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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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Thomas Ridge

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Description: People playing golf on Thomas Ridge at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wrigh...
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University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club Winter Carnival

Date: 02 14 1948
Description: Ice carving of the Olympic rings at the University of Wisconsin Hoofers Club Winter Carnival, with Bascom Hall and the Lincoln Monument in the background. ...
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West High School Hockey Team

Date: 02 05 1949
Description: Group portrait of the undefeated West High School hockey team in uniform with hockey sticks posing on the ice at a rink outdoors.
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Classmates Picking Weeds

Date: 02 1919
Description: A group of children and adults from Elm Grove school learning to identify and pick weeds along the side of a dirt road.
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Teacher and Classmates Ready to Pick Seed Corn

Date: 1917
Description: A group of boys from the Walkenhorst School holding fabric bags while posing in a field with their instructor on their way to select seed corn.
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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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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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State Normal School Girls' Tennis Courts

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Description: Elevated view of girls playing tennis on the lawn at the State Normal School.
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Children Working in School Garden

Date: 1913
Description: Group of children in a large school garden working on their crops.
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Group of Children at School March

Date: 1913
Description: Spectators on bleachers are watching students participating in a "Grand March" at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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Children at Corn Germination Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers...
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Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
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Students Returning to School with Corn

Date: 1919
Description: Small class of students and their teacher carrying sacks full of corn. Original caption reads: "Returning with trophies, Elm Grove School." The writing on ...
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Andy Over the Schoolhouse

Date: 1945
Description: Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. Seven children play "Andy-Over-the-Schoolhouse," a game in which they throw a ball over...
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High Jump

Date: 1932
Description: A boy is caught mid-air in his approach to the high jump. Many other children and adults watch. One man identifiable by the "W" on his sweater is a student...
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Lapham School Children at Bowman Farm Dairy

Date: 11 1953
Description: Lapham School third grade children observing milking machinery during a tour of the Bowman Farm Dairy on Fish Hatchery Road. Identified left to right are C...
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Jeannette Holt in Costume at Gertrude House Flower Market

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1918 Flower Market at Gertrude House. In costume, Jeannette Holt is standing third from the left. She is holding a t...
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Charles E. Brown and Students

Date: 1923
Description: Group portrait of Charles Brown (center with the white hat) and his University of Wisconsin students before setting out on a summer session excursion. Judg...

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