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Auditorium at the School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Auditorium at the State School for the Deaf; the stage is dressed with a 'nature' backdrop.
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Art Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Female students practice painting and drawing in an art class session at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher assists in the background.
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Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class.
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Gymnasium at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Gymnasium at the State School for the Deaf with floor mats, a pommel horse, rings apparatus, and racks of Indian clubs.
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Woodworking Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male students at the State School for the Deaf practice woodworking in one of the school's shops.
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Students in Gymnasium at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Elevated view of group of female students posing with Indian clubs in a gymnasium at the State School for the Deaf.
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School for the Deaf

Date: 1912
Description: Exterior view of School for the Deaf. School also called State Institute for the Deaf and Dumb. Walker Hall, which is on the right, was added to the school...
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State Normal School

Date: 1870
Description: State Normal School. A group of men are standing in the tall grass in the left foreground.
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State Normal School

Date: 1881
Description: State Normal School in Whitewater.
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Esterly School

Date: 1910
Description: Esterly School, formerly George Esterly's residence.
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Students in School Room

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Description: A full room of students at the State Normal(?) School. All of the students appear to be female. A line of possible teachers are in front of the blackboard.
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Classroom at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students sitting in desks while writing on what appear to be slates. A group sitting in a circle at the back of the room are possibly pract...
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf Chapel

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Description: Interior view of the chapel at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. Rows of empty, bow back chairs face a stage, where more chairs are set up under bunting a...
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Wisconsin School for the Deaf

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Description: Exterior view of the main building at the Wisconsin School for the Deaf. The building is surrounded by a lawn and a grove of trees.
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Wisconsin State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior of "Old Main" at the State Normal School, founded in 1868. The view from an adjacent road features the brick building's two towers with additional...
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Bay Hill School Classroom

Date: 1930
Description: Ten students sitting at their desks in the classroom at Bay Hill School. Their teacher, Alice Holloway, stands at the back holding a book. Blackboards cove...
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Dunham School

Date: 1946
Description: Dunham School, standing in a grove of trees, surrounded by a fence. The building is built of brick and has a bell tower and chimney, with a front door with...
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Dunham School Class

Date: 1946
Description: Students and teacher in the classroom at Dunham School. The room is filled with desks, chairs, books, a blackboard and a globe. Three large window can be s...
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Bird Feeder

Date: 1932
Description: Identified as "A lunch counter for birds," a platform feeder has been mounted on a fence post behind Gardners Prairie School, District No. 7, Town of Sprin...
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Sailing School

Date: 08 08 1941
Description: View across water of women and children sitting on the deck of the Sailing School Ship on Lake Geneva. Herb Taylor, partly obscured on the afterdeck, was t...

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