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Electronic Voltametric Apparatus

Date: 08 27 1982
Description: Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co. provides an opportunity for a university engineering student to have hands-on experience and instruction from a company re...
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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May Pole Dance

Date: 05 22 1935
Description: West Junior High School girls rehearsing May Pole Dance.
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School Field Trip to the U.S. Post Office

Date: 03 23 1932
Description: A man is leading Dudgeon School children through the mail sorting area on their tour of the post office.
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Central High School Yearbook Contributors

Date: 04 16 1929
Description: Group portrait of Central High School student contributors to the literary section of the yearbook.
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Central High School Girls' Club

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Central High School girls' club officers (Tycoberahn) and advisors group portrait, with fifteen women and girls standing.
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Central High School Girls' Debating Club

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School girls' debating club group portrait.
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Two Students

Date: 11 11 1928
Description: Two men standing outdoors in dress clothes. For Arthur Trowell Inc. Advertising.
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Two Students

Date: 11 11 1928
Description: Two men in dress clothes. For Arthur Trowell Inc. Advertising.
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First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
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Shorewood School Dancing Class

Date: 10 21 1952
Description: A Shorewood schoolgirl puts on her coat following dancing class.
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Elsie Taschek at Carillon Keyboard

Date: 10 12 1944
Description: Elsie Taschek at the keyboard of the University of Wisconsin-Madison carillon. Traditionally the carillon was always played by men before World War II.
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Students Stuffing Christmas Seals

Date: 10 15 1944
Description: Madison Vocational School commercial department students stuffing Christmas seals into envelopes to be sent to Madison residents.
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West High School Basketball Team

Date: 03 15 1945
Description: West High School basketball team reserve players sitting on the team bench during a game at the annual state basketball tournament. Left to right are: Har...
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West High School Basketball Players

Date: 03 15 1945
Description: West High School basketball team reserve players sitting on the team bench cheering as their team has taken the lead during a game at the annual state bask...
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George E. Koehler, Birdwatcher

Date: 01 20 1948
Description: George E. Koehler, son of Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Koehler, 109 Chestnut Street, won a trip to Washington, D.C., for his bird watching and bird census work. He is...
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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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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Three residents are observing the fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street. From left are Carole Rathkakmp (Wauwatosa), Sharon Scott (Wauwatosa), and ...
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Yerkes Observatory Tour

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Three high school science teachers and a Kiwanis Club representative escort 22 pupils from Madison's five high schools on a Kiwanis-sponsored educational t...
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Girls Getting on Bus

Date: 02 12 1935
Description: Four girls wearing winter hats and coats are stepping off a curb near a building to get on an International school bus owned by New Woodstock High School.

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