinderella" is the theme of the Edgewood High School Junior-Senior Prom. Members of the poster and publicity committee: Kathy Connell, Darlene DeBower, R...
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East High School Benefit Dance

Date: 04 01 1958
Description: Decorations are created for "East Escapades" benefit dance to raise funds to bring a foreign exchange student to East High School next year. Left to right:...
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Union High School

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Description: View across lawn towards the front of a large brick school building. Identified as Union High School
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Edgewood High School Honor Students

Date: 05 28 1958
Description: Ten scholarship winners in their caps and gowns, honored at a ceremony for Edgewood senior high honor students are, left to right: Thomas Wildeman, Abigail...

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