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Students Conducting Scientific Research

Date: 1900
Description: Downer College students working in a laboratory in which a human skeleton, a frog, a bat and stuffed birds are displayed.
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San Padeo Workshop

Date: 1964
Description: Highlander Folk School students and directors standing in a line, possibly singing together, at the San Padeo workshop. Third from left, Myles Horton, Will...
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Student Leadership Conference

Date: 05 04 1962
Description: Student Leadership Conference, May 4-6, including Ella Baker (front row, far left), Carl Braden (second row, hands clasped around knees), Anne Braden (seco...
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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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Chemistry Experiment

Date: 05 25 1951
Description: Chemistry experiment by two men being conducted with steam rising from equipment.
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First Graders

Date: 06 01 1989
Description: First graders writing and drawing while lying on the floor.
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Classroom Reading

Date: 02 04 1957
Description: Classroom reading activities at school.
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Vocational School Class

Date: 01 08 1915
Description: Young men sitting in class at the Continuation School.
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Physics Lab

Date: 1901
Description: Students and teacher in physics lab at Stevens Point Normal School, which would later become the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
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Processing Lab, Japan

Date: 1960
Description: View of pharmaceutical processing equipment in one of the laboratory classrooms at Kyoto University's Pharmaceutical Sciences building.
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Female Pharmacy Students

Date: 1930
Description: View of several female students in a pharmacy laboratory class. Included are A. Herman, L.E. McDermott, N. Evans, and Dottie.
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Gross Anatomy

Date: 1902
Description: Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor...
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Operating Theater

Date: 1902
Description: Dr. Nicholas Senn demonstrates surgical techniques at Rush Medical College.
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Flying School

Date: 08 1917
Description: A visiting French officer instructs novice American pilots at Camp Mineola on the conditions that they can expect to find at the front.
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Boys Wearing Funny Hats

Date: 04 28 1961
Description: Three boys stand at the front of their classroom and read aloud the story, "The Funny Hats" while wearing funny hats.
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Around a Desk

Date: 02 26 1963
Description: Four students sit around one flip-top desk to read and work math problems.
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Anatomy Lab

Date: 1900
Description: Cadavers are laid out on gurneys in a sky-lit anatomy lab at Rush Medical College.
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One Room School

Date: 1914
Description: Unidentified one-room school in Racine County. Transportation to better consolidated schools was one significant improvement that motorized vehicles brough...
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Clear Lake School Classroom

Date: 1925
Description: Students sitting in a classroom in the Clear Lake School. Gaylord Nelson, later governor of Wisconsin and a United States senator, is sitting at the front ...
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Science Hall Classroom

Date: 1910
Description: Cyanotype view of University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall classroom.

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