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| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Office of author August Derleth, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio's (WVLR) unofficial consultant on the history of the Sauk-Prairie area. Derleth's novels and s... |
| Date: | 04 22 1967 |
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| Description: | Two junior high students work on a project that requires making a vocal recording. |
| Date: | 10 17 1963 |
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| Description: | A librarian reads a children's book aloud to young boys and girls. |
| Date: | 03 27 1963 |
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| Description: | A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool. |
| Date: | 04 25 1964 |
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| Description: | A book sale is held by the Mothers Association of Milwaukee-Downer Seminary. |
| Date: | 09 26 1967 |
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| Description: | Young children listen to a story through earphones as a teacher's aid looks on. |
| Date: | 04 28 1961 |
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| Description: | Three boys stand at the front of their classroom and read aloud the story, "The Funny Hats" while wearing funny hats. |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Shirley Mecha, regular teacher at Meadow Brook School, helping migrant students use resources in the "library corner." |
| Date: | 08 06 1963 |
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| Description: | A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block. |
| Date: | 02 26 1963 |
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| Description: | Four students sit around one flip-top desk to read and work math problems. |
| Date: | 09 02 1965 |
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| Description: | Avant garde patrons smoke and listen to poets, singers and guitarists. |
| Date: | 07 20 1960 |
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| Description: | First floor library in Lucian M. Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | A book cover for "Mineral Point: A History" by George Fiedler. The cover illustration is a Max Fernekes print of Shake Rag Street, a popular street for Cor... |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Daisy Bates speaking with unidentified man wearing eyeglasses. Copies of her memoir "The Long Shadow of Little Rock", and plaques from the NAACP for the ni... |
| Date: | 05 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Rosa Parks at Mrs. Anne Braden's home. |
| Date: | 05 31 1960 |
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| Description: | Rosa Parks being interviewed by Mrs. Anne Braden, editor of the "Southern Patriot," at Braden's home. |
| Date: | 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Thirteen-year-old student John "Butch" Quirk's hands turn the pages of a book. The original magazine caption reads: "School Boy: 'Butch' Quirk is a bright ... |
| Date: | 1968 |
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| Description: | A group of five girls holding school books pose for a portrait in front of a building on Coney Island. |
| Date: | 04 01 1960 |
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| Description: | A fashionably dressed woman is sharing a book with an elderly woman. |
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