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| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of Katherine Morrissey Dodge Cook seated at a desk in front of a classroom full of students. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Pupils and their teacher (rear) pose in front of their school house. Two cars are parked in the school yard. A man and other pupils stand near a water pump... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Students sitting at their desks with their books open at Potter School, District No. 3. Magazines and newspapers hang on a line strung against the back wal... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Willard Nuss, holding a small dog on a chain leash, poses near Peace Evangelical and Reformed Church in Potter. He was the "leader of the highest class in ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Students holding books and magazines pose seated in chairs in the Prairie School. Model airplanes hang near the portraits of Abraham Lincoln and George Was... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Students pose in front of a small outbuilding near the Prairie School. The school has a stucco exterior and a basement. There is a bell tower on the roof. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Robert Hippe, 12, in cap and bib overalls, poses in front of the Prairie School. His bicycle rests against the porch of the school. A note on the reverse o... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Harriet Sundbakken, 13, a student at Prairie School, poses near some flowering bushes. The school building is in the background. A note on the reverse of t... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Students in the one-room Peck School read at their desks and sitting on a bench as their teacher, Mable Crosby, observes from the back of the room. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Martin Gutekunst, 14, wearing high boots, sweater, and leather hat, poses at the side of the New Fane School. He is identified on the photograph as the "le... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Students at the New Fane school pose in the classroom during lunch time. Some of the children hold cookies or sandwiches. On several of the desks there are... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | A girl wearing bloomers and long stockings performs a headstand as other girls look on. One of the bystanders is also wearing athletic clothes under her co... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Arlene Annette Elmer, 14, poses with three of her drawings alongside the Farmer's Grove School. Her teacher wrote on the reverse of this photograph that sh... |
| Date: | 04 1990 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey observes the "Charlie Program" in action at an elementary school in his district. Obey was a strong supporter of education and ed... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Ivan Rhyner, 13, "leader of highest class in history" at Farmer's Grove School, poses outside the school holding a book. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Esther Elmer, 20, poses with jars of fruits and vegetables which she has canned. A fancy carpet is hanging behind her as a backdrop. She wrote on the rever... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Children have clasped hands and formed a circle in a game of "Drop the Handkerchief." They are in the schoolyard of Farmer's Grove School, District No. 3, ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | The students at Strawberry School pose in front of the school building. The youngest students, in front, hold an American flag. There are curtains and a pa... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Pupils at Strawberry School pose behind a table laden with food brought for the "last day of school" picnic. The children wear "good" clothes; two boys wit... |
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