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The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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Last Day of School

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at Strawberry School pose behind a table laden with food brought for the "last day of school" picnic. The children wear "good" clothes; two boys wit...
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Rhine Center Classroom

Date: 1931
Description: Students at Rhine Center School pose at their desks for a group portrait. Most of the boys are wearing neckties. Twins Herbert and Norbert Hornbeck, 13, ar...
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Pupils of Rhine Center School

Date: 1931
Description: The students of the Rhine Center School, District No. 6, pose for their photograph in the schoolyard. The girls are wearing good dresses; the boys wear kni...
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The Inventor

Date: 1931
Description: Joe Mietus, 16, poses at the Mayo School, District No. 1. On the reverse of the photograph is written, "Has invented several home made farm tools. Also has...
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Graduation

Date: 1929
Description: Seven pupils graduating from the Mayo School, District No. 1, posing sitting in a row in their classroom. The room has been decorated with flowers, crepe p...
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Roger Baird

Date: 1933
Description: Roger Baird, 11 years old and a student at Hillcrest School, District No. 6, Towns of Waukesha, Pewaukee, Brookfield and New Berlin, poses on the arched fr...
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Victory School

Date: 1931
Description: Students at Victory School, La Crosse County, pose at the side of their stone school building. All the boys are wearing neckties.
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Country School

Date: 12 16 1904
Description: Group portrait of children and adults standing on the open front porch of a small wood frame school building with two front doors. Among the adults in the ...

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