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Longfellow School 4th Grade

Date: 1930
Description: View of the Longfellow School's 4th grade class seated at their desks as their teacher stands at the back of the classroom.
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University of Wisconsin Women's Carpentry Class

Date: 1900
Description: Women working with tools, including a saw, in the University of Wisconsin Agricultural Extension women's carpentry class.
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Naval Training Class

Date: 04 1943
Description: Navy personnel sitting at typewriters wearing headphone learning code, probably during World War II. The sailors are in an auditorium or gymnasium, possib...
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Kehl Students with President Gerald R. Ford

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Description: Students at the Kehl School of Dance pose with President Gerald R. Ford. From left to right: Linda Mohs, Polly Mohs, Shannon Gallagher, Ford, Mary Jo Macke...
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Sun Prairie Freshman Class

Date: 1914
Description: Group portrait of the 1914 Sun Prairie freshman class. Included in the group is Bill Droster, grandfather of the donor of this image.
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Little Mothers Class

Date: 1915
Description: Mothers in class learning to care for their babies. The caption reads: "Little Mothers Class in Connection with School Work".
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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky Teaching a Class

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Description: Holocaust survivor, Rabbi Manfred Swarsensky, teaching a class.
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Pupils of the 2nd Ward School

Date: 1882
Description: A group portrait of students at the 2nd Ward School. The students are posing in front of the building, with girls in the front (straw hats on laps), boys i...
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Naval Students in Typing Class

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Description: A Navy student oversees other students in a typing class at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Two Instructors Teaching Naval Students Morse Code

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Description: Two instructors, Beatrice and Leon Lamoreux, teaching Naval students telegraphy at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Typing in Classroom

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Description: Elevated view of a classroom of Naval students wearing headphones while learning how to type at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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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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Naval Students Operating Radios

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Description: Several groups of Naval students operate radios while an officer looks on at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students Learn Typing at Navy School

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Description: A large class of Naval students learn typing at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio).
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Naval Students in Classroom

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Description: Naval students sit together at long tables and write messages while listening to earphones at the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio). In the background a m...
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Friday Nighters

Date: 1932
Description: Group portrait of John R. Commons and his students during a Friday Nighters gathering at Ho Cheera. There is a doll on the floor at the front of the group ...
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Randall School, Fifth Grade Class

Date: 05 1916
Description: Group portrait outdoors at Randall School. Pictured (front, left to right): Douglas Stewart, Anthony Martin, Donald Mott, Karl Jansky, Robert Murphy, Bert ...
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First and Second Grade Class

Date: 1888
Description: First and second grade children with their teacher, Miss Drinker, who was temporarily taking charge of Miss Ella Larkin's school. Taken in the front entran...
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Class Portrait

Date: 1935
Description: Vintage photograph, dated ca. 1890, with a wraparound handwritten message from Miss Louise Parke to her beloved teacher, Miss Mary L. Edgar, is part of a M...

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