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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."
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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...
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Sullivan Public School

Date: 1910
Description: The public school in Sullivan, Wisconsin. Caption reads: "Joint Dist. #4 Sullivan, Wis."
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Students at Aztalan State Park

Date: 06 1973
Description: Fifth-graders from Mayville Public School celebrate the end of the school year by running down the earthen mounds at Aztalan State Park. Teachers on the tr...
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Saint Coletta School

Date: 04 26 1950
Description: View of the buildings and grounds of St. Coletta School for Exceptional Children as seen from across a road.
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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.
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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.
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New Saint Coletta School Chapel Blessing

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago blessing the new chapel at Saint Coletta school for exceptional children in Jefferson.
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New Saint Coletta School Chapel Blessing

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Feider placing a missal on the candlelighted altar at the new chapel at St. Coletta school for exceptional children in Jefferson.
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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.
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Classroom Scene

Date: 1916
Description: Students and teachers, including Leonore Judkins (later Mrs. Forest Middleton), far right, pose in their classroom.
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Ixonia School

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

Cambridge High School

Date: 11 29 1913
Description: Colorized postcard of the Cambridge High School. Text at foot reads: "High School, Cambridge, Wis."

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