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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
Postcard

High School

Date: 1950
Description: View of the high school with several walkways leading up to it. Caption reads: "'High School,' Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
Postcard

High School and Water Tower

Date: 1905
Description: High School and water tower. Caption reads: "High School and Water Tower, Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
Postcard

Jefferson Public High School

Date: 1905
Description: View of the school. Caption reads: "'High School,' Jefferson, Wis."
Magazine or Periodical

Jefferson Liberal Institute

Date: 1869
Description: Cover of Billed-Magazin. featuring an engraved view of The Jefferson Liberal Institute.
Photograph

Kindergarten

Date: 1928
Description: View of the building which housed the first kindergarten in Wisconsin, opened by Mrs. Carl Schurz in 1856.
Postcard

High School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the high school located on East Main Street. Caption reads: "High School, Watertown, Wis."
Postcard

High School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of the high school. Caption reads: "High School, Watertown, Wis."
Photograph

High School

Date: 1910
Description: View of the high school, with a group of people near its entrance and a couple seated on a bench in the foreground. There is a water tower behind the schoo...
Photograph

Sullivan Public School

Date: 1910
Description: The public school in Sullivan, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Joint Dist. #4 Sullivan, Wis."
Photograph

High School

Date: 1860
Description: The first high school erected in Palmyra, built about 1860. People are standing in the yard.
Photograph

Group in front of School House

Date: 
Description: Large group of children and two women standing in neat rows with two women outside of fence in front of a brick building that appears to be a country schoo...
Photograph

Ward School

Date: 
Description: Exterior of Ward Public School. The sidewalk leads to an entrance where a sign reads: "Public School."
Photograph

High School

Date: 
Description: A view of the facade and side of the building, made mostly of brick.
Photograph

High School

Date: 
Description: View across street toward the facade and right side of a high school building. A postman walks along the sidewalk in front, and nearby a man sits in his ho...
Photograph

Fourth School

Date: 1900
Description: A view of Fourth School, featuring a cupola with a weathervane. Three young girls are posing standing beneath a tree beside the school.
Photograph

St. Mark's Parish School

Date: 1914
Description: View across street toward the front and right side of St. Mark's Parish School. A dirt lot is to the right.
Photograph

New Saint Coletta School Chapel Blessing

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Exterior view of the new chapel at St. Coletta school for exceptional children in Jefferson.
Photograph

Ixonia School

Date: 1915
Description: A brick, one-story country schoolhouse with two entrances, and an outhouse on the left. The schoolyard is fenced.
Photograph

Ixonia School

Date: 1915
Description: A one-story frame country school with a single door. There is a row of trees and a fence on the right.

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