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Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class.
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Pythian Orphans' Home

Date: 1911
Description: A view from the back of a classroom of desks, a globe, and a map of Texas at Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Class Room."
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Sending Radio Calls at Camp Wallkill

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Description: A boy sits at a wooden desk to send radio calls at Camp Wallkill. Radio equipment is arranged on the desk and surrounding tables, a radio call book can be...
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Director of UW's Bureau of Information and Program Services

Date: 09 17 1956
Description: Portrait of Robert Schacht, the director of the University of Wisconsin's Bureau of Information and Program services. He was the principal speaker at a clu...
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The School at Work

Date: 1931
Description: Students work at their desks in the Mayo School, District No. 1. A row of books forms the foreground; history lessons from the time of reconstruction after...
Postcard

The Schoolhouse

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Description: Color postcard of the classroom of the Muddy Hollow School at Stonefield. Slate tablets are on the desks.
Postcard

The C. & J. Frank Dunn Law Office

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Description: Color postcard of the interior of the Law Office at Stonefield. A man is seated at the desk.
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Peres and Obey

Date: 1992
Description: Prime Minister of Israel Shimon Peres and Congressman David Obey talk in Obey's office. Papers cover his desk and a large map of Wisconsin is mounted on th...
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Empty Classroom

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Description: View from back of room towards the front of a classroom. Identified as a room in the school building built in 1872 in Black River Falls.
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Teacher in a Classroom

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Description: View from rear of classroom towards a woman posing sitting at a desk in front of a classroom. Identified as a room in the school building built in 1872 in ...
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Newton Minow — Contact Sheet

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Description: Contact sheet of a photo shoot featuring Newton Minow, holding his eyeglasses and a book and posing with a chair and a television. A large world map is on ...
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James Davidson in an Office

Date: 11 1907
Description: Three men are sitting in an office around a large desk with stacks of books, papers and a telephone. They men are wearing suits, ties and watch fobs, and ...
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Governor John J. Blaine in his Office

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Description: Governor John J. Blaine, Wisconsin's 24th governor, sits in an office next to a desk in a leather chair. Papers, books and a telephone are on the desk. On ...
Poster

The Teacher Serves the Nation in War — in Peace

Date: 1941
Description: World War II poster published by the National Education Association, showing a teacher working at a globe with a girl and a boy. The boy is holding a book ...
Photograph

Walter E. Scott Views Wisconsin Academy Display

Date: 04 1960
Description: Walter E. Scott views a display arranged by Harold F. Williams showing the locations of Wisconsin members of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Let...
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Interior of Bank

Date: 1910
Description: Bank interior. On the left is a roll-top desk. There is a sign for "Cashier" on the wall in the center at the barred window. A framed certificate below it ...

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