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Edgewood Kindergarten

Date: 08 26 1932
Description: Edgewood kindergarten play corner with children, including Jack Kurth, Alex McCormick, Kathleen Kellogg, Dorothy Fox, Bobbie McCormick, and Patsy McCarthy....
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Dudgeon School Classroom

Date: 10 28 1931
Description: An Indian unit being developed in the 2B classroom at Dudgeon School. A teepee is standing in front of the class.
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Classroom

Date: 10 06 1971
Description: Early childhood classroom in which two volunteer teachers are instructing children.
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Telephone Conversation

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool.
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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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Washington School Kindergarten

Date: 01 24 1935
Description: Washington School kindergarten class, 217 N. Broom Street, with children playing in a boat built of blocks.
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Nursery School Group

Date: 07 14 1933
Description: Five children are washing dishes at the Dorothy Roberts nursery school at the University of Wisconsin Home Economics practice cottage.
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Marquette School "Grocery Store"

Date: 03 16 1932
Description: Grade 3A at Marquette school playing "grocery store."
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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children playing outside the nursery school classroom at the First Unitarian Society meeting house while teachers are watching. The building was designed b...
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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children playing outside the nursery school classroom at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children sitting on the floor and working on art projects at tables in the nursery school at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The building was de...
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Tommy Manning

Date: 02 18 1953
Description: Joan Kain, speech therapist, helps Tommy Manning, age 3, who has cerebral palsy, learn to talk by showing him objects on a display board. It is part of hi...
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McCarthy Grade School Group Portrait

Date: 1915
Description: Class group portrait of Joseph R. McCarthy's grade school classmates. McCarthy is in the center of the group. McCarthy dropped out of school at age 14.
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School Children at Puppet Show

Date: 02 18 1948
Description: Six Emerson elementary school children at a puppet show promoting good teeth care. The children, from left to right are, first row: Ronald Gamer, Nancy Fo...
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Claudia Lewis

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Description: Indoor portrait of Claudia Lewis, who started a Nursery School at Highlander Folk School in the early 1930s. She came from the Bank Street School, which he...
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Recreation at Franklin School

Date: 03 24 1949
Description: Several young girls are shown performing their "push-me, pull-you" exercise. Nearest the camera are Mary Holtz and Phyllis Garland. Then come Barbara Drake...
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Children with Bookmobile at Playground

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: Children line up at the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile trailer. Other children ride bicycles and play in a playground in the background. The original...
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Superior Bookmobile

Date: 08 30 1938
Description: A group of children lines up outside the entrance to the Superior Bookmobile (an International truck), parked in a playground area. Other children holding ...
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Teacher Reading to School Children

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Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
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Randall School Cotton Project

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: Fritzi Pohle exhibits the diorama she constructed for the Randall school third grade cotton project.

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