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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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Flag Drill at Illinois School Festival

Date: 06 1916
Description: A group of girls performing a flag drill during a School Festival as a crowd of adults and children look on. Three boys are standing on the left playing mu...
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Pageant for the Founding of the College of Mount Saint Vincent

Date: 1922
Description: Costumed students stand outdoors to act in a pageant celebrating the founding of the College of Mount Saint Vincent. The school was founded in 1847 by the ...
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May Day at Wilson College

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Description: A woman on horseback leads a group of women carrying banners down a road at Wilson College as a crowd follows. A school building is in the background.
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Madison Public School Safety Program

Date: 09 05 1952
Description: Safety was the topic of discussion when Captain Walter Thompson, of the city police traffic bureau (seated at center) met with safety patrol members from f...
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Girls Around the Maypole with Flowers

Date: 1913
Description: Group of girls holding fabricated flowers around a maypole at an annual school festival in Belwood Park. A large group of fellow students and teachers look...
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Group of Children at School March

Date: 1913
Description: Spectators on bleachers are watching students participating in a "Grand March" at an annual school festival in Belwood Park.
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"Old Abes" Basketball Team

Date: 03 15 1962
Description: Newspaper clipping of the Eau Claire, Wisconsin high school basketball team in action against the Beloit high school team in statewide tournament play.

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University of Wisconsin Homecoming Button Sale

Date: 10 19 1953
Description: Two students perch on the lap of the seated Abraham Lincoln statue as they place a University of Wisconsin Homecoming button-decorated top hat on the figur...
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Group Working in Garden

Date: 1920
Description: Children and two women, possibly a school group, work with hand tools in an urban garden. An elevated railroad is in the background, along with the Acme St...
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Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel

Date: 02 19 1954
Description: Dignitaries gathered for the start of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association Invitational Bonspiel at the Madison Curling Club. Standing, left ...
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Badger Spelling Bee state finals winner Robert Suszycki and runner-up David Hemmy (of Juneau City) shake hands.
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Spelling Bee Winners

Date: 04 10 1954
Description: Badger Spelling Bee champion Robert Suszycki of Mauston posing with his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Suszycki, and his teacher Howard Mackin.
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Theresa Public School

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Principal Delores Justman and her first and second grade class — Theresa Public School."
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University of Wisconsin Homecoming

Date: 11 03 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin law student Joseph L. Stone, of Chicago, in charge of the card block cheering section for football games, is shown with diagrams of...
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Madison High School Party Code

Date: 11 09 1954
Description: Marie Frost advising her daughter, Mary, as to the appropriate dress for a party, following the "Madison High School Party Code."
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Madison Central High School Football Banquet

Date: 12 01 1954
Description: Group portrait of participants recognized at the annual banquet for the Madison Central High School football team. In the back is University of Wisconsin f...
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High School Curling Champs

Date: 02 25 1956
Description: Four members of the Wauwatosa High School curling team wearing Scottish tams while squatting around two curling stones and two brooms and admiring their aw...
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Freedom School Convention

Date: 08 08 1964
Description: A group sings freedom songs at the Freedom School Convention during Freedom Summer.
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New UW Students Reception

Date: 09 16 1956
Description: Wanda Wordell, of Brillion (center) starts her career as a freshman co-ed as she registers at a reception for incoming freshmen held in the Memorial Union....

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