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Chemistry Class

Date: 1898
Description: Students in a chemistry class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school, operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Art Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Female students practice painting and drawing in an art class session at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher assists in the background.
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Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students read and practice math at the State School for the Deaf as a teacher looks on from the head of the class.
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Woodworking Class at the State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male students at the State School for the Deaf practice woodworking in one of the school's shops.
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1899
Description: Students raise their hands in a kindergarten class at Crow School.
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Second Ward School House

Date: 03 09 1881
Description: Stereograph of a wintery view of the Second Ward School House. A student stands at the edge of the fence line surrounding the school house.
Print

Teachers' Seminary

Date: 1867
Description: 1868-1875. Founded by Dr. Joseph Salzman (featured in the vignette at left, teaching). Vignette, lower left, features St. Francis Seminary, founded in 1856...
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Native American Class Portrait

Date: 1894
Description: Group portrait of Native American school students and teachers.
Newspaper Article/Clipping

School of Housekeeping Scenes

Date: 12 27 1899
Description: Illustrations from the Boston Herald of scenes at the school of housekeeping, including "in the kitchen" and "studying hygiene".
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Pupils of the 2nd Ward School

Date: 1882
Description: A group portrait of students at the 2nd Ward School. The students are posing in front of the building, with girls in the front (straw hats on laps), boys i...
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Classroom at State School for the Deaf

Date: 1893
Description: Male and female students sitting in desks while writing on what appear to be slates. A group sitting in a circle at the back of the room are possibly pract...
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Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: A view of the female residence at Hampton Institute. The left side of the front porch contains potted plant,s and three women converse near the steps. Anot...
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Hampton Institute

Date: 1872
Description: Female students garden next to the Home Economics Practice House. The house has clapboard siding on its two stories and there is a porch on the front and b...
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Hayward Indian School Group

Date: 1897
Description: Group portrait, perhaps consisting of students and faculty at Hayward Indian School. One man in the back row holds a cello.
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High School

Date: 1882
Description: Teachers and students pose in front of the public school.
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First and Second Grade Class

Date: 1888
Description: First and second grade children with their teacher, Miss Drinker, who was temporarily taking charge of Miss Ella Larkin's school. Taken in the front entran...
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School Class at Merrimac

Date: 1890
Description: A large class stands outside a school. Front row, left to right: Stella Nuzum, unknown, unknown, unknown, Mabel Devlin, Mary Devlin, unknown, Alice Odekirk...
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4th Ward Students

Date: 1884
Description: Class picture of the fourth ward pupils of Madison. 1. Caroline Young, 2. Belle Griffiths 3. Carrie Kohner 4. Irma Kleinpell 5. Annie McConnell 6. Matie Ja...
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Fourth Ward

Date: 1884
Description: 1. ? Rarnsdall 2. Florence Ketchem 3. Hattie Stephenson 4. ? Carver 5. Addie McConnell 6. Delia Lawerence 7. Madeline Slightam 8. Annie Kingston 9. Maud Va...
Map or Atlas

Educational Map of the State of Wisconsin

Date: 1876
Description: This map is ink on paper and shows the location of various types of schools. The map includes text about the school system and tables of statistics (1849-1...

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