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Edward Hitchcock, Geologist and Theologian

Date: 1869
Description: Carte-de-visite portrait of Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864), American educator and geologist. Hitchcock served as the third president of Amherst College from ...
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Peter Engelmann, Naturalist

Date: 1867
Description: Vignetted carte-de-visite portrait of Peter Engelmann (1823-1874), Wisconsin educator and naturalist. Engelman founded the German-English Academy in Milwau...
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Menomonie High School Faculty

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of the Menomonie High School Faculty from 1903. Part of a 1905 yearbook created by classmate Albert Hansen, based on a class prophecy theme.
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Menomonie High School Faculty, 1905

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of the Menomonie High School Faculty from 1905. Part of a 1905 yearbook created by classmate Albert Hansen, based on a class prophecy theme.
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Madison Vocational and Adult Education School

Date: 01 18 1949
Description: Florence Brewer, seated, from England, learning sewing from Helen John, with Richard W. Bardwell, director of Madison Vocational and Adult Education School...
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Ellen Clara Sabin

Date: 04 08 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait in front of a studio backdrop of Ellen Clara Sabin, Milwaukee teacher and administrator.
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School for the Deaf

Date: 1902
Description: Group portrait taken at the 50th anniversary of the Wisconsin School for the Deaf, entitled "Semi-Centennial Visitors". Identified are: second from left in...
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Walkenhorst School Board

Date: 1917
Description: Teacher and school board of the Walkenhorst School sit around a table outdoors near a building. The men have set their hats on the table, and a horse-drawn...
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Mrs. Ella Flagg Young

Date: 1910
Description: Three-quarter length portrait of Miss Ella Flagg Young seated at a desk. She is wearing a patterned dress and has her hands on a book. Ella Flagg Young was...
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Madison Art Foundation

Date: 08 11 1953
Description: Portrait of supporters of the recently incorporated Madison Art Foundation. Philip Falk (left), superintendent of Madison schools, shows a piece of artwork...
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Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones

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Description: Cyanotype of sisters Ellen Lloyd Jones (left) and Jane Lloyd Jones who founded and ran Hillside Home School. The women are the aunts of architect Frank Llo...
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Rural Teacher of the Year

Date: 11 03 1958
Description: Constance Elvehjem, McFarland, left, honored as the Rural Teacher of the Year, is shown with, left to right: her brother-in-law, University of Wisconsin Pr...
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Lloyd Jones Sisters

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of Ellen Lloyd Jones and her sister Jane Lloyd Jones standing in front of the Hillside School which they founded and managed. Both sisters wear ey...
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Madison Teachers at Salon of School Art

Date: 04 18 1961
Description: Three Madison teachers admire a student sculpture displayed at the Salon of School Art exhibit. The teachers have been associated with the Salon of School ...
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Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: This map shows counties, roads, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, and portions of surrounding states. Included is a table of interstate and intrastate railroa...
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Armand Ketterer and Margaret Moss, Madison Public Schools Associates At Their Retirement Party

Date: 06 11 1964
Description: Armand Ketterer, supervisor of textbooks for the Madison public schools (left) and Margaret Moss, school librarian, discuss their plans for their future le...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: The Madison Altrusa club gives a summer scholarship each year to a talented Madison student in honor of the late Lucy Irene Buck, a former club president a...
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Woodward Avenue School Faculty

Date: 09 1919
Description: Teachers and administrators at Woodward Avenue School posing for a group portrait in front of the brick school building. Jeannette Holt is sitting in the f...

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