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Kindergarten Students

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Description: Students gathered closely around their teachers in the kindergarten room on the south end of the school. The open hearth, fireplace, high ceilings and wind...
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Margarethe Meyer Schurz

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Margarethe Meyer Schurz, the first kindergarten teacher in the United States. Caption reads: "Mrs. Carl Schurz First Ki...
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Students and Teacher in New Classroom

Date: 01 09 1953
Description: Mrs. Carol Massen, kindergarten teacher, working with her kindergarten class in a new classroom space. The classroom was part of an addition that included ...
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Shorewood Hills Kindergarten

Date: 02 21 1947
Description: Group portrait of 15 Shorewood Hills kindergarten students and the teacher.
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Children at School Table

Date: 1900
Description: Children in a kindergarten class sit around a table with their teacher, probably Flora LeClaire. The calendars on the wall indicate that this photograph w...
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Randall Elementary School Kindergarteners Making Applesauce

Date: 10 12 1949
Description: Randall Elementary School kindergartners are shown making applesauce under the supervision of their teacher Marguerite Drew. Stirring the pot is Patty Hurl...
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Students and Teacher

Date: 1939
Description: A group portrait of eleven kindergarten students and their teacher, Winnifred Ahrens Spring, standing outside of a building, probably the West Side School.
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New Teachers at Lowell School

Date: 09 08 1952
Description: Pictured with some of their teaching materials are the two new kindergarten teachers at Lowell School. Left to right are: Miss Joan Hanson and Mrs. Jo Anne...
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Kindergarten Class

Date: 1903
Description: Miss Konig's kindergarten class. Students in this photograph include: Roland Heismann, Ewald Bierger, Alfred Krueger, Lawrence Margwardt, Irvin Krueger, Jo...
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The First Kindergarten in America

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Description: Artist's rendering of an elevated view of the first kindergarten, with children and a teacher gathered in front of the building. There are inset portraits ...
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Kindergarten Teacher Comforts New Student

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: Florence Helmeid, Kindergarten teacher at Hoyt School comforts an unidentified boy during the first day of class.
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We Saw You . . . on First Day of New Term

Date: 09 14 1959
Description: Bright smiles on the faces of proud children and mothers are evident on the first day of the new school term. Shown are Mrs. Don Reppen with daughters (L-R...
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Inside the First Kindergarten

Date: 1968
Description: View from back of display of people visiting the first kindergarten building. A mannequin dressed as a nineteenth century teacher is sitting in a chair on ...
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First Day of School

Date: 09 14 1953
Description: Miss McGill, Oregon, with her new kindergarten class at Marquette School, returning from a walk around the school grounds.
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Jeannette Holt in Costume at Gertrude House Flower Market

Date: 1918
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the Class of 1918 Flower Market at Gertrude House. In costume, Jeannette Holt is standing third from the left. She is holding a t...

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