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Freedom School Class

Date: 1964
Description: A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ...
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First Three Buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1865
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the first three buildings on campus, South Hall (left), University Hall [Bascom Hall] (center), and North Ha...
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Boy Scout Band

Date: 1920
Description: Group portrait of a Boy Scout band in front of a large brick building, possibly the old Baraboo High School. The bass drum head reads "Boy Scout Band" and ...
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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Mendota Beach School Group

Date: 1922
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Mendota Beach School group in front of a school building.
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Graduation Ceremony

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Description: Group of graduates in robes lined up outdoors.
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Reunion of the 15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

Date: 1880
Description: Outdoor elevated view of a reunion of the Norwegian American men of the 15th Regiment of the Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry at Luther College. They are posin...
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Townspeople Assembled in front of One-Room Schoolhouse

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: Townspeople and a Ford automobile in front of a one-room schoolhouse in rural Alabama. The original caption reads: "This school house at Alpine, Ala., is a...
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College Teacher Protest

Date: 12 04 1970
Description: Elevated view of college teachers, non-tenured, at UW-Parkside protesting the decision to not renew their contracts.
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Hudson High School

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Description: Exterior view from street towards the high school. A date stone above a second floor window reads: "Erected A.D. 1887."
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Graduating Class

Date: 1894
Description: Eight men and women of a graduating class sit outdoors holding their diplomas. They are seated on the steps of the photographer's home at 131 East Montello...
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International D-15-M Station Wagon at Riding Academy

Date: 1940
Description: Female students and a horse next to, and inside of, an International D-15-M station wagon ("woody") used for transportation at the Clearbrook Riding Academ...
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NY College of Pharmacy, Class Portrait

Date: 1890
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1890, NY College of Pharmacy.
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School Bus Picks up Rural Students

Date: 04 14 1938
Description: International D-30 school bus with Hicks body picking up a boy and girl outside a rural house.
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Children Exiting School Bus

Date: 04 06 1938
Description: Children getting off an International D-30 school bus in front of a rural farmhouse. The bus served Washington township in Grant County, Indiana. The bus f...
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Boy Standing by International School Bus

Date: 03 28 1938
Description: Boy with a book and lunch pail waiting as an International D-30-B or D-35-B school bus pulls up in front of his rural farmhouse. Another mischievous lad is...
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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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Hillside Home School

Date: 1908
Description: Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd...
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Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hall Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lincoln Monument is near the front entrance.
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Naval Training School Instructors

Date: 11 06 1944
Description: Group portrait of officer and civilian instructors of the U.S. Naval Training School (Radio) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Second man on l...

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