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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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School Boys Tying Knots

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Description: School boys of various ages stand at the front of a classroom tying knots, while female students look on from their desks.
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Pueblo Indian Day Schools Album

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Description: A page from an album of photographs of Pueblo Indian Day Schools, showing the Laguna, Santo Domingo, Acoma, and Isleta school buildings.
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Night School

Date: 05 1940
Description: Adult students pose in class at a night school, where they took classes in English and citizenship at Neighborhood House.
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School Group in Classroom

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Description: School group in classroom with teacher, possibly at Appleton, Wisconsin.
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Parade of Women Wearing Mortarboards

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Description: Parade of women passing the Freeman House, wearing mortarboards and carrying a Union High School flag with the date 1897.
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St. Mary's Nurses Class

Date: 03 1946
Description: Group portrait of 24 members of St. Mary's nurses class.
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Wisconsin Centennial Celebration

Date: 02 05 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Celebration by Mazomanie fifth and sixth grade classes with P.F. Stickney, age 80, on the right. The pupils are dressed in the costume...
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Teacher and Children in front of Log Building

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Description: Group of children and a woman, probably a teacher, posed standing on the steps of a log building, possibly in Disco, Wisconsin. One of the children in the ...
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Dudgeon School Students

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Johnny Rengstorff looks for a missing hamster near a piano, while Danny Steihl, Susan Lorenz and Phillip Johnson watch. Judy Erb examines the hamster's cag...
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School Bus at Oldest School House

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: Children disembark from an International Model C-30 school bus parked in front of the "oldest [frame] school house" in America. The bus was one of seven ow...
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Schoolroom Interior

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Description: Interior of rural schoolroom. A teacher at the back of the room appears to be helping as students of all ages sit working at their desks. A large U.S. Flag...
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Students Serving Lunch

Date: 1918
Description: Girls serving trays loaded with mugs of soup to students seated at desks in a classroom. A chalkboard, portraits of presidents, and an American flag are in...
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Immaculate Heart Academy

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Description: Female students recite the Pledge of Allegiance while standing in formation near a flag pole outside Immaculate Heart Academy. The school building, with an...
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Knot-Tying Lesson

Date: 1919
Description: A group of men and women sit in chairs inside what appears to be a classroom or gymnasium while practicing knot-tying. They follow an instructor's example...
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Schoolchildren Boarding Bus

Date: 1935
Description: Schoolchildren boarding an International C-30 school bus. Original caption reads: "One of six Model C-30 school buses with all-steel bodies, owned by St. J...
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Children with American Flag

Date: 1920
Description: A boy and a girl are holding an American flag while standing in front of a building, possibly a schoolhouse. A group of children is standing in a triangle ...
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Valentine's Day Party

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Valentine's Day party in Theresa Public School gymnasium."
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Children's Class of the Milwaukee Turners

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Description: Children’s class of the Milwaukee Turners, gathered outside in a park. George Brosius appears on the platform and several people are wearing band uniforms....
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Danz School

Date: 1921
Description: Danz School building with the students and teacher gathered outside. Several students are holding up a large American Flag.

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