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| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Marian Metcalf, teacher at Dyer School, poses on a sidewalk in front of the porch of a stuccoed house. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Claire Alexander, 12, identified on the reverse of the photograph as "Boy Champion of 4-H Club" posing wearing bib overalls and a cap with earflaps. Two ot... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A woman sits and reads on a wooden slat bench in a flower garden. There are ornamental plants in a wash tub and other containers; a rose bush nearly covers... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Claire Alexander posing with a young calf in a pasture near a wooded ravine at his father's farm. There is a manure spreader and shed in the background. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A girl wearing bloomers and long stockings performs a headstand as other girls look on. One of the bystanders is also wearing athletic clothes under her co... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | View across water towards a group of pupils from the Dyer School fishing from the banks of a stream "about a mile south of school." They are using long can... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Pupils of the Dyer School, District No. 1 pose in front of the school. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Students pose in front of Farmer's Grove School, District No #3, Towns of York and New Glarus. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Henry Otto Elmer, wearing a cap and bib overalls, poses in front of his large dairy barn. There are twin silos on the right with a decorative pattern in th... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A prominent sign identifies the Postville School, District No. 1. The school is brick, with twin gables in the front; vines grow up the walls. The gables h... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Selma Eismoe, the teacher at Farmer's Grove School, poses with her mother, Mrs. H.O. Eidsmoe. Mrs. Eidsmoe stands on concrete porch steps. A curtain blows ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Five women pose at the dam built by Frank Lloyd Wright at his home near Spring Green, Wisconsin. A sixth figure is obscured by tree branches on the right. ... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Alvin Elmer, age 15, holds a model airplane and coal truck that he made. His teacher at Farmer's Grove School wrote on the reverse of the photograph, "This... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Arlene Annette Elmer, 14, poses with three of her drawings alongside the Farmer's Grove School. Her teacher wrote on the reverse of this photograph that sh... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Arlene Elmer, 14, poses outside the Farmer's Grove School with a guitar. On the reverse of the photograph is written "This pupil is leader in plays and gam... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Ivan Rhyner, 13, "leader of highest class in history" at Farmer's Grove School, poses outside the school holding a book. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Esther Elmer, 20, poses with jars of fruits and vegetables which she has canned. A fancy carpet is hanging behind her as a backdrop. She wrote on the rever... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Ivan Rhyner, 13, milks a Brown Swiss cow out of doors, near a gate on his father's farm. Other cows observe from the opposite side of the fence. The photog... |
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