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| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America. |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Margarethe Meyer Schurz, the first kindergarten teacher in the United States. Caption reads: "Mrs. Carl Schurz First Ki... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the high school located on East Main Street. Caption reads: "High School, Watertown, Wis." |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School, Watertown, Wis." |
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| Description: | Large group of children and two women standing in neat rows with two women outside of fence in front of a brick building that appears to be a country schoo... |
| Date: | 1944 |
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| Description: | Two tractors on display in a room at F.G. Taylor Farm Equipment Co., an International Harvester dealership. The room is full of folding chairs and appears ... |
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| Description: | A view of the facade and side of the building, made mostly of brick. |
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| Description: | View across street toward the facade and right side of a high school building. A postman walks along the sidewalk in front, and nearby a man sits in his ho... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A view of Fourth School, featuring a cupola with a weathervane. Three young girls are posing standing beneath a tree beside the school. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across street toward the front and right side of St. Mark's Parish School. A dirt lot is to the right. |
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| Description: | Exterior of Public School No. 4, built in 1883. The brick building entrance has a sign that reads: "High School," and features Gothic arches, long, rectang... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Miss Konig's kindergarten class. Students in this photograph include: Roland Heismann, Ewald Bierger, Alfred Krueger, Lawrence Margwardt, Irvin Krueger, Jo... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | School #4, Second Grade class, Watertown, Wisconsin. Top Row: Esther Jaeck, unknown, Celest McGobrick, Frank Bomb, Edna Stevy, Ruth Archie, George Dame, Es... |
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| Description: | Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | This map shows lot and block numbers, buildings, some land ownership, wards, waterways, streets, railroads, brick yards, and cemeteries. It includes an ind... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View across lawn towards a man holding open a door for a group of children. They are entering a small white building, the site of America's first kindergar... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | View from back of display of people visiting the first kindergarten building. A mannequin dressed as a nineteenth century teacher is sitting in a chair on ... |
| Date: | 04 1901 |
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| Description: | A Sanborn map of Watertown, including an index and a key. |
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