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New Teacher Orientation

Date: 09 08 1961
Description: New teachers listening intently at an orientation meeting. The teachers, new to the Madison public schools, left to right (starting second from the left) a...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth in Fur Clothing

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Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), an American physician and naturalist who is shown in a Russian-American fur trapper's c...
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Dr. John Maynard Woodworth, Physician

Date: 1865
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Dr. John Maynard Woodworth (1837-1879), American physician and naturalist. In 1871, Woodworth became the first Surgeo...
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Susan Hamre, Spelling Champion

Date: 03 30 1954
Description: Portrait of Susan Hamre, Lowell School, one of nine individual Madison school spelling bee champions. The other students included Joyce Hoffman, St. Bernar...
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Mrs. Marie Haight and Mrs. W.C. Dunn

Date: 02 21 1945
Description: Mrs. Marie Haight, 437 North Ingersoll Street, on the left, and Mrs. W.C. Dunn, Shorewood Hills. Mrs. Haight, a teacher at Shorewood School, is being prese...
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Alexander Dallas Bache, Scientist

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Alexander Dallas Bache (1806-1867). Worked as Professor of Natural Philosophy and Chemistry at University of Pennsylv...
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Girl Scout Cookie Sales

Date: 03 01 1945
Description: Three Girl Scouts sampling cookies at the Strand Baking Company, 2007 Atwood Avenue, with a baker, Reider Strand. Left to right: Sandra Bird, 1325 Jenifer ...
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Hearing Impaired Children

Date: 03 02 1951
Description: Two children with a hearing impairment, each seated in their mother's lap, learn about an instrument designed to help them hear. It will be used in an upco...
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Salon of School Art

Date: 05 18 1961
Description: Four teachers examine a sculpture along with the art work of 750 children and teens from Madison's 38 public schools. The 30th annual Salon of School Art w...
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Honoring Mothers

Date: 05 05 1955
Description: A young man is standing and smiling and looking at a woman sitting on the left, while another young man sitting on the right is looking on. In front of the...

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