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Spring Brook School Students

Date: 1930
Description: View from front of classroom of students seated at desks at Spring Brook School near Berlin. A woman is standing in the back of the classroom on the right ...
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Emerson School Eye Testing

Date: 02 11 1935
Description: Woman pointing at chart and one child showing which way the E is pointing for Emerson School eye examinations. A piano is in the background.
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Eastman School Students

Date: 1905
Description: Eastman School students, along with a woman, posing outdoors in front of the school. An American flag is hanging behind them on the side of the schoolhouse...
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Kitten Ball

Date: 1932
Description: A girl poses with a bat as a second girl holds a ball. Two young men in sweaters, identified as students from Whitewater Teachers College (now the Universi...
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Teacher with School Bus

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Description: A teacher waiting for students in the doorway of a school bus parked in the driveway near a brick building. A driver and other adults are visible in the in...
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Playground Games

Date: 1968
Description: Children and adults having a tug of war during a play day at Marquette School. A fence and dwellings are in the background.
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Lay Teacher's Assistants Help Teachers in Madison Schools

Date: 11 11 1965
Description: Thirteen lay teacher's assistants are hired to assist teachers in nine different Madison schools where the number of students exceeds 30 or 32 in the class...
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Lay Teacher's Assistants Help Teachers in Madison Schools

Date: 11 11 1965
Description: Thirteen lay teacher's assistants are hired to assist teachers in nine different Madison schools where the number of students exceeds 30 or 32 in the class...
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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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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Paula Suomi in her seventh grade classroom at Cherokee Junior High. She is the mother of three.
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Randall School Classroom

Date: 10 29 1931
Description: Randall school first grade classroom with students sitting in a circle. The teacher is also sitting in the circle. Caption reads: "A progressive first grad...
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Students and Teacher in New Classroom

Date: 01 09 1953
Description: Mrs. Carol Massen, kindergarten teacher, working with her kindergarten class in a new classroom space. The classroom was part of an addition that included ...
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A Small Place for a Little Music

Date: 09 08 1977
Description: A woman is standing with her hands on her hips, looking down at a group of children. All the children are wearing hats, several of which are "Bicentennial ...
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Sister Mary Anastasia

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Group portrait of Sister Mary Anastasia and two young girls at St. Colleta's School for Exceptional Children in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Anastasia...
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Group Portrait of Schoolhouse and Class of Students

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of students and teachers posing for a class portrait in front of a one-room schoolhouse.
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Group Portrait of Schoolhouse and Class of Students

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a one-room schoolhouse with the students and teachers posing in front for a group portrait. Snow is on the ground.
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We Saw You . . . Touring Newspaper Plant

Date: 02 09 1961
Description: The 2nd grade class at Hawthorne School tour the Madison Newspaper, Inc. plant as part of a week-long study of newspapers in their Social Studies class. Th...
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Kindergarten Teacher Comforts New Student

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: Florence Helmeid, Kindergarten teacher at Hoyt School comforts an unidentified boy during the first day of class.
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School Picnic

Date: 1931
Description: Teacher Marian Violet Metcalf, center, stands among her students as they prepare to roast marshmallows at the school picnic. Picnic baskets and a large mar...
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First Day of School

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Miss McGill, Oregon, with her new kindergarten class at Marquette School, returning from a walk around the school grounds.

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