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Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse

Date: 1890
Description: Schoolhouse of District #5 in Pleasant Ridge built on land donated by Isaac Shepard. Both blacks and whites built, attended, and taught at the school. Peop...
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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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Lodi School Students Posed by Age

Date: 1877
Description: Lodi School was a three-story brick Romanesque building with a small cupola, built in 1868. It burned on March 28, 1878. It was rebuilt by December 1878, b...
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First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
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Pechanga Day School

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Description: Students and teachers in front of Pechanga day school at Mission Agency.
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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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School Building

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of a school building with a group of children and adults gathered in front.
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Avery School House

Date: 1900
Description: Woman and child standing on the steps of the Avery School House. A horse and carriage stand nearby.
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Aneroid Consolidated School

Date: 06 25 1925
Description: Individuals exit an International school bus to stand in line at the doors of Aneroid Consolidated School, No.3704.
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Platteville School District #10 Rural School

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Description: Small rural clapboard schoolhouse with class posing at entrance. There is a dog sitting on the right side of the building, and cows are in a field in the b...
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Group in front of School House

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Description: Large group of children and two women standing in neat rows with two women outside of fence in front of a brick building that appears to be a country schoo...
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Bloomington School District #2

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Description: View from crossroads of the one-room Bloomington School surrounded by trees. A small girl stands near the front door.
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Fennimore District #7 School Building

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Description: Group of students sitting and standing along fence in front of a clapboard one-room school. The teacher stands behind them near the front door which has ro...
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Unidentified Men and Girl

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Description: Two unidentified men and a young girl posing outside what is possibly a one-room schoolhouse.
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Schoolhouse Traffic Hazards

Date: 04 24 1926
Description: Children walking along the side of a road in front of a one-room schoolhouse as an automobile approaches from behind. Other children are playing in the sch...
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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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Group of Boys in front of Third Ward School

Date: 1900
Description: A group of boys, most wearing caps, pose at the side of Madison's Third Ward School, also known as Brayton School. There are girls in the background.
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High School

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Description: The high school building erected in 1908. The building features three stories, a bell tower, and a hip roof. A small child stands in front of the building.
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Horse-Drawn Wagons on Rutted Dirt Road

Date: 1989
Description: Two horse-drawn wagons travel toward each other on a rutted, dirt road. It appears that a woman wearing a bonnet and shawl is driving the nearer wagon, wit...
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Pie Plants in Garden

Date: 07 30 1895
Description: A garden lush with tall pie plants (rhubarb) belonging to Mrs. H.H. Wooledge. One stalk is leaning against a wooden chair, and the leaf of the plant reachi...

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