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Cherokee School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Male teacher and a student bowing to one another at the beginning of a dance at the Cherokee Heights School dance party.
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Vocational School Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Mrs. Margot Nelson, the teacher, is showing students Bertha Haack and Josephine Scheerer the technique of stuffing the body cavity of a turkey at a Vocatio...
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Chef Carson Gulley and Apprentices

Date: 01 24 1949
Description: Carson Gulley, head chef at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is shown in the refectory of Van Hise Hall with his class of apprentice chefs. Left to rig...
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Teacher Attending the Teacher Conference

Date: 02 11 1949
Description: Violette Stewart, Marquette School, Madison, one of thirteen teachers from southern Wisconsin schools photographed while in Madison to attend the conferenc...
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UW Summer Reading Clinic

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin summer reading clinic. Jack Ackerman, a teacher from Manitowoc, giving a vision screening test using telebinoculars.
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Reverand Otto Boenki of Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary

Date: 11 01 1949
Description: Portrait of the Reverand Otto Boenki, one of the nine priests on the staff of of the new Queen of Apostles Pallottine Seminary, located at 5810 Cottage Gro...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 04 29 1950
Description: Spelling bee champion Arlene Brown of Janesville holding her trophy. Smiling on the right is her eighth grade teacher at St. Mary's Catholic school, Siste...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 11 1950
Description: Blanche Mitchell reading to her second grade students at Lowell School. She is one of many teachers who are members of the Madison Business and Professiona...
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Madison Teachers - Education Week

Date: 11 06 1951
Description: Portrait of two Madison East High School history teachers. Seated at the desk is Lewis R. Williams, president of the Madison Federation of Teachers. At his...
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Madison Teachers - Education Week

Date: 11 06 1951
Description: Portrait of Madison music teacher Gertrude Kellman, seated at a piano. Kellman teaches at Emerson School.
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Madison Teachers — Education Week

Date: 11 06 1951
Description: Madison West High School physics teacher Frederick Schuler works with an oscilloscope.
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Alonzo Anderson New Teacher at Dudgeon School

Date: 09 08 1952
Description: Portrait of Alonzo Anderson, new fourth and fifth grade teacher at Dudgeon School.
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Musician Elmer Ziegler

Date: 09 25 1952
Description: Elmer Ziegler was a musical arranger, conductor, composer, publisher, multi-instrumentalist, instrument repairman, teacher and music store operator. He is ...
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Retiring Teacher Bert W. Wells

Date: 05 25 1953
Description: Portrait of Bert W. Wells, who is retiring from high school teaching. He was the chairman of the Madison East High School social studies for 28 years.
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New Teachers

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Ruth Allcott (center) is shown with new art teachers, James MacLeahlan and Irene Harff.
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New Teachers

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Group portrait of three new teachers at East High School, Omar Kussow, Eugene Kirst, and Douglas Mullen.
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Madison Central High School Committee

Date: 03 04 1954
Description: Members of the Madison Central High School committee plan the annual Student Council Faculty Tea. Seated are, left to right: Miss Elizabeth Ritzmann, advis...
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Roma Borst

Date: 05 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Roma Borst, a Spanish-language PhD candidate and a Spanish department teaching assistant. She lead long summer tours of Europe and traveled ext...
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East High School Class Reunion

Date: 06 26 1954
Description: Former teachers at East High School converse at a reunion held at Maple Bluff Country Club. Shown left to right are three retired East High teachers: Viole...
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Education Week at East High School

Date: 11 01 1954
Description: Four parents and teachers are shown making preparations for the observance of Education Week at East High School. From left to right are, Mina Sperling, Ed...

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