Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

Kindergarten

Image

View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856.

Date Created:
1928

Publication Information

Date Created 1928

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 21 x 18 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Wisconsin place file, circa 1850s-circa 1950s
Call Number PF Watertown.22

Copyright Information

Copyright Status NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Rights Holder Wisconsin Historical Society
Unique ID
W013ROW
Legacy ID
WHi 37542

Image

Digital Collections

Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
 
The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.

View Our Curated Collections

Attribution

For a credit line: Wisconsin Historical Society, Creator, Title, Unique Identifier. 

The Unique Identifier can be found at the top or bottom of the page for each item. The name of a downloaded file is NOT the unique identifier.

For bibliographic citations please consult the UW-Madison Libraries Citation Research Guide to ensure compliance with appropriate style guidelines.

 

 

Accessing Collections

The vast majority of the items in our collections are not online. The Society owns thousands of archival collections viewable in our Archives reading room. To view and conduct research in our collections, visit us in person.

Plan Your Visit

Photographs
The First Kindergarten in America

The First Kindergarten in America

1928

Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.

View
Photographs
Empire Mill

Empire Mill

1929

Exterior view of the Empire Mill.

View
Photographs
Schurz's First Kindergarten

Schurz's First Kindergarten

1947

Side view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America. A hand-pump is in the background near a brick wall.

View
Photographs
Main Street

Main Street

January 30, 1908

Elevated view of the celebration welcoming the first streetcar into Watertown.

View
Photographs
Enterprise Building

Enterprise Building

1936

The Palmyra Enterprise Building. Sign reads: "Printing of All Kinds" and "A Happy Advertising Medium."

View
Photographs
Schurz's Kindergarten Monument

Schurz's Kindergarten Monument

1947

Front view of a monument erected on the site of Mrs. Carl Schurz's first kindergarten in America.

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown