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Women's Physical Education Class

Date: 1911
Description: A group of female students wearing sports uniforms, participating in exercises as part of their physical education curriculum. Lathrop Hall, University of ...
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La Farge Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the public school. A large brick building with a bell tower on the roof, arched entrances, and a wooden fence along the side.
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Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse

Date: 1890
Description: Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop...
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Graduating Class

Date: 1894
Description: Eight men and women of a graduating class sit outdoors holding their diplomas. They are seated on the steps of the photographer's home at 131 East Montello...
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Female Students in Evening Class

Date: 12 10 1919
Description: Women pose at their desks in an evening class. Three women (teachers?) stand in the back. Mathematical equations are written on the blackboards in the ba...
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Making Pumpkin Pie

Date: 11 22 1954
Description: Kindergarteners at Dudgeon School in Mrs. Virginia Price's class make a pumpkin pie. Ready to add the egg is Nancy Olmstead, manning the beater is Julie Du...
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Lincoln School "Ranch Hands"

Date: 10 08 1949
Description: Third graders at Lincoln School as Bar-None ranch hands singing and square dancing around a "campfire" in the gymnasium. Four couples, boys dressed as cowb...
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Students at a Refreshment Stand

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Seven boys and one teacher from Cherokee Heights School at the refreshment counter at a school dance. Four of the boys, Jerry Meulenberg, Douglas Green, Mi...
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West High School Baseball Players

Date: 04 01 1955
Description: Don Woody, catcher, and Dave Baskerville, batter, members of the West High School baseball team. There is a lake in the background.
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Cherokee Heights School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: One chaperon and two students drinking sodas at a Cherokee Heights School Dance.
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Students at a Refreshment Counter

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: A group of students buying sodas at the refreshment counter at the Cherokee Heights School dance.
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Students at a High School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Four students, Kris Roisum, Karen Nelson, Charles Leveque, and Rick Radder, drinking sodas and chatting with Principal Emery Bainbridge at a Cherokee Heigh...
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Cherokee Heights School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Students singing and clapping while doing the Hokey-Pokey at the Cherokee Heights School dance. In the foreground are Linda Billington, Ann Herreid, Merry...
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Nursery School for Slow Learners

Date: 11 18 1955
Description: Patricia Mathisen (Mrs. George), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group, sponsor of the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Congregat...
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Cherokee Heights School Dance

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Students dancing in a circle doing the Hokey-Pokey at the Cherokee Heights School dance. In the foreground are Linda Billington, Ann Herreid, Merry Bliss, ...
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Nursery School for Slow Learners

Date: 11 18 1955
Description: Dorcas Nichles (Mrs. Robert J., Jr.), member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority alumnae group who sponsored the Nursery School for Slow Learners at the First Co...
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Students Dancing

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Student couples dancing at the Cherokee Heights School dance. Included in the foreground are Donna Marshall and Larry Meicher.
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Students Dancing

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: Student couples dancing at the Cherokee Heights School dance. Included in the foreground are Sue Wehrle and Robert Geppert.
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Patronesses of Sigma Alpha Iota

Date: 02 1955
Description: Patronesses of the University of Wisconsin chapter of Sigma Alpha Iota serve as hostesses at the benefit musicale sponsored by the Madison alumnae group. P...
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Student Couple Dancing

Date: 11 16 1956
Description: A young boy and girl dancing at the Cherokee Heights School dance party.

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