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Free Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Free Public Library with a woman, children, and a dog on its front lawn. Caption reads: "Free Public Library, Two Rivers, Wis."
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Farnsworth Public Library

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Description: View towards the front of the library. A woman and three girls are standing on front steps. Caption reads: "Farnsworth Public Library, Oconto, Wis."
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Medford Public Library

Date: 1924
Description: Exterior view of the Medford Public Library. The entrance is flanked by lampposts. A group of girls are standing on the far right. Caption reads: "Medford ...
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Public School

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Description: A class of students and their teacher pose outside of the public school.
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Public Library

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Description: View from street toward the Farnsworth Public Library. The building is constructed of stone and brick; columns and a pediment frame the main entrance. A gi...
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Public School Number Six

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Description: Children stand on the sidewalk outside Public School Number Six, a tall brick building on a city block.
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Public Health Nursing Week

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Public Health Nursing Week. School nurse, Dorothy Dorman, inspecting the throats of four pupils at Sherman School. From left are: Larry Call, Norbert Eugen...
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Public School No. 4

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Description: Exterior of Public School No. 4, built in 1883. The brick building entrance has a sign that reads: "High School," and features Gothic arches, long, rectang...
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Theresa Public School Library

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Theresa Public School Library."
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Madison Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Children and young adults read in the public library. The boy facing the camera is barefoot. Bookshelves line the walls; prints and photographs are also on...
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Number Nine Public School

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Description: View of children playing at the Zabriskie Playground outside Number Nine Public School. The playground is found at the intersection of Mercer and Wayne St...
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Loganville Public School

Date: 1925
Description: Children play on slides, see-saws, and swings in the playground of the public school.
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Public Health Nursing Week

Date: 04 16 1947
Description: Public Health Nursing Week. Helen Guelzow of the Visiting Nurse Service making her daily physical check-up of two University of Wisconsin nursery school ch...
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United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration

Date: 07 13 1946
Description: Close-up of two participants, a man and a boy, in a United Public Workers Parade/Demonstration. Both are looking at the photographer and the boy carries a ...
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La Farge Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the public school. A large brick building with a bell tower on the roof, arched entrances, and a wooden fence along the side.
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Theresa Public School

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Mrs. Ona Johnson's second and third graders — Theresa Public School."
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Stevens Point Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Stevens Point Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by a $22,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie. The children's Roo...
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Dane County Immunization Clinic

Date: 02 03 1961
Description: Dr. Joseph F. Behrend of Sun Prairie (left) and Carol Dorn, a public health nurse, look on as Mrs. R.J. McCarthy (right) administers a vaccine to Darrel Ca...
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Public Health Clinic, Town of Lake

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Description: Two men are checking children with stethoscopes, another man is looking into a girl's mouth, and two women are writing in notepads. Other women and many ch...
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Hula Lesson with Children at Madison Public Library

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Joan Nagamatsu, 2110 University Avenue, a native of Hawaii, illustrating hula movements to a group of young children at the Madison Public Library, 206 Nor...

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