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Children in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Young children reading at the library. A librarian works near the circulation desk in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Kindergarten Students

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Description: Students gathered closely around their teachers in the kindergarten room on the south end of the school. The open hearth, fireplace, high ceilings and wind...
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Three Children Painting At A Table

Date: 1939
Description: Three boys painting with watercolors at a folding table. They appear to be on a porch.
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Teacher Reading to School Children

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Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
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Three Boys Looking at Books in Library

Date: 1938
Description: Three boys in a public library looking for books in the main stacks. A table and magazine rack are in the foreground. When it opened in 1938, the Library h...
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Group of Children Reading in Library

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children, boys and girls, reading at tables in a sunny reading room in the public library. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
Description: A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th...
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Young Boy and Girl Wearing Crowns

Date: 1941
Description: A young boy and girl posed dressed up and wearing a crowns.
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Young Girl Wearing Crown

Date: 1941
Description: A smiling young girl posed wearing a crown and a dress.
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Young Boy Wearing Crown

Date: 1941
Description: A smiling young boy posing wearing a crown and a dress jacket. He is also wearing what is possibly a 4-H pin on his lapel.
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Cap Pistol Legalization

Date: 07 03 1953
Description: After Governor Kohler signed legislation legalizing the sale of caps and cap pistols, many youth prepared to celebrate the Independence Day holiday with th...
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. One display shows the...
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We Saw You . . . Watching Dairy Caravan

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: School children from the Madison area are among the first visitors at the opening of the $100,000 Dairy Caravan at the State Capitol. Students from Waunake...
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Costume Party for Sixth Graders

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Steven Best (left), Virginia Hoffman and Philip Shuler attend a costume party for sixth graders of Jefferds dancing class.
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Costume Party for Sixth Graders

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: John Doremus (left), Suzanne Lautz, Pat Kelly, and Claire Cassidy attend a costume party for sixth graders of Jefferds dancing class.
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Costume Party for Sixth Graders

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Darilyn Dean (left), Julie Gillette, Dale Johnson, and Billy Stokes attend a costume party for sixth graders of Jefferds dancing class.
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Costume Party for Sixth Graders

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Ann Taylor (left), David McCaffery, and Joann Chrstianson attend a costume party for sixth graders of Jefferds dancing class.
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Old Man Whittling

Date: 1940
Description: Interior portrait of an elderly man sitting in a rocking chair whittling. A small boy is standing behind him on the right. Potted plants are on the window ...
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Whit Revell

Date: 03 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Whit Revell, son of Stella and Aldric Revell.
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Louise Revell

Date: 03 11 1954
Description: Portrait of Louise Revell, daughter of Aldric and Stella Revell.

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