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Girls' Gym Class

Date: 1900
Description: Girls playing basketball outdoors at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Young Girls Playing on School Swing

Date: 05 1928
Description: Two young girls playing on a tree swing on the grounds of Viall School.
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Children at Dudgeon Playground

Date: 06 16 1932
Description: Group portrait of children who attended the Dudgeon School summer playground program, and their director Cornella Krings, at Duck Pond, Nakoma.
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Junior Hunt Club on Horseback

Date: 10 26 1930
Description: Seven children and two adults sitting on horses in front of the Blackhawk Riding Academy, 1019 Conklin Place.
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Heavy Snow

Date: 12 12 1963
Description: Winter scene with Swanson School youngsters playing in the first heavy snow of the season.
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St. Mary's Springs Academy

Date: 1913
Description: The stone and iron gateway entrance to St. Mary's Springs Academy. Caption reads: "Entrance to St. Mary's Springs Academy Fond du Lac, Wis."
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District School in Alto

Date: 1925
Description: District school No. 5 in Alto (or Metomen).
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Dancers at Hillside

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of students at the Hillside Home School performing a may pole dance while an audience looks on. Dance instruction at the school was provided ...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1911
Description: Southern elevation of Hillside Home School, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for his aunts, Jane and Ellen Lloyd Jones. Taliesin is located in the vicinity o...
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Bloomington High School

Date: 1956
Description: High school. Caption reads: "High School, Bloomington Wis."
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Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf and Dumb

Date: 1910
Description: View of the main building, with a lightpost in the foreground. A sign on the building reads: "Wisconsin Institution for the Deaf & Dumb." Caption reads: "...
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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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Longwell House

Date: 1920
Description: The Longwell house, residence of Hugh Longwell. It was used for the first school in Somers Township.
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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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Ella Wheeler Wilcox School

Date: 1929
Description: The Ella Wheeler Wilcox School.
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Lincoln School

Date: 1920
Description: Lincoln School with trees in the foreground.
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Elementary School

Date: 1925
Description: Elementary school on Washington Island.
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Taliesin

Date: 1925
Description: View of a man standing near the pond and spillway on the grounds of Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright's residence and architectural school complex. Taliesin is ...
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Hillside Home School

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of Hillside Home School. Caption reads: "Main Building, Hillside Home School, Hillside, Wis."

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