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Peshtigo Schoolhouse

Date: 1871
Description: Photographic print of a wood engraving of a schoolhouse and children in Peshtigo. From the book "Sketch of the Great Fire In Peshtigo."
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Inch School

Date: 1898
Description: Students and teachers pose in front of Inch School.
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Brown Jug School Students

Date: 09 08 1925
Description: Brown Jug School students lined up along a fence outside a school house. One of the boys is wearing a cowboy hat and bandana.
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Recess at a One-Room School

Date: 09 1939
Description: Children play on a playground while a teacher watches from the porch of a one-room schoolhouse. The school building is still located in Grant County, on Hi...
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First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
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Stony Hill School

Date: 06 14 1946
Description: Stony Hill School house, where the first Flag Day was celebrated on June 14, 1885.
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York Log School House

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Description: The York log school house was built in 1843. It was later used on the Pelty farm as a workshop.
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York Log School

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Description: The York log school house was built in 1843. It was later used on the Pelty farm as a workshop.
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Log School House in York

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Description: The York log school house was built in 1843. It was later used on the Pelty farm as a workshop. There is a bell on the roof.
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Frances E. Willard School

Date: 1910
Description: Frances Willard School house built in 1853.
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Frances E. Willard School

Date: 1910
Description: Frances Willard School house built in 1853. The image of a bow is printed on the left. Caption reads: "The Francis E. Willard School, Janesville, Wis."
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Westport School

Date: 1929
Description: The Westport School attended by Ella Wheeler. It is now used as a tool shed. A large barn is behind the smaller building.
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Views of Stewart, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Views of Stewart, Wisconsin (otherwise known as Postville or York Township) near Monroe, Dane County. Stewart post-office was established November 12, 186...
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Viall School House

Date: 1920
Description: The Viall school house in District Number 7. This building formerly occupied the site of the present Nakoma school house.
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Small Wooden School Building

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Description: A white building, with three windows on the one side, and two flanking the entrance. A chimney is at the back.
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Gray's Mill School, Disrtict 17

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Description: Small white clapboard schoolhouse in South Lancaster Township, with class standing outside in front. There is a barn on a hill in the background.
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Platteville School District #10 Rural School

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Description: Small rural clapboard schoolhouse with class posing at entrance. There is a dog sitting on the right side of the building, and cows are in a field in the b...
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Group in front of School House

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Description: Large group of children and two women standing in neat rows with two women outside of fence in front of a brick building that appears to be a country schoo...
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Beetown School District #6

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Description: View from road of Budworth one-room white clapboard schoolhouse, built in 1888. The building sits between a wood shed and an outhouse, with open fields bey...
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Bloomington School District #2

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Description: View from crossroads of the one-room Bloomington School surrounded by trees. A small girl stands near the front door.

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