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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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Shore View of Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro...
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Students and International D-30 School Bus

Date: 1937
Description: Students standing around an International D-30 school bus in front of Jefferson Township School. The bus is equipped with a nineteen-foot Hicks body.
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Safety Cadet Team

Date: 02 21 1985
Description: The Auer Avenue School's safety cadet team standing in front of the school building.
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Sixth Ward / Marquette School

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the 6th Ward School, 1237 Williamson Street, built in 1894. Several people are posing on the road and sidewalk in front of the building with tw...
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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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Students Board Crowded International School Bus

Date: 04 06 1938
Description: Children line up to board a crowded International D-30 school bus outside a school building. The bus served Van Buren township in Grant County, Indiana. Th...
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Children at Work and Play in Schoolyard

Date: 1917
Description: Boys working in a garden while smaller children dance in a circle on the grounds of Middlefield No. 2 Consolidated School in Ostego County. Teachers are lo...
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PTA, Reception for Principal Marvin

Date: 06 05 1935
Description: Group portrait of large group of Draper School PTA members at a reception in Draper School, 910 W. Johnson Street, for retiring principal Miss Adeline Marv...
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Jessie Chase and Painting

Date: 05 20 1932
Description: Artist Jessie Kalmbach Chase standing near her painting above a fireplace at Lakewood School kindergarten room, 2314 Sherman Avenue. She is the only Madiso...
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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults are sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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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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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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Boy Scout Sled Race

Date: 01 24 1953
Description: Boy scout sled team participating in the Klondike Derby sled race. The boys are pulling the sled on the Monona Golf Course, with Nichols School in the back...
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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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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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Play Scene

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Janet Kuhlman, Cherlyn Litchfield, and Larry Litchfield are modeling clay inside Marquette School.
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School Milk Cooler

Date: 11 02 1936
Description: A man loads a milk can into a McCormick-Deering milk cooler at the State Public School for Dependent and Neglected Children.

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