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Mendota Beach School

Date: 1922
Description: View from front of classroom of children sitting in desks at the elementary school health program, blowing their noses.
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Emerson School

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Description: A group of young students seated in their classroom holding books as the teacher stands at the back of the room. The title of the book is "The Progressive ...
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Madison Pharmacy Lecture Room

Date: 1890
Description: View of a University of Wisconsin pharmacy lecture room.
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Cooking Class Preparing a Turkey for Baking

Date: 11 19 1952
Description: Mrs. K. Moldaye mincing an onion for turkey dressing, with another woman looking on, at a Vocational School cooking class.
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Paul Olson

Date: 02 21 1947
Description: Paul Olson, West Junior High School science teacher.
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Marquette School Students

Date: 02 03 1948
Description: Fourth graders in Mrs. Jerry Frei's class at Marquette school celebrate Mexican studies by writing a play, "Mexican Fiesta," and adopting Spanish names and...
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Madison Youth Council's Spring Clean-up Campaign

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Jack Gay, left, and George Koehler, two of the leaders of the Madison Youth Council's spring clean-up campaign, are shown going over the final details for ...
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Marquette School Pageant

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Nine students from Marquette School representing early Wisconsin settlers in British Isles costumes performing in the school pageant celebrating Wisconsin'...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Musicians and Instruments

Date: 08 03 1948
Description: Four youth posing in a classroom with their musical instruments--a violin, cello and two trumpets.
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Gifts of Roundy's Fun Fund

Date: 12 02 1948
Description: Gifts of dishes, radio-phonograph, wire recorder, toys and books are enjoyed by children at Lapham School. Roundy's Fun Fund provided these and more items ...
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Professor Dorothy Hussemann and Student

Date: 01 14 1949
Description: Dorothy Hussemann, associate professor of home economics at the University of Wisconsin, (left) addressing her class on the technique of weighing meat. At ...
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Madison Art Association Summer Scholarship Winner

Date: 07 14 1949
Description: Madison Art Association Summer Scholarship winner Barbara Thaller receives guidance from instructor Fritz Carpenter.
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Opossum at Lincoln School

Date: 12 01 1949
Description: Three girls from Lincoln School pose with an opossum that escaped from its cage. The students are, left to right, Nancy Hagen, Jean Diane Gutzman, and Jane...
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Children Patients at the Morningside Tuberculosis Sanitorium

Date: 08 08 1950
Description: Three children patients at the Morningside Tuberculosis Sanitorium, 300 Femrite Drive, are pictured with their teacher, Murva James (center), and Dr. W.D. ...
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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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Planning for 'Big Eight' Week

Date: 11 22 1950
Description: Owen Roberts, Gretchen Olson, and Joan Miles plan 'Big Eight' Week observances to promote better sportsmanship between the schools. 'Big Eight' refers to t...
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Naval Students Operate a Radio

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Description: Naval students operate a radio while an officer looks on at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Arlene English New Teacher at Randall School

Date: 09 08 1952
Description: Miss Arlene English, new first grade teacher at Randall School, writes her name on the blackboard on the opening day of school.
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Testing Milk with Babcock Tester

Date: 1915
Description: Teachers and students using a "Babcock Tester" in a classroom. Original caption reads: "Pupils of grammar grades testing milk with Babcock Tester; County S...

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