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Rural School Health Parade and Festival

Date: 05 1928
Description: School children and teachers from Lemont township marching in a rural school festival parade. The children are dressed in white cloaks and hats bearing a m...
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Children Saluting the Flag

Date: 1919
Description: Miss Summers' pupils saluting as an American flag is raised outside Pleasant View School. The original caption reads: "Loyal U.S. citizens in the making."
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Recess at a One-Room School

Date: 09 1939
Description: Children play on a playground while a teacher watches from the porch of a one-room schoolhouse. The school building is still located in Grant County, on Hi...
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West High School Production "Our Town"

Date: 11 14 1944
Description: West High School student production of "Our Town" with Kenneth Paine, as narrator.
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Wisconsin-Illinois Football Game

Date: 10 20 1945
Description: Man in a wheelchair on the sidelines of the Wisconsin-Illinois football game at Camp Randall Stadium. He is possibly Robert Butts, the founder of the annua...
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Foreign Students Visiting Governor Goodland

Date: 11 1946
Description: Foreign students at the University of Wisconsin visit Governor Walter Goodland in his office at the Wisconsin State Capitol. The visit was arranged by Caro...
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Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show

Date: 04 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of seven 9th and 10th grade girls modeling clothing from the Emporium Department Store for the Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show. Left t...
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Cottage Grove Grade School Style Show

Date: 04 24 1946
Description: Group portrait of twenty school children and youth wearing clothing from the Emporium Department Store featured in the Cottage Grove Grade School Style Sho...
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East High School Graduation

Date: 06 06 1947
Description: East High School graduation showing students, parents, and other attendees, seated in gym.
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University of Wisconsin-Michigan Football Game

Date: 11 15 1947
Description: Ben Bendrick carrying the ball at the Michigan goal line during the Wisconsin-Michigan football game at Camp Randall Stadium.
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University of Wisconsin-Michigan Football Game

Date: 11 15 1947
Description: Injured fullback, Earl Maves, (right) and former player, George Paskvan, sitting on the sidelines during the Wisconsin-Michigan football game at Camp Randa...
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University of Wisconsin-Michigan Football Game

Date: 11 15 1947
Description: Michigan halfback, Gene Derricette, intercepting a pass intended for Wisconsin's Clarence Self, during their football game at Camp Randall Stadium.
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High School Cheerleaders

Date: 12 29 1947
Description: Madison high school cheerleaders who attended a conference in Janesville representing the Big Eight high schools. From left: Lyal Leverentz, East High; A...
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Wisconsin Centennial Celebration

Date: 02 05 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Celebration by Mazomanie fifth and sixth grade classes with P.F. Stickney, age 80, on the right. The pupils are dressed in the costume...
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University of Wisconsin vs. Indiana Football Game

Date: 09 25 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin vs. University of Indiana football game at Camp Randall Stadium. Bobby Petruska, #44, intended pass receiver for Wisconsin, is show...
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Civil Disobedience Event in Washington, D.C.

Date: 09 1971
Description: Poster calling for University of Wisconsin students to visit Washington, D.C., in the fall of 1971 as part of a civil disobedience demonstration. Features ...
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Recreation Student Teaches Brownies

Date: 11 23 1949
Description: University of Wisconsin recreation student Barbara Burrell teaches Brownies to play "Duck, Duck, Goose." Shown are Dudgeon School Brownies Troop 102: Maril...
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Teacher with School Bus

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Description: A teacher waiting for students in the doorway of a school bus parked in the driveway near a brick building. A driver and other adults are visible in the in...
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Playing in the Classroom

Date: 1939
Description: A group of students playing in their kindergarten classroom with a large train model.
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Cook County School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of children and adults, some holding American flags and Cook County banners, standing in a field to watch events at the Cook County School Festival...

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