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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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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...
Postcard

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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Directing an "Action Song"

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Streeter leading school children in the "shoemaker's song". Another woman is standing near a Victrola. The children are outdoors under trees. Possibly...
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Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 1929
Description: 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi...
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University of Wisconsin Students

Date: 1869
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin students, perhaps a graduating class, on the lawn in front of Main Hall (later Bascom Hall).
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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Catholic School Group

Date: 06 20 1957
Description: Elevated group portrait of Catholic School children, St. Mary of the Nativity, with priest Father Finnegan, and four nuns, posing outdoors.
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Jefferson School

Date: 1870
Description: Jefferson School, built on the site of the first cemetery in Janesville.
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Washington School

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view from street towards the Washington School, with a group of children standing in front of it.
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Grant County Arithmetic, Spelling, and Writing Contest

Date: 1911
Description: Large group of children and adults posed on the lawn outside a large brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Grant County Fourth Annual Contest Winners

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults posing outside a brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Grant County Contest

Date: 1914
Description: Large group of unidentified children and adults pose outside a large brick building. Some students are posing in open windows.
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Fourth Annual Grant County Contest

Date: 05 05 1912
Description: Large group of children and adults pose on the lawn in front of brick building. Other people look out of open windows.
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Woman on Horseback

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Description: Mrs. Sterling, an instructor in German at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, rides horseback in a neighborhood. In the background are several residences,...
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Boys High School

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Description: Exterior view of the boys high school building, with boys standing in lines in front of the building.
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Children Playing on School Grounds

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of school children running and playing on open school grounds. There is a schoolhouse in the background.
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Group Seated on Lawn for Supper

Date: 06 1913
Description: Group of International Harvester Agricultural Extension speakers seated on a lawn for supper. Original caption reads: "This picture shows part of the Alfal...
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Teacher Giving Musical Direction to Group

Date: 08 1919
Description: Group of women and man receiving musical instruction outdoors from a teacher using a phonograph. Some of the group is standing, and the rest are sitting on...
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Mower near State Normal School

Date: 1900
Description: A man and a McCormick mower pulled by two horses are posing on the lawn of a building marked "State Normal School." The inscriptions on either side of the ...

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