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High School Students War Work

Date: 09 21 1944
Description: Eight high school students taking a few minutes off from their duties at Oscar Mayer and Company. From left: Kenneth Morrow, East High; Edward Wingen, East...
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Training World War I Mechanics

Date: 1918
Description: Training classes for University of Wisconsin student cadets in the repair of automobiles and trucks during World War I.
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School Meeting

Date: 1917
Description: View from back of room of children sitting in a classroom for a Union Pacific preparedness special campaign. The instructor is pointing to a sign reading: ...
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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Louis G. Seely, as an Army General

Date: 1905
Description: Louis G. Seely, member of the Menomonie High School class of 1905, depicted as an army general, scouting with a telescope. Part of a yearbook created by cl...
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Girls Making Lunch

Date: 1919
Description: Two girls mixing food in a bowl while preparing lunch at Sedan Prairie School. A poster reading: "Buy Liberty Bonds" is on the blackboard behind them, and ...
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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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Hunters' Gun Safety Instruction

Date: 11 1953
Description: Captain Leo Lewis, inspector-instructor at the Naval-Marine Corps Reserve Training Center in Madison, points out the correct way to fire a rifle from a pro...
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Students in an Alley

Date: 02 01 1919
Description: Students waiting outdoors during a sunny day, wearing their smocks and fatigue caps. Captioned: "The alley in which the school was located at Ste. Menehoul...
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City of Madison & U.W. Police Graduates

Date: 08 1955
Description: Sixteen new Madison policemen and three U.W. officers receiving their diplomas at a graduation ceremony held at the City of Madison Police Academy School. ...
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Page 11 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "The auto mechanics class in front of the old barn, now being used as a garage." Captio...

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