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Mr. Schleck Talking on Radio

Date: 10 01 1931
Description: Emerson school principal Leo P. Schleck, director of radio education for the city, talking on the radio at Emerson School.
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Barber Science Class

Date: 08 27 1929
Description: Students in the first class in Barber Science with instructor, Chester Feavel, pointing at an anatomy chart.
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Leo Kehl and Lucille Stoddart

Date: 1930
Description: Leo Kehl, head of the Kehl School of Dance, dances a slow foxtrot known as the "Flicker" with his partner, Lucille Stoddart.
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UW Summer Reading Clinic

Date: 07 19 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin summer reading clinic. Jack Ackerman, a teacher from Manitowoc, giving a vision screening test using telebinoculars.
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Ira Colby

Date: 1860
Description: Ninth plate ambrotype quarter-length portrait of Mr. Ira Colby, a teacher of the Union School in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He has a beard and is wearing a suit ...
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Musician Elmer Ziegler

Date: 09 25 1952
Description: Elmer Ziegler was a musical arranger, conductor, composer, publisher, multi-instrumentalist, instrument repairman, teacher and music store operator. He is ...
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Obey and Lucey

Date: 1965
Description: Assemblyman David R. Obey and Patrick J. Lucey meeting with a group of students and their teacher, a nun, in the Wisconsin Assembly Parlor. Although undat...
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Computer Assisted Learning

Date: 05 1998
Description: As part of his support for education, Congressman David Obey visited many schools within his district. Here he observed elementary school students in Wisco...
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Obey and Madison

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Description: Congressman David R. Obey (right) and his home secretary Jerry Madison, also a Wausau history teacher, traveling in the district on an airplane.
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Roland D. Irving

Date: 1879
Description: Quarter-length portrait of Professor Irving Roland.
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Sunday School Class

Date: 1900
Description: Emma Schmitt's (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett) Sunday School class. Emma is in the first one on the left in the first row.
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Garfield School Students

Date: 09 1955
Description: Group portrait of first through eighth grade students at Garfield School, with their teacher, Grace Sorenson.
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Raymond School Students

Date: 11 30 1961
Description: Group portrait of seventh and eighth grade students from Raymond School with their teacher, Mr. Philbrick.
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Educators

Date: 10 02 1964
Description: Group of 10 men and women with a sign that reads "Education for Public Relations — Understanding"
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Biology Teaching Program

Date: 01 12 1965
Description: Charles Sommers, left, biology teacher at Cherokee Heights school is showing other biology teachers an experiment he found useful in his classes. The Madis...
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Teachers

Date: 1914
Description: A group of male and female Cook County teachers studying corn, preparatory to taking up this work in their rural schools.
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School Teachers Sorting Weed Seed

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Description: School teachers at a North Dakota fair, learning to sort weed seed, and name the varieties.
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William H. Church with his Schoolteacher

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Description: Ninth plate ambrotype of William H. Church with his schoolteacher, both sitting and facing forward. The man on the right has his arm around the shoulder of...
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High School Students

Date: 1911
Description: High school students are assembled in a classroom. Two students are sitting at every desk. Teachers are standing in the background.
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Badger School 8th Grade Class Portrait

Date: 1951
Description: Badger School 8th grade class portrait. The front row is sitting on a bench and the back row is standing. Some of the girls are wearing saddle shoes. In th...

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