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Public School

Date: 1905
Description: Front view of public school building with playground. Caption reads: "Public School - Black Earth, Wis."
Postcard

Public School

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the public school, which is a two-story wooden building with a bell tower. Caption reads: "Public School, Centuria, Wis."
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of the public school.
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Public Schools

Date: 
Description: View of the public school from across a yard.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1935
Description: The public school in Iron River.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior view of the public school building and grounds. There is a bell tower above the entrance, and trees are in the yard among tall grass.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1926
Description: Public school and grounds. There is a slide on the lawn on the right. A dirt path leads up to the stairs to the entrance.
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Public School

Date: 1929
Description: Exterior view of the public school. The school building features two stories, a bell tower, and a porch. A car is parked by the entrance. There is a swing ...
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the public school in a rural area. The front door is inset, and two small square windows flank the entrance. A small structure with a roof houses a...
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Stockholm Village School

Date: 1905
Description: Students and teachers standing outside two-story brick Public School building.
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Steuben Public School

Date: 1922
Description: View across yard of the public school, a one-story wood frame L-shaped building on a hill. There are groups of students standing on the stairs at the entra...
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Backyards in the City

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of backyard areas, including some dilapidated houses and outbuildings. There are wood fences surrounding some of the yards, and laundry hangs...
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Shack in the Woods

Date: 1956
Description: Young man and a dog in the yard outside a dilapidated shack in the woods that serves as a dwelling. Laundry hangs from a line at left.
Photograph

Remodeling a Country Schoolhouse

Date: 07 09 1962
Description: Kenneth R. Colwell, a social worker with the Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare, Division of Mental Hygiene, bought the abandoned Twin Valley sch...
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Wilbur J. Cohen and His Brother

Date: 
Description: Wilbur J. Cohen holds an ax over his brother's neck. His brother has put his head on a log stump. The location is Wilbur Cohen's home in Silver Spring, Mar...
Photograph

Governor's Executive Residence

Date: 1950
Description: View from yard showing the back of the Governor's Mansion. The building features a balcony, arched windows, and several chimneys.
Photograph

The Strong Mansion

Date: 02 23 2012
Description: The former home of Moses Strong on Fountain Street.
Postcard

Gruss aus der Feststadt

Date: 1908
Description: Illustrated view of the home of Germania Saengerfest. Caption reads: "Gruss aus der Feststadt."
Photograph

Students Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "S. Boston kids preparing to hang an effigy." One of the boys is standing on the top of the chain-link fence helping the boy ...
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First Indiana Legislature Building

Date: 
Description: Four children standing near the building used by the first Indiana legislature. Caption reads: "Building used by the First Indiana Legislature, Vincennes, ...

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