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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Students by Brick High School

Date: 1875
Description: View across wooden platform of a brick high school on a hill surrounded by a fence. The school has a mansard roof and what appears to be a bell tower above...
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Home From School

Date: 1951
Description: Two students, a boy and a girl, with their dog, apparently walking home from school, an image that seems to capture the essence of life for rural Wisconsin...
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Bicycle Riding Tests

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Marquette School students being tested for riding skills in front of the school, 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spaight Street.
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Girl Signaling During Bicycle Riding Test

Date: 03 30 1947
Description: Marquette School student, a girl in a flowered skirt, being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is al...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Students near Campus

Date: 05 09 1947
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison students along State Street near The University Coop bookstore at Lake Street.
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City-Wide Clean-Up Campaign

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: A truckload of Madison high school students who participated in Madison's second annual city-wide clean-up campaign in front of Manchester's department sto...
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Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine

Date: 08 17 1959
Description: Jefferson Thomas of the Little Rock Nine is harassed by Central High School students as he waits for transportation after the first day of school.
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Boy Signaling During Bicycle Test

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Marquette School student, signaling a left turn, being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along S...
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Girl Riding Down Street for Bicycle Test

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Marquette School girl student being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spaight Street. A gr...
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Bicycle Test for Marquette School Student

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Side view of a Marquette School student being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spaight St...
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Boy Signaling During Bicycle Test

Date: 04 30 1947
Description: Marquette School student, signals a left turn, being tested for riding skills in front of the school at 510 South Thornton Avenue. The testing is along Spa...
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Exercise at a Public School

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a large group of school children exercising in the schoolyard. Boys and girls are on separate sides of the yard. All are the students are ...
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International School Bus

Date: 12 18 1936
Description: An International school bus full of children drives down a long dirt road in a rural area. The bus is approaching an intersection, and a house is on the co...
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Children Exiting School Bus

Date: 11 20 1936
Description: Three boys exit an International school bus in front of what appears to be a school building. Three children sit inside the bus looking out the windows.
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Children Boarding School Bus

Date: 10 15 1935
Description: An International Model C-60 school bus is parked on a gravel road in a rural area while children form a line to board. The bus was owned by the schools of ...
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Girls Getting on Bus

Date: 02 12 1935
Description: Four girls wearing winter hats and coats are stepping off a curb near a building to get on an International school bus owned by New Woodstock High School.
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Boy Exiting Bus

Date: 03 05 1935
Description: A boy exits an International bus wearing a hat and carrying a book, and a young girl stands on the steps behind him. Other children look out the window fro...
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School Bus at Oldest School House

Date: 04 09 1935
Description: Children disembark from an International Model C-30 school bus parked in front of the "oldest [frame] school house" in America. The bus was one of seven ow...
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Livingston Graded School

Date: 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks of a two-story clapboard schoolhouse with bell tower. Groups of children pose outside and another group of children look out on...

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