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Children at Work and Play in Schoolyard

Date: 1917
Description: Boys working in a garden while smaller children dance in a circle on the grounds of Middlefield No. 2 Consolidated School in Ostego County. Teachers are lo...
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Agricultural Workshop

Date: 1909
Description: Young men work on woodworking projects in a manual training class at the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Exterior of Brick Building

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Description: The exterior of a brick building, most likely a recently built school. Workers are near the building planting and working the soil around the base of the b...
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Madison Vocational School Addition Cornerstone

Date: 05 08 1950
Description: The cornerstone for the million-dollar four-story addition to the Madison Vocational School was laid at the corner of North Carroll and West Dayton Streets...
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Students Making Fly Trap

Date: 1913
Description: Two boys construct fly traps in a Morton Grove School classroom.
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Girls Making Lunch

Date: 1919
Description: Two girls mixing food in a bowl while preparing lunch at Sedan Prairie School. A poster reading: "Buy Liberty Bonds" is on the blackboard behind them, and ...
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Making Germination Boxes and Corn Racks

Date: 1917
Description: Rural school teachers using tools to make wooden germination boxes and corn racks outdoors in front of what is possibly a school building.
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Edgewood Elementary School Groundbreaking

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot...
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Old and New School Building

Date: 1924
Description: Children play on makeshift seesaws created from construction materials outside the old schoolhouse.
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St. James School Groundbreaking

Date: 06 15 1958
Description: Rev. Louis Scheuring, pastor of St. James' Catholic Church, breaking ground for the new school after blessing the ground. Five altar boys assist Fr. Scheur...
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Construction Crew

Date: 1907
Description: A work crew, and a young boy, posing outdoors at the construction site of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Progress

Date: 1907
Description: Work crew, and a young boy, posing in front and on top of the half-finished Winnebago Agricultural School. A large pile of bricks is to the right of the bu...
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Three-quarter view of front and side of the almost-completed Winnebago School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Construction workers are on the building...
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Man on a Ladder

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Description: A man is posing standing sideways on a ladder holding a bucket in front of a brick building and a window. The building is identified as the school building...
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Group of People at Black River Falls High School

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Description: Outdoor group portrait of a large group of men and women posing standing on the steps in front of a large brick building between piles of snow. One man is ...
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Serbian School Building Transformed into Telephone Station

Date: 1914
Description: A Serbian schoolhouse is being transformed into a telephone station during the war.

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