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Governor Julius P. Heil Campaigning to Teenagers

Date: 10 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil (1876-1949) speaks to Shawano High School students and others during his gubernatorial re-election campaign. He arrived during the ...
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Alice Cobb and Bernice Robinson

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Description: Alice Cobb (right) and Bernice Robinson (left), in front of the main school building.
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Hosiery Workers Skit at Highlander

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Description: Three men are dressed as women, wearing brasseries, and skirts made from newspaper. Part of a hosiery workers workshop skit at Highlander Folk School.
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First Attempt to Enter Central High School by the Little Rock Nine

Date: 09 04 1957
Description: First attempt of the Little Rock Nine to enter Central High School. They were denied entrance by the Arkansas National Guard who had been called up by Gove...
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Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Interior of a library at Clarion State Normal School, established in 1873. Men and women read at tables and choose books from shelves.
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Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Elevated view of women wearing uniforms of knee-length skirts and dark tights taking to the field to play a game of field hockey at Hampton Institute. Spec...
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Art Class at the State Normal School

Date: 1910
Description: View of woman at an outdoor art class on a lawn, sketching at State Normal School, which opened in 1875. The group of women are standing and sitting outdoo...
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Flower Girls

Date: 05 1931
Description: Faye Finch, Dorothy Tober and Doris Behling pose out of doors. They are dressed in crepe paper costumes with petalled skirts, leaf bibs and caps with stem...
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Group of Students

Date: 1905
Description: Group portrait of four women, seated in front of three men, all unidentified. The women wear high-collared white blouses and long dark skirts. The men wear...
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Lloyd Jones Sisters

Date: 1910
Description: Portrait of Ellen Lloyd Jones and her sister Jane Lloyd Jones standing in front of the Hillside School which they founded and managed. Both sisters wear ey...
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Class at Agricultural School

Date: 1907
Description: Students read attentively in one of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy's classrooms. The male students are dressed in dark sui...
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Maria Diaz

Date: 02 03 1967
Description: A woman demonstrating a dance move while a man is watching. Caption reads: "Concentration is required when taking a dance lesson. Miss Maria Diaz, an instr...
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Debutante Training

Date: 08 25 1967
Description: A woman is holding hands with two young women, with several young men and women looking on from behind them. Caption reads: "Walk slowly," were the instruc...
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Drawing Class Taught by Television

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Description: View from back of classroom towards a group of students sitting in desks watching a television and drawing.
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Woodward Avenue School Faculty

Date: 09 1919
Description: Teachers and administrators at Woodward Avenue School posing for a group portrait in front of the brick school building. Jeannette Holt is sitting in the f...
Postcard

Students' Promenade

Date: 10 15 1904
Description: Text on front reads: "Students' Promenade, St. Clara College, Sinsinawa, Winconsin. [sic]" Several groups of students are walking along a wide, tree-shaded...
Manuscript

Page 4 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "Miss Leonard and the ungraded students." Caption for photograph at bottom reads: "Miss...
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Page 5 from "A Few Glimpses of Stanley McCormick School"

Date: 02 08 1921
Description: Page from booklet with a photograph at top with caption that reads: "Muss Cuslee[?] and the primary tots." Caption for photograph at bottom reads: "Showing...
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Group Portrait of Female Students with Basketball

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Description: Group portrait of five girls posing on the steps of a building. They are wearing uniforms of white blouses with striped collars and dark neckties over dark...

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