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Shore View of Mission Dock

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of La Pointe and the shoreline from the Old Mission dock. Two boys and two men stand along the shoreline. The white building with the dark ro...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1915
Description: Hillside Home School designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 and constructed over the next two years. The school was operated by the architect's family.
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The First Kindergarten in America

Date: 1928
Description: Exterior view of the school established by Mrs. Carl Schurz, which is often considered the first kindergarten in America.
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Sixth Ward / Marquette School

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the 6th Ward School, 1237 Williamson Street, built in 1894. Several people are posing on the road and sidewalk in front of the building with tw...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1908
Description: Three boys posing in front of Hillside Home School. The Hillside Home School was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901 for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd...
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Birthplace of Republican Party

Date: 1929
Description: 75th anniversary celebration of the birth of the Republican Party at Ripon. Governor Walter J. Kohler, Sr., stands on the podium in front of the Little Whi...
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La Pointe Village School

Date: 1910
Description: Two women sitting in dog cart on dirt street in front of boardwalk. La Pointe Village School is in the background. Dog team belongs to Tom Stahl.
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Dumbbell Drill At Indian Industrial School

Date: 1900
Description: Female students performing a dumbbell drill inside the gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School.
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Club Drill at Indian Industrial School

Date: 1900
Description: Male students performing a club drill inside the gymnasium at the Indian Industrial School.
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Harrell International Institute Faculty and Students

Date: 10 1987
Description: Faculty and students pose in front of a Harrell International Institute building.
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District School in Alto

Date: 1925
Description: District school No. 5 in Alto (or Metomen).
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Pyramid Lake Agency Schoolhouse

Date: 1902
Description: A Pyramid Lake Agency schoolhouse for Indian children.
Postcard

Third and Sixth Ward Schools

Date: 1910
Description: The third and sixth ward schools. Caption reads: "Antigo, Wis.," "Sixth Ward School" and "3rd Ward School."
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Sixth Ward School in the Summer

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view school, partly obscured by trees. Caption reads: "Sixth Ward School, Appleton, Wis."
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High School

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the two-story brick High School building with basement. A bare flagpole is on the roof. Caption reads: "High School, Arcadia, wis."
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Jicarilla Indian School

Date: 11 15 1900
Description: Buildings at the Jicarilla Indian School.
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Beaser Avenue School

Date: 1910
Description: The Beaser Avenue School, built in 1899 of brick and brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. In the background are dwellings and a church building. ...
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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School House

Date: 1900
Description: Balsam Lake school house. A woman is standing on the right near the building. Caption reads: "School House Balsam Lake WIS".
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Baraboo High School

Date: 02 09 1906
Description: Baraboo High School during the fire.

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