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Central High School Senior Party

Date: 02 01 1929
Description: Central High School midyear commencement party.
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Sun Prairie Freshman Class

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of the 1914 Sun Prairie freshman class. Included in the group is Bill Droster, grandfather of the donor of this image.
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East High School Athletic Captains

Date: 05 11 1950
Description: Three famous University of Wisconsin athletes and three East High School athletes pose for a group portrait at the annual banquet for East lettermen at the...
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"Let's Go North For A South Victory"

Date: 08 17 1950
Description: Three students and two adults are shown making arrangements for the chartering of a bus to take Madison high school students on a chaperoned trip to Green ...
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Central High School Trade and Technical Courses

Date: 02 07 1951
Description: Drafting student Bruce Maxwell confers with his instructor, Herbert Zimdars. They are participating in Central High School's first year of Trade and Techn...
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Edgewood College Freshman Prom

Date: 05 09 1952
Description: King Bob Machoths, Monroe, crowns queen Judy O'Boyle, Sioux Falls, SD, as little sailor Johnny Hunt looks on.
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Young Men and Women Posing with Nun

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Description: Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of a nun, one young man and five young women in front of a painted backdrop. The children are all ho...
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State High School Basketball Tournament

Date: 03 14 1956
Description: LaCrosse Central High School graduates were on hand at the field house to make the Lucky Bucky Badger figurine presentations to each member of the LaCrosse...
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Education Press Conference

Date: 1978
Description: Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin (center) holding a press conference about federal funding for education with students at Ellis School. A few journal...
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Bethel Lutheran Church College Scholarship Winners

Date: 06 15 1957
Description: Group portrait of seven high school seniors who won $100 scholarships from Bethel Lutheran Church. Students are, left to right, front row: Nancy Frailing, ...
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Walworth County Girl Wins State Spelling Bee

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Carol Fellows, a 14-year-old girl from Genoa City, is shown at the moment she was declared Badger State Spelling Bee champion. She outspelled 62 other city...
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Central High Football Banquet

Date: 12 01 1960
Description: Co-Captain Jim Herrick, sitting, appears to be the center of attraction at the Bank of Madison's annual banquet for Madison Central High school's football ...
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Brother-Sister General Motors Scholarship Winners

Date: 04 25 1961
Description: Madison Central High School senior Arlene Parmentier (right) holding a scholarship she won from General Motors. Her brother, Robert (left), is also a Gener...
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East High School 1962 Graduation Ceromony

Date: 06 15 1962
Description: An unnamed graduate receiving a high school diploma as the audience is looking on at the 1962 East High School graduation ceremony. Presenting the diplomas...
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School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf

Date: 1885
Description: Formal group portrait of the students attending the Milwaukee Day School for the Oral Instruction of the Deaf. The first public day school for the deaf, es...
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Group Portrait at High School Graduation

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Description: Group portrait of six people at a high school graduation. The graduate is wearing a blanket with a Native American motif draped over one of his shoulders, ...
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State High School Debate Tournament

Date: 02 27 1954
Description: Student John Wilkinson, Tomah High School, speaking from the podium in the forensics tournament held in Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus.
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State High School Debate Tournament

Date: 02 27 1954
Description: Steve Coughlin, Wisconsin High School, using his hands to emphasize a point while debating in the forensics tournament held in Bascom Hall on the Universit...
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Summer Music Clinic Try Outs

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: Two worried-looking high school musicians look for their names and judges' ratings. "Scanning the bulletin board outside Music hall are George Packard, Por...
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University of Wisconsin President's Official Residence

Date: 09 21 1958
Description: University of Wisconsin president Conrad A. Elvehjem, his wife, son, and daughter seated in the Tudor living room of the official residence.

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