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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...
Photograph

Lowell School Rear Entrance

Date: 04 06 1944
Description: Rear entrance to Lowell Elementary School, 401 Maple Avenue.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Group of Boys in front of Third Ward School

Date: 1900
Description: A group of boys, most wearing caps, pose at the side of Madison's Third Ward School, also known as Brayton School. There are girls in the background.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1913
Description: Exterior of a public school.
Photograph

University of Wisconsin Buildings

Date: 09 07 1900
Description: View across fields towards University of Wisconsin Madison buildings. On the left is standing the home of the Dean of the College of Agriculture, Stephen M...
Photograph

High School

Date: 1912
Description: View from drive of the High School and grounds. The building has a gable roof and iron fence detailing around the edge. On the right side of the building i...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 63

Date: 
Description: You came to know that book by its covered distance,
well remembered by the measure
of the trudging barefoot mile
Postcard

Entrance to High School

Date: 09 18 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Entrance to High School, Stoughton, Wis." Four teenage girls pose on the walk to the entrance of the High School, and more students a...
Postcard

Moe Museum & Old Country School

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Moe Museum & Old Country School - (Hy N. North) Sun Prairie, Wis. Visitors Welcome on Sunday afternoon 1 to 4 P.M.-May 1 to Sept. 15....

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