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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
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Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hall Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lincoln Monument is near the front entrance.
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Edgewood High School Play Cast

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Edgewood High School American history class dressed in colonial costume on stage in a one act comedy, "Crinoline and Candlelight," which dramatizes a party...
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New Drivers Class at West High School

Date: 06 06 1939
Description: Group of students in the new drivers class stand in front of West High School with a new automobile and a scale model of Madison's streets. Includes five a...
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Pageant Cast

Date: 11 08 1937
Description: Group portrait of east side elementary and high school students on stage at East High School rehearsing for a pageant called "The Children" to be presented...
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School Safety Patrol Officer

Date: 06 17 1937
Description: Outdoor portrait of a Lincoln School boy in safety patrol officer uniform.
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Longfellow School Women's Volleyball Team

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Group portrait of the City of Madison recreational volleyball champions. Longfellow School was located in the Greenbush neighborhood. Front left is Agnes B...
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Longfellow School Women's Volleyball Team

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Group portrait of seven women in uniform on the Longfellow School volleyball team, Greenbush neighborhood.
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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Group of men and women modeling bathing suits that have been approved by the police chief on the Alpha Chi Omega pier on Lake Mendota.
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May Pole Dance

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: West Junior High School girls rehearsing May Pole Dance.
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Boys Form a Pyramid

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: Thirteen boys form a pyramid on the grounds at Nakoma School, 3872 Nakoma Road.
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Township High School Musicians

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: A group of high school musicians from Township High School, Joliet, Illinois, on sleeping cots in the Field House during a National School Music contest.
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East Waterloo High School Musicians

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: A group of high school musicians, from East Waterloo (Iowa?) High School, sleeping on bleachers in the Field House during a National School Music contest.
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West High School Tennis Courts

Date: 04 18 1935
Description: Girls playing tennis on the new West High tennis courts. Includes a full view of the back of West High School.
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East High School Girls Exercise Class

Date: 02 12 1935
Description: East High School girls in gym suits exercising on a floor mat.
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Central High School Girls Exercising

Date: 02 13 1935
Description: Eight Central High School girls in gym suits hanging by their arms from an exercise bar.
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West High School Girls' Gym Class

Date: 02 13 1935
Description: West High School girls in gym suits exercising on floor mat and climbing up exercise bars.
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Washington School Kindergarten

Date: 01 24 1935
Description: Washington School kindergarten class, 217 N. Broom Street, with children playing in a boat built of blocks.
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Emerson School Hearing Test

Date: 02 11 1935
Description: Boys at Emerson School are listening intently to earphones and writing on notebooks during a hearing test.
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East High School Group Portraits

Date: 12 07 1934
Description: 5001B-1 group portrait of a boys usher club in uniform, with Miss Agnes Leary. 5001B-2 group portrait of Student Council members.

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