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First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
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Washington School Children with Pupppies

Date: 03 30 1949
Description: Two children pose with puppies found at Washington School. On the left is Nancy Anderson, 19 N. Broom Street. On the right is Johnny Melby, 519 W. Washing...
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Student Leaving Home for School on the First Day

Date: 09 10 1949
Description: Five-year-old Jenna Icke waves to her mother Mrs. George W. Icke, and to her brother, Phil, and dog, Tippy, as she heads off to school for the first day of...
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Shorewood Hills Party Committee

Date: 01 25 1958
Description: High school students from Shorewood Hills sponsor a dancing party for all Madison teenagers. From left to right: Barbara Berger, decorations co-chair, Caro...
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Remodeling a Country Schoolhouse

Date: 07 09 1962
Description: Kenneth R. Colwell, a social worker with the Wisconsin State Department of Public Welfare, Division of Mental Hygiene, bought the abandoned Twin Valley sch...
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Playground Scene at Emerson School

Date: 1925
Description: Outdoor view of a group of boys about to play softball, and using a bat to choose who goes first. Location identified as Emerson School. A dog is standing ...
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"Hammer the Hun" Parade

Date: 1917
Description: A children's parade is marching down a street. In front are several boys dressed in overalls and carrying pitchforks and other farm implements. Behind them...

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