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Westport School

Date: 1929
Description: The Westport School attended by Ella Wheeler. It is now used as a tool shed. A large barn is behind the smaller building.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox School

Date: 1929
Description: The Ella Wheeler Wilcox School.
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High School Ruins, Richland Center, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Ruins of the old high school building in Richland Center. Caption reads: "Ruins — of Old High School Bldg. Richland Ctr, Wis".
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Public School

Date: 1922
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a bell tower and flag pole. In the background is a farm, and fields and hills. A sign on the side of the tower says "1903".
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High School

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Description: Exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. On the surrounding lawn, there is a ...
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New High School

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Description: The exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. There is a hand-powered well nea...
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High School

Date: 1913
Description: The exterior of the high school. The building features a bell tower, tall chimney, arched doorway and Dutch/Flemish gable. There is a hand-powered pump and...
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Public School

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Description: Exterior of the three-story public school.
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School at Germantown

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior of a schoolhouse with a hand-pump water well and flagpole in front.
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Excelsior Public School

Date: 1909
Description: View across road of school children and a man and a woman standing in front of the two-story public school. There is a bell tower above the entrance. A num...
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Students in Snow in front of School

Date: 1920
Description: Students in winter attire pose on the snowy lawn of the school. A few of the children have sleds. A woman stands near the arched entrance of the school bui...
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Eagle Corners School

Date: 1932
Description: Students and their teacher, Gladys Hofseth (back row, far right), pose outside Eagle Corners School. The school is a wood frame building with an enclosed p...
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Map of Richland County, Wisconsin Showing Rural Delivery Service

Date: 1911
Description: This 1911 map from the U.S. Post Office Department shows rural delivery routes, active and discontinued post offices, selected rural landowners and houses,...
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Sextonville Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A tree-lined street scene with a house with dandelions in the yard on the left. Two children are playing on the sidewalk in front. On the right is a school...
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Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the public school from unpaved road. The building is a two-story wood frame building with a flat roof and bell tower with a flag pole on t...
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Street Scene

Date: 1921
Description: A view of a center street with a barn on the left and a school on the right.
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Gladys Hofseth

Date: 1933
Description: The teacher at Eagle Corners School, District No. 3, Township of Eagle, Gladys Hofseth, poses in front of the school. She is wearing a polka dot dress.
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Woodman Log School

Date: 1932
Description: The Woodman log school, in the township of Westford, was in use from 1850 until 1902, when a new school was built "just a few rods away." It is noted on th...
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Pupils of Consolidated School

Date: 1931
Description: Children stand in a front of the Consolidated School, District No. 4. The stucco building has an elevated basement and large front porch.
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Agricultural Projects

Date: 1931
Description: Students of the Consolidated School, District No. 4, pose next to the school building with display boards prepared for an agricultural project. They have m...

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