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Martin Luther King, Jr. Speaking at Highlander

Date: 08 1957
Description: Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at Highlander's 25th Anniversary, August-September, inside Highlander Library.
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Peter Seeger Playing at Highlander

Date: 1957
Description: Pete Seeger playing the 5-string banjo at the 25th Anniversary of Highlander Folk School in the Library building.
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25th Anniversary of Highlander

Date: 09 02 1957
Description: 25th Anniversary event in the Highlander Folk School Library. Pictured are Rosa Parks, Myles Horton, Aubrey Williams, and Martin Luther King, Jr. among ot...
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Community Leadership Workshop

Date: 08 1955
Description: A community leadership workshop session, August-September, at Highlander Folk School. Elizabeth Brinkman, Germany, in background in a flower dress; obscure...
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Sheriff Padlocking Highlander Folk School

Date: 1958
Description: Myles Horton watching as the local sheriff puts a padlock on Highlander Folk School, following a trial in which Highlander was accused of propagating Commu...
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Perry and Elsie Horton with Dogs

Date: 1937
Description: Perry and Elsie Horton, parents of Myles Horton, with fox hounds, at Highlander Folk School.
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Playground Scene

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Outdoors at Lapham School, Al Johnson, Carolyn Mitchell, Noel McGuigan, and Joan Adler are singing to the ukelele accompaniment of Tom Adler, standing, and...
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Playground Scene

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Larry Downey, Tommy Halverson, upside down, Buddy Halverson, Larry Tollen and Ronny Kather are playing on the climbing bars at Marquette School.
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Play Scene

Date: 07 10 1948
Description: Janet Kuhlman, Cherlyn Litchfield, and Larry Litchfield are modeling clay inside Marquette School.
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Washington School Hearing Clinic

Date: 07 15 1948
Description: Participants in a large-scale hearing clinic held at Washington School in Madison and sponsored by the University of Wisconsin departments of speech and ed...
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Ground Breaking At Our Lady, Queen of Peace Parish

Date: 07 18 1948
Description: Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t...
Postcard

Industrial School for Girls

Date: 1906
Description: Administration building for the school. The building has over three stories, and a covered main entrance. Caption reads: "Administration Building, Industri...
Poster

Freedom Day Poster

Date: 1964
Description: Poster in red, white and blue for Freedom Day School Withdrawal, Monday, May 18th, 1964.
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Two Shorewood Hills Preparatory School Women

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Two young women from Shorewood Hills soon to leave for preparatory school. Pictured siting outside on a patio from the left are: Rosamond Ross, National Ca...
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St. Raphael's School First Graders

Date: 09 08 1948
Description: Sister Mary Flora of St. Raphael's School greets eight newcomers to the school. The new first graders are, front row, left to right, Michael Maloney, Eliza...
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Swimming Schools at Milwaukee River

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view from bridge looking over at a hill leading down to bath houses and fenced-in swimming areas for beginners. Establishment of Wm. Bechstein. Ca...
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Menomonie High School Faculty

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of the Menomonie High School Faculty from 1903. Part of a 1905 yearbook created by classmate Albert Hansen, based on a class prophecy theme.
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Menomonie High School Faculty, 1905

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of the Menomonie High School Faculty from 1905. Part of a 1905 yearbook created by classmate Albert Hansen, based on a class prophecy theme.

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