Graduation Barn Dance | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Graduation Barn Dance

Graduation Barn Dance | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Six children are standing and posing on a barn floor. Behind them in the hayloft, and sitting in the background near an open barn door are children and adults. At least two of the children have T-shirts with the image and logo from the movie "Saturday Night Fever." Caption reads: "<b>GRADUATION BARN DANCE</b> - Members of the sixth grade graduating class at Summit School presented their own program Friday as they held a party on a farm in the Town of Summit. With a police escort, the class bicycled from the school at Valley Rd. and Highway 67 to the farm at 35100 Genesee Lake Rd. for the party."

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DESCRIPTION
Six children are standing and posing on a barn floor. Behind them in the hayloft, and sitting in the background near an open barn door are children and adults. At least two of the children have T-shirts with the image and logo from the movie "Saturday Night Fever." Caption reads: "GRADUATION BARN DANCE - Members of the sixth grade graduating class at Summit School presented their own program Friday as they held a party on a farm in the Town of Summit. With a police escort, the class bicycled from the school at Valley Rd. and Highway 67 to the farm at 35100 Genesee Lake Rd. for the party."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:140797
Creation Date: 06 09 1978
Creator Name:Milwaukee Journal
City:Summit
County:Waukesha
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Classified file, circa 1850s-1950s
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:CF 3396-A
Original Dimensions:10 x 7 inches
SUBJECTS
Women
Barns
Dance
Dancers
Clothing and dress
Eyeglasses
Shoes
Ladders
Parties
Children
Indoor photography
Portraits, Group
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Reference Details
Location:Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin

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