Skip to main content

click zoom to display a high-res image
Photographs

School Picnic

Image

Students from the Eagle Corners School, District No. 3, Township of Eagle, roast marshmallows over a fire at Barett's Hill (spelled Barrett's on the reverse of the photograph.)

Date Created:
May 14, 1931

Publication Information

Date Created May 14, 1931

Physical Description

Format Image
Dimensions 10 x 7 cm

Collection Information

Source Collection Wisconsin rural school survey records, 1931-1933
Call Number PH 262.11g

Copyright Information

Copyright Status COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED
Unique ID
W013YVF
Legacy ID
WHi 101960

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
School Picnic

School Picnic

1931

Teacher Marian Violet Metcalf, center, stands among her students as they prepare to roast marshmallows at the school picnic. Picnic baskets and a large marshmallow can rest on the ground. There are...

View
Photographs
Irene Mervin

Irene Mervin

1933

Irene Mervin, a 12-year-old student at Eagle Corners School, poses with a baseball bat in front of a large tree. On the reverse of the photograph is written "Irene is very good natured."

View
Photographs
The School at Work

The School at Work

1933

Glady Hofseth, the teacher at Eagle Corners School, sits with a small group of students at the front of the classroom while the other students work at their desks. There is a large stove in the bac...

View
Photographs
Gladys Hofseth

Gladys Hofseth

1933

The teacher at Eagle Corners School, District No. 3, Township of Eagle, Gladys Hofseth, poses in front of the school. She is wearing a polka dot dress.

View
Photographs
Teenagers Picnic

Teenagers Picnic

May 4, 1959

Julie Snyder roasts a hot dog at a Madison park shelter fireplace during a picnic for teenagers.

View
Photographs
Agricultural Projects

Agricultural Projects

1931

Students of the Consolidated School, District No. 4, pose next to the school building with display boards prepared for an agricultural project. They have mounted transverse and longitudinal section...

View
Go to top
Wisconsin Historical Society
Search Dropdown