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Clothing Drive Contest

Date: 05 01 1945
Description: Pupils of the Highlands-Mendota Beach School ran a clothing drive contest among school rooms and collected well over a truckload of clothing. Pictured are ...
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Madison Woman's Club Annual Benefit Party

Date: 09 24 1944
Description: Children participating in a thimble party at the Shorewood Hills School while their mothers participated in the annual Madison Woman's Club benefit party. ...
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Boys at Work on Urban Garden

Date: 04 18 1917
Description: Boys from the Newberry School and Boys' Club No. 2 work on ground loaned by the Board of Education for a city garden.
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Walkenhorst School Canning Club

Date: 1917
Description: A group of girls from the Canning Club of Walkenhorst School sitting and standing around a table outdoors to display their canned goods. A man wearing eyeg...
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Nakoma Welfare League Young Peoples Party

Date: 12 27 1953
Description: John Wilber, Patti Poehling, Suzanne Holly and Eric Peterson attend a dance in the Nakoma school gymnasium.
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Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Fifth grade school students make menu covers for the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention. They are seen with adults Roberta Larsen, art t...
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Griggs Album: Kindergarten Goes to Vilas Park

Date: 06 1925
Description: Children posing in the back of an open truck wagon in front of the Neighborhood House Infant Welfare Clinic. The wagon is marked "Frautschi". This is the f...
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Elliott Zimmerman Heads Madison Elementary Junior Red Cross Council

Date: 06 1953
Description: New officers of the Madison elementary Junior Red Cross Council are elected by representatives of 23 Madison elementary school Junior Red Cross councils. S...
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Girl Scouts From Troop 33 with Bird Feeders

Date: 11 20 1961
Description: Janet Hirsch, 12, 601 Pickford Street, on a ladder, and Nan Newhall, 12, 4818 Woodburn Drive, seventh graders from Troop 33 at Cherokee Heights School, han...
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South Madison Neighborhood Center Tutoring Program

Date: 02 06 1964
Description: U.W. student volunteer Susan Meltzer (right) is shown helping Tony Davis (11) and John James (11) improve their reading skills. John is looking over Tony's...
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Blessed Sacrament Girl Scout Troop

Date: 11 20 1964
Description: Members of Blessed Sacrament Cadette Girl Scout troop shown preparing to serve pastries at a "tasting tea" at the school. They baked the food themselves a...
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Finger Painting Class at Nichols School

Date: 01 05 1955
Description: Third-grade student Susan Pressentin (of 4805 Wallace Avenue) is working on finger painting project at Nichols School. She is wearing a Brownie uniform.
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Young School Boys Standing in a Row Outdoors

Date: 1918
Description: Young school boys are lined up in a row on the sidewalk. An older boy is standing behind the group. The young boys are all wearing short pants. One boy (th...
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We Saw You . . . at Nursery School

Date: 11 22 1960
Description: Kathy Conto (3) entertains herself at the Salvation Army all day nursery school, 121 West Wilson Street. Anne Shea serves as the head teacher and is assist...
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We Saw You . . . at Nursery School

Date: 11 22 1960
Description: Story hour time at the Salvation Army all day nursery school, 121 West Wilson Street. Boys and girls are shown listening to a teacher reading from a book. ...

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