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First Three Buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison Campus

Date: 1865
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison campus showing the first three buildings on campus, South Hall (left), University Hall [Bascom Hall] (center), and North Ha...
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Children at Work and Play in Schoolyard

Date: 1917
Description: Boys working in a garden while smaller children dance in a circle on the grounds of Middlefield No. 2 Consolidated School in Ostego County. Teachers are lo...
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Old Home Building

Date: 1892
Description: Exterior of Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Barn at Hillside Home School

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Description: Landscape, including a barn, at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Landscape Near Hillside Home School

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Description: Landscape near Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Jicarilla Indian School

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Description: A Jicarilla Indian school building.
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Public School

Date: 1973
Description: Exterior of public school building, with a slide and trees.
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Bartlett School

Date: 1885
Description: The Third Ward, East Side, or Barlett School, after additions had been put on in the rear. The Bartlett after whom the school building was named was Willia...
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Northwest Intersection at Fourth and Water

Date: 1870
Description: Elevated view of the town, looking northwest. The Chippewa River is in the foreground, with a lot of buildings, an intersection, and distant hills. One bui...
Postcard

Wisconsin State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: Wisconsin State Normal School located on Main Street in Whitewater. Text reads: Dec. 9 "Dear Duan(??): How would you like to trade schools? This is where I...
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State Normal School

Date: 1925
Description: Large trees grace the lawn of the State Normal School located on Main Street. Albert Salisbury, the first president of the school, envisioned the campus as...
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Lodi High School

Date: 1910
Description: View across water towards a high school on a hill in Lodi.
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Lower Ward School

Date: 1925
Description: Lower Ward School (also called Second Ward School) built in 1867 and used through 1923. It was torn down in 1931.
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Enos L. Jones Farm

Date: 1903
Description: View down hill of the Enos Lloyd Jones farm with Hillside Home School and Romeo and Juliet in the background.
Postcard

Elevated View of Merrimac

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of commercial buildings, houses, a church and a school in a neighborhood. In the foreground a person is standing at the side of a building wi...
Postcard

Public School

Date: 1908
Description: Exterior of public school made from stone. A bell tower is on the roof. Caption reads: "Public School, Mt. Vernon, Wis."
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The First School House at Prairie du Chien

Date: 1840
Description: The first school house at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. There is a fence behind the building, and hills in the background.
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Aerial View of Camp Randall

Date: 1909
Description: Aerial view looking north over Camp Randall stadium towards University Heights. In the right-center area of the photograph, the Wayland J. Chase residence,...
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High School

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Description: View of the exterior of an unidentified brick high school with a crucifix on top of the belltower on the roof.
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School on Bank of River

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Description: View from shoreline across water toward an unidentified school building with an ornate bell tower on the roof on the bank of a river or large pond. A hill ...

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