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Kindergarten Registration at Marquette School

Date: 09 13 1948
Description: Evelyn Frish, a kindergarten teacher at Marquette School, registers students for the new school year in the Marquette School gymnasium.
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Mrs. Charles H. (Mary) Rogers, graduate nurse and instructor in the infant-care course at the Madison Vocational and Adult Education School, explaining cer...
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Mother and Daughter Ready to Travel to England

Date: 08 25 1950
Description: Mrs. William O'Meara (Ruth Byrns) of Chicago poses with her daughter, Felicity, as they visit her father, Daniel Byrns, in Madison before leaving for Engl...
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Hearing Impaired Children

Date: 03 02 1951
Description: Two children with a hearing impairment, each seated in their mother's lap, learn about an instrument designed to help them hear. It will be used in an upco...
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Health Class

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Description: View from behind of group of woman and children sitting in chairs and listening as an instructor points to a chart on the wall. The instructor is teaching ...
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Brass Band at Railroad Depot

Date: 02 26 1915
Description: A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi...
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Bettina Bjorksten

Date: 12 08 1953
Description: Portrait of Bettina Bjorksten, an opera singer and teacher in Madison and other cities. Her family migrated from Germany to Brazil when Naziism became 'une...
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Education Week at East High School

Date: 11 01 1954
Description: Four parents and teachers are shown making preparations for the observance of Education Week at East High School. From left to right are, Mina Sperling, Ed...
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School Picnic

Date: 1931
Description: Teacher Marian Violet Metcalf, center, stands among her students as they prepare to roast marshmallows at the school picnic. Picnic baskets and a large mar...
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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Paula Suomi in her seventh grade classroom at Cherokee Junior High. She is the mother of three.
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Mothers With Careers

Date: 02 02 1959
Description: Cherokee Junior High seventh grade teacher, Paula Suomi, at home in the kitchen with her three children, Eric, Lois, and Stephen.
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Training Mothers to Teach Swimming

Date: 07 19 1960
Description: At right, Berthaida Fairbanks, physical education and Red Cross instructor, is standing on the side of a swimming pool training the women in the pool how t...
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Friendly Greeting

Date: 08 1975
Description: A teacher welcoming a kindergarten child on his first day of school with Mom adding moral support. The classroom is in Pewaukee Elementary School.

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