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Kindergarten Students

Date: 
Description: Students gathered closely around their teachers in the kindergarten room on the south end of the school. The open hearth, fireplace, high ceilings and wind...
Photograph

Children Boarding School Bus

Date: 
Description: Group of children boarding school bus.
Photograph

Safety Cadet Team

Date: 02 21 1985
Description: The Auer Avenue School's safety cadet team standing in front of the school building.
Photograph

Halloween

Date: 11 01 1963
Description: A line of elementary students dressed up in Halloween costumes at school. Women are standing and sitting in the background.
Print

Irving School

Date: 1958
Description: An architectural rendering of Irving School.
Postcard

West Allis High School

Date: 1910
Description: An oval framed view of a high school in West Allis.
Photograph

Deaf-mute School, Saint Francis, Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: Exterior view of a school for the deaf and mute.
Photograph

Milwaukee Commercial School

Date: 04 01 1915
Description: Northwest corner of 3rd and Wells Street, facing the Milwaukee Commercial School. A police officer directs traffic in the foreground, with pedestrians on t...
Postcard

East Side High School

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view across street toward the school on a street corner. The school building has five levels, with peaked roofs and several chimneys. A red buildi...
Postcard

East Side High School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of school. A flag on a flagpole is in the foreground. Caption reads: "East Side High School, Milwaukee."
Drawing

First Ward School

Date: 1890
Description: Drawing of a two-story school house. A bell tower is on the roof, a tree and a lamp post and fence are next to the road.
Postcard

German-English Academy and Temple Emanuel

Date: 1910
Description: The temple is on the right of the Academy at the street corner. Caption reads: "German-English Academy & Temple Emanuel, Milwaukee."
Photograph

German-English Academy Building

Date: 1974
Description: 1020 North Broadway, main facade photographed from the Northwest. Building right next to the Milwaukee School of Engineers. Signs labeling the buildings a...
Postcard

Industrial School for Girls

Date: 1910
Description: View across lawn toward the Chapel Building. Small footpaths curve from the left and right to the entrance. Caption reads: "Chapel Building, Industrial Sch...
Photograph

Milwaukee Academy

Date: 1920
Description: Corner of Van Buren and Oneida Streets. An ornate iron and glass lamp post is in the center of the image between two trees.
Postcard

West Side High School

Date: 
Description: Exterior view across street toward the high school. Caption reads: "West Side High School, Milwaukee."
Photograph

Milwaukee Normal School

Date: 1956
Description: Exterior of building, which was first occupied in June 1885. It stood at the corner of 18th and Wells Streets.
Photograph

Milwaukee Normal School

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior of the school with a man standing on the sidewalk in front of the three-story building spraying the lawn with a hose. A group of people are in fr...
Photograph

Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools

Date: 1940
Description: Central Building. Six-story building with cars along the road next to it. In the lower foreground is a parking lot with a sign listing parking as 15 cents.
Photograph

Milwaukee Vocational and Adult Schools

Date: 1959
Description: Elevated view of Central Building. Seven story building with a walkway connecting to the second floor over the road on the right. Cars are parked in front...

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