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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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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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Little Grant New School Building & Students, Joint District #7

Date: 1913
Description: Little Grant teacher and students stand on the front steps of a new clapboard school building with bell tower. Erected in 1913.
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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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Students Preparing Lunch in Classroom

Date: 1919
Description: Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall rea...
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Pleasant View School

Date: 02 1919
Description: View from a distance of a group of children and adults standing in a line next to a flag pole in front of Pleasant View School.
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Children Playing Volleyball

Date: 1915
Description: A group of children playing volleyball during recess outside of a school building. Additional children are playing on a see-saw behind them.
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Timber Hitch Demonstration

Date: 1920
Description: Two girls standing on the wooden porch of a schoolhouse holding ropes attached with timber hitch knots to a piece of wood on which a girl is sitting. Other...
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Hillcrest School

Date: 1933
Description: Students standing in front of Hillcrest School, a one-room school in Waukesha County.
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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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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Group portrait of a woman and a group of boys and girls posing standing on the snow-covered ground behind a barbwire fence, in front of a wooden building w...
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: View of a woman holding a ruler standing with a group of boys and girls who are posing standing in front of a wooden building, probably a school group.
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: View towards a man and woman, and a group of boys and girls, posing standing in front of a wooden building, probably a school group.
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School Group Posing Outdoors

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Description: Group portrait of two women and a group of boys and girls posing standing in front of a wooden building, probably a school group.
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Robert Hippe

Date: 1932
Description: Robert Hippe, 12, in cap and bib overalls, poses in front of the Prairie School. His bicycle rests against the porch of the school. A note on the reverse o...
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New Fane School

Date: 1932
Description: Thirteen students and their teacher, Marie Adams, pose at the side of the New Fane School. They are wearing coats and hats. The school is a singe-story bri...

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