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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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High Cholesterol Diet

Date: 03 17 1955
Description: Science fair entry using animals to test a high cholesterol diet against a control diet.
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Food Drive for Thanksgiving

Date: 11 18 1965
Description: Elementary school students collect nonperishable food to be distributed by the Salvation Army.
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African American School Band

Date: 1914
Description: African-American school band assembled in a lecture hall at the Piney Woods Country Life School with Agricultural Extension Department workers and charts i...
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Longfellow School Women's Volleyball Team

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Group portrait of seven women in uniform on the Longfellow School volleyball team, Greenbush neighborhood.
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Two Women Painting Homecoming Decorations

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Betty Lou Borenson and Cynthia Alexander preparing University of Wisconsin-Madison Homecoming decorations in the Memorial Union student workshop.
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All-Campus Rally on the Palestine Question

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Professor Walter Agard addressing an all-campus rally on the Palestine question held at the Memorial Union. Seated left to right: Elaine Sermopskie, Topeka...
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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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Longfellow School Drama

Date: 04 13 1948
Description: Sixth graders at Longfellow School presenting the children's story, "The Emperor's New Clothes." On stage, left to right, are: James Christensen, Floyd Di ...
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Junior Red Cross Council Toy Drive

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: Fritz Hanson, Peggy Huiskamp, and Winifred Grant of Wisconsin High School, are shown checking on the drive for toys which the school's Junior Red Cross Cou...
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Wisconsin High School Students

Date: 02 15 1949
Description: Barbara Doig, Marjorie Swanson, and Don Damon, Wisconsin High School students who are taking part in a drive to help young people in Europe.
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Washington School Hobby Show

Date: 05 27 1949
Description: Pat Rohr, 16 North Bassett Street, standing next to her salt and pepper shaker collection at the Washington School Hobby Show. Stan Fix, holding a model ai...
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Madison Business College Spring Formal

Date: 05 02 1949
Description: Members of the advertising committee for the Madison Business College's spring formal are working on a huge streamer sign for the party. Seated at left is ...
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Randall School Children Mail a Package

Date: 06 15 1948
Description: Four Randall School third grade students mail a package containing a scrapbook of stories, poems, art work and photos. It will go to a third grade class in...
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LOFT Honors Football Players

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Madison youth organization the LOFT honored Madison high school football players who were selected previously for All-City berths by handing out certificat...
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Randall School Cotton Project

Date: 02 17 1950
Description: Fritzi Pohle exhibits the diorama she constructed for the Randall school third grade cotton project.
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Marquette Elementary School Puppet Production

Date: 03 21 1950
Description: Students in the sixth grade classroom of teacher Freda A. Ferber check on their puppet's "stage presence" for the production of their puppet show, "Robin H...
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Youth Council Service Committee

Date: 03 06 1951
Description: Some of the members of the Youth Council service committee work on arrangements for entertainment during the state high school basketball tournament. Seate...
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Lowell School First Graders

Date: 10 11 1951
Description: A "lion" is being put through its paces by his "trainer" before a crowd of "circus fans" at Lowell School, as first grade students perform at a dress rehea...
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Badger Spelling Bee Winner

Date: 04 25 1952
Description: Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ...

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