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Photograph

The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
Photograph

Kindergarten

Date: 1928
Description: View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856.
Photograph

English Settlement School

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of an English settlement school.
Photograph

Randall School Area

Date: 1928
Description: View of the Randall School area, showing special street traffic signs on the road at the school crossing. In addition there are numerous children visible o...
Photograph

Randall School

Date: 1928
Description: View from across the street of the Randall School on Regent Street. Special street signs on the road are visible. A group of students appear to be waiting ...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1928
Description: The exterior of the white public school building. Trees and bushes partially obstruct the view.
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Public School

Date: 1928
Description: The exterior of the public school building. A man sits on the steps.
Map or Atlas

Topographic Map of Vernon County

Date: 1928
Description: This 1928 topographic map of Vernon County, Wisconsin, shows relief, lakes, streams and wetlands, the township and range grid, sections, cities and village...
Map or Atlas

Map showing the Utilization of Land in the Service Area of Montfort, Wisconsin, in its Relation to Conditions of Slope, Soil, Drainage and Roads

Date: 1928
Description: Shows different types of roads, railroads, schools, churches, farmsteads, cheese factories, mine shafts, old surface workings, streams, old sulphur pits, a...
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1928
Description: Facade of brick building, with stone steps and a columned entrance. On the left near the corner of the building is a cart, and along the side there appears...
Photograph

Class Portrait at Saint Raphael's School

Date: 1928
Description: Students pose outdoors in front of a stone wall at Saint Raphael's School. David O'Dea is seated cross-legged on the ground, 3rd from the right. He is poss...
Postcard

Harmonica Class

Date: 1928
Description: Photographic postcard of outdoor group portrait of the 7th and 8th grade harmonica (mouth organ) class. Sherwin Gillett's son Lorin is identified with an "...
Print

Wisconsin — Home of the 1928 Summer White House

Date: 1928
Description: Stamp for Wisconsin created during or after President Calvin Coolidge's 1928 summer visit to Wisconsin. President Coolidge spent the summer fishing on the ...
Photograph

Freddie Mae Hill

Date: 1928
Description: Quarter-length profile portrait of Freddie Mae Hill, the first African-American resident of Madison to graduate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison H...

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