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Group Portrait of African Americans in front of Building

Date: 02 17 1915
Description: Group portrait of African American children and adults posing in front of a run-down building with a stone chimney — possibly a rural school house.
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Glennwood Road School

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Description: A view of the exterior of the Glennwood Road School in Brooklyn, with children playing baseball outside.
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St. Michael's Industrial School

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Description: A view of St. Michael's Industrial School, with students lined up in formation along the road that leads to the school. Two boys with drums lead the proces...
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Exterior View of One-Room Schoolhouse

Date: 1915
Description: Exterior photograph of schoolhouse. Original caption reads: "one room school cost $3786." The building has a stone foundation, a roof vent, and a chimney a...
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High School

Date: 1922
Description: View of the high school. The building features an arched doorway, a hip roof with three dormers on the front and one on the side, a domed steeple with an A...
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Schoolhouse in the Woods

Date: 1919
Description: Small schoolhouse with a bell tower on the roof over the entrance to the building. The schoolhouse is surrounded by trees. A class of students is pictured ...
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Scene at Plain

Date: 1921
Description: View of men standing near a T-intersection. The three-story building on the left side of the intersection has a sandwich board advertising "Ice Cream." A m...
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Wisconsin Cottage

Date: 1927
Description: Four people and a dog pose in front of a small cottage with a large fieldstone fireplace. They are, from left: Armin Duchow and his father George, Potter, ...
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Country School

Date: 12 16 1904
Description: Group portrait of children and adults standing on the open front porch of a small wood frame school building with two front doors. Among the adults in the ...
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Belle Fountain School

Date: 1905
Description: Leta von der Sump, standing at rear left, posing with thirteen children on the front platform of Belle Fountain School. There are two doors on the front of...
Postcard

Second Ward School

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Second Ward School, South Milwaukee, Wis." A brick and stone two story schoolhouse with the students posing on the sidewalk in front.

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