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Kindergarten Students

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Description: Students gathered closely around their teachers in the kindergarten room on the south end of the school. The open hearth, fireplace, high ceilings and wind...
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Country Dale School Classroom

Date: 11 25 1966
Description: In a view from beneath a television stand, seventh grade students are listening to a lecture in their classroom at Country Dale school.
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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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Class on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Date: 12 06 1967
Description: Instructor teaching the harmful effects of smoking, drinking alcohol, and using drugs.
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Classroom Cave People

Date: 02 27 1984
Description: A sixth grade class dresses up as cave people to experience the likeness of living in pre-historic times.
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Elementary School Class

Date: 05 1909
Description: Slightly elevated view from front of students and teachers in an early 20th century school classroom. The names of all the students are written on the blac...
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Vocational School Class

Date: 01 08 1915
Description: Young men sitting in class at the Continuation School.
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Future Drafters

Date: 10 16 1965
Description: High school boys in an industrial drafting class using drafting machines and compasses.
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Class in Session

Date: 05 01 1963
Description: A female student leads a class of fellow students. She is a member of the Future Teachers of America Club.
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Milwaukee Flying School

Date: 1912
Description: An unidentified student among a group of men getting a lesson in a Curtiss plane at Rudolph Silverston's Milwaukee School and College of Aviation. Caption ...
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Farm Women Class

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Description: Summer camp for Wisconsin farm women on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Fair, with Wisconsin home economics leader Nellie Kedzie Jones. Mrs. Jones is pr...
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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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Studying at Downer College

Date: 1933
Description: Two women studying at a table at Milwaukee-Downer College. There is a tapestry on one wall and a vase of flowers and several books on the table.
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Relaxing at Downer College

Date: 1933
Description: Two women casually reading in a dorm room at Milwaukee-Downer College. A map of Milwaukee hangs on one wall.
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Bechstein's Bathing Establishment

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Description: Color postcard of a bathing place on the water. A hill is behind the building, and there are a signs for a swimming school and the Wm. Bechstein Co. Severa...
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East Side High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view across street toward the school on a street corner. The school building has five levels, with peaked roofs and several chimneys. A red buildi...
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Industrial School for Girls

Date: 1906
Description: Administration building for the school. The building has over three stories, and a covered main entrance. Caption reads: "Administration Building, Industri...
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Industrial School for Girls

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Chapel Building. Small footpaths curve from the left and right to the entrance. Caption reads: "Chapel Building, Industrial Sch...
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West Side High School

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Description: Exterior view across street toward the high school. Caption reads: "West Side High School, Milwaukee."
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Milwaukee Institute of Technology

Date: 1960
Description: An adjunct of the Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools.

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