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Operating Theater

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

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Description: School boys of various ages stand at the front of a classroom tying knots, while female students look on from their desks.
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School Boys Making the Frame of a Fly Trap

Date: 1913
Description: Two boys at work indoors constructing the wooden frame of a fly trap at their school.
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School Boys Using Wood Tools

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Description: Two boys of different ages using wood tools, including planes and files, during a classroom exercise.
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School Children Eating

Date: 1919
Description: Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t...
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Story Time

Date: 09 26 1967
Description: Young children listen to a story through earphones as a teacher's aid looks on.
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Beauty Class

Date: 1927
Description: A beauty culture class in session.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Division Class

Date: 1919
Description: Men in a University of Wisconsin-Madison Extension Division class under Professor Consoliner. This appears to be an engineering class.
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Madison Pharmacy Lecture Room

Date: 1890
Description: View of a University of Wisconsin pharmacy lecture room.
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Pharmacy Lab

Date: 1890
Description: View of an empty University of Wisconsin-Madison pharmacy laboratory.
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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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Classroom Lessons

Date: 04 27 1956
Description: One girl is writing on the blackboard while students are sitting at their desks paying various degrees of attention at Leland School.
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Wisconsin Central Pilot Training

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Description: Wisconsin Central Airline's flight simulator which was designed to teach the airline's pilots how to fly with instruments.
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Home Economics — Cooking Class

Date: 1922
Description: Female students in a home economics cooking class at the School of Agriculture in Olds, Alberta, Canada.
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Pupils Learning About Thrift

Date: 1919
Description: Students are raising their arms as an instructor is discussing the merits of thrift. The instructor is pointing to chalkboard illustrations of a well groom...
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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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Mrs. Jenkins' Schoolroom

Date: 1895
Description: View of an elementary school classroom with two-seater desks. American flags and bunting complete the decor.
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Paper Plate Imposters

Date: 11 10 1966
Description: First grade students look at likenesses of themselves seated at their desks. They created these by drawing their faces on paper plates, attaching them to ...
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Fencing Demonstration

Date: 02 27 1989
Description: Members of the foils teams of Catholic Memorial High School give a fencing demonstration to a class of elementary school students.
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Stirring Cookie Dough

Date: 06 22 1989
Description: Boy mixes chocolate chip cookie dough at his YMCA daycare center in Big Cedar Lake.

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