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Classroom Valentines

Date: 01 30 1958
Description: A teacher answers a student's question as the other students cut hearts from construction paper to make valentine cards.
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East High School Girls Exercise Class

Date: 02 12 1935
Description: East High School girls in gym suits exercising on a floor mat.
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Train of Tomorrow

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Youngsters from the Lakewood and Waunakee grade schools shown with the "Train of Tomorrow" at the North Western depot. The train was built for General Moto...
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Emerson Elementary School Science Room

Date: 05 13 1948
Description: Fourth graders at Emerson Elementary School, 2421 East Johnson Street, shown using microscopes in the school's science room. Left to right: David Meng, Tom...
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Lowell School Sixth Graders at Madison Airport

Date: 10 20 1949
Description: A group of sixth graders, from Lowell School, are shown with a Northwest Airlines plane at Madison's municipal airport as a part of their study of transpor...
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Teacher Reading to School Children

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Description: A school teacher reads to elementary school children, who are sitting on the floor in a large, open classroom.
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Lowell School Easter Circus

Date: 04 05 1950
Description: It was Easter Circus time in the East Side Lowell school and hallways this week. Several of Betty Becker's second grade pupils, creators of the paper mach...
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Craft Class

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Description: Young girls in school uniforms enjoying an outdoor crafting class.
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Students at Lincoln School

Date: 1939
Description: A view of young students at Lincoln School sitting around tables and drinking milk out of glass bottles. Behind the students in the background a fireplace ...
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Young Students at Lincoln School

Date: 1939
Description: A view of young students at Lincoln School clustered around a long table and drinking milk out of glass bottles. In the background two art easels and plant...
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Students Preparing Lunch in Classroom

Date: 1919
Description: Students sit at desks inside Sedan Prairie School while others stand in the back of the classroom to prepare lunch. The poster hanging on the back wall rea...
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Art Room

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Description: Interior of an art room. Female students are sitting at tables and easels, painting or doing craft projects. Large windows open to a garden outside.
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Girls in Sewing Class

Date: 1914
Description: Female students working in a sewing class taught by Miss Catherine Mulvey. Original caption reads, "Miss Mulvey teaches the primary grades, but on Friday a...
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School Children at Corn Testing Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Group of school children gathered outdoors with a teacher examining corn kernels after germination.
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Students with Bird House Projects

Date: 1915
Description: Group of school children standing on the steps of a school house(?) holding their bird house projects.
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Children at Corn Germination Lesson

Date: 1913
Description: Class of children gathered outdoors around a table for a corn germination lesson. Original caption reads: "after the rag dolls are prepared they are immers...
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Testing Milk with Babcock Tester

Date: 1915
Description: Teachers and students using a "Babcock Tester" in a classroom. Original caption reads: "Pupils of grammar grades testing milk with Babcock Tester; County S...
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Children with American Flag

Date: 1920
Description: A boy and a girl are holding an American flag while standing in front of a building, possibly a schoolhouse. A group of children is standing in a triangle ...
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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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Valentine's Day Party

Date: 02 14 1978
Description: "Valentine's Day party in Theresa Public School gymnasium."

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