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St. Mary's Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Alleged to be the earliest known view of St. Mary's Institute, which later became St. Mary's College. One-half of a stereograph.
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Inch School

Date: 1898
Description: Students and teachers pose in front of Inch School.
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Madison Pharmacy Lecture Room

Date: 1890
Description: View of a University of Wisconsin pharmacy lecture room.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacy Lab

Date: 1890
Description: View of an empty University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy laboratory.
Drawing

Second Ward School House

Date: 1868
Description: Illustration of the exterior of the Second Ward School House, copied from the 1868 Madison City Directory.
Drawing

Madison Female Academy

Date: 1848
Description: Sketch of the Madison Women's Seminary on the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and East Johnson. The Madison Female Academy was a 19th century school for girls w...
Print

Albion Academy North Hall

Date: 1890
Description: North Hall. Caption reads: "Academy North Hall".
Photograph

Baraboo High School

Date: 1870
Description: View of Baraboo high school with a large group of students standing around it.
Drawing

High School

Date: 1869
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
Print

Berlin High School

Date: 1870
Description: View of the Berlin High School, with children playing and people walking in the foreground.
Photograph

Union High School

Date: 1890
Description: Front view of Union High School with several people and a bicycle in the foreground.
Photograph

Union High School

Date: 1890
Description: Back view of Union High School.
Photograph

High School

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of the high school, built in 1897.
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Multiple Views of Crandon

Date: 1895
Description: Collage of multiple views of buildings and stores in Crandon.
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Institute for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1880
Description: Engraved view of the building and the grounds. On the top of the dome is a wind vane. Pedestrians, an equestrian, and a man in a horse-drawn carriage are i...
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De Pere High School

Date: 1890
Description: High school, built in 1857 and destroyed by fire in 1899.
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Koll Schoolhouse

Date: 1860
Description: Koll schoolhouse in Truax Prairie.
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Bartlett School

Date: 1870
Description: Third Ward, East Side, or "Bartlett School." This is probably the earliest picture in existence and is copied form the margin of "an old map." This first...
Photograph

Bartlett School

Date: 1885
Description: The Third Ward, East Side, or Barlett School, after additions had been put on in the rear. The Bartlett after whom the school building was named was Willia...
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui...

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