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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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University of Wisconsin Students

Date: 1869
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin students, perhaps a graduating class, on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall).
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Group of Children in front of Elementary School

Date: 1895
Description: View across road towards the exterior of a brick elementary school in northern Wisconsin. A large group of children and adults pose from within the schooly...
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Kilbourn School

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of students and teachers posing in front of the Kilbourn School.
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Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 06 1910
Description: Large group of children and adults pose outdoors at the second annual contest.
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First Annual Grant County Spelling, Adding, and Writing Contest

Date: 05 07 1909
Description: Large group of school children and adults posed outside. Some of the students are holding banners.
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High School, Richland Center, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: Exterior view towards a high school, with students walking on the sidewalks and several parked automobiles.
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Hillcrest School

Date: 1933
Description: Students standing in front of Hillcrest School, a one-room school in Waukesha County.
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Class at an Unidentified Schoolhouse

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a woman and a large group of children posing standing and sitting on a wooden porch of a wooden school house with two open doors.
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Teacher Reading to School Children

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Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
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Milwaukee Normal School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the school with a man standing on the sidewalk in front of the three-story building spraying the lawn with a hose. A group of people are in fr...
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Lowell School Sixth Graders at Madison Airport

Date: 10 20 1949
Description: A group of sixth graders, from Lowell School, are shown with a Northwest Airlines plane at Madison's municipal airport as a part of their study of transpor...
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Blackhawk Country Club Junior Golf Lessons

Date: 07 23 1953
Description: Elevated long shot view of 13 young golfers practicing their driving stance as the golf pro is looking on.
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Baptist Sunday School Class

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Description: Outdoor portrait of a large group of children posing outside a house, with two women in the background inside of the house looking out of a large window. I...
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Nakoma School Graduation Parties

Date: 06 10 1953
Description: Six Nakoma School graduates sitting outdoors during a buffet supper at the John C. and Ida Doerfer home at 4105 Chippewa Drive. Left to right: Georgiana Mc...
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Nakoma School Graduation Parties

Date: 06 09 1953
Description: Outdoor group portrait of three Nakoma School graduates at an outdoor supper party at the home of John C. Doerfer, 4105 Chippewa Drive. David Ahlgren is se...
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Madison General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1963

Date: 06 14 1961
Description: Forty-three nursing students in the Madison General Hospital School of Nursing Class of 1963 begin the two-year clinical phase of their nursing education. ...
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Dudegon School Picnic

Date: 06 04 1959
Description: Overhead view of the children of Dudegon school on Monroe Street gathered on the front lawn for the annual school picnic. Men and women are standing on the...
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Excelsior Public School

Date: 1909
Description: View across road of school children and a man and a woman standing in front of the two-story public school. There is a bell tower above the entrance. A num...
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Zimmerman Twin's Birthday Party

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: The Zimmerman twins, Lettie and Lloyd, celebrated their 11th birthday with 54 friends and 12 teachers at Lincoln School. From left to right are friends: Ly...

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