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Governor Julius P. Heil Campaigning to Teenagers

Date: 10 1942
Description: Governor Julius P. Heil (1876-1949) speaks to Shawano High School students and others during his gubernatorial re-election campaign. He arrived during the ...
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Central High School Debate

Date: 03 20 1929
Description: Central High School debate, Central vs. Beloit.
Photograph

Around a Desk

Date: 02 26 1963
Description: Four students sit around one flip-top desk to read and work math problems.
Poster

The Health Of The Child Is The Power Of The Nation

Date: 1918
Description: A group of children walking up a grassy hill together, with text that reads: "The health of the child is the power of the nation," and "Children's Year." C...
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Library Stacks

Date: 1948
Description: Young man studying at a table in the library stacks of the Wisconsin Historical Society library.
Photograph

Gaylord Nelson Signing Autographs

Date: 1974
Description: Senator Gaylord Nelson signs an autograph for an admiring voter at an agricultural conference.
Photograph

Mother Reading to Children

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Description: A mother reads to her two children outdoors.
Photograph

Camp Wanasquetta

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Description: A view of boys reading and relaxing underneath a semi-permanent canvas-roofed tent on a platform at Camp Wanasquetta.
Photograph

Youth in Costume

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Description: A view of a boy and a girl clad in "costumes worn by brothers and sisters". The boy on the left is holding a Bible in his left hand.
Print

Akron Soap Box Derby

Date: 1953
Description: Ticket for the All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio, held on August 9, 1953. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Steiner and their two sons of Argyle, Wisconsin, a...
Print

Young America, North and South

Date: 1860
Description: Envelope compares a young man of the North, on the left, to a young man of the South, on the right. The young Northern man is working with an older man on ...
Photograph

Library at Washington Irving High School

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Description: Interior of the library at Washington Irving High School, built in 1913 and designed b C.B.J. Snyder. Students study at tables and take books from the shel...
Drawing

A Merry Xmas

Date: 1881
Description: A black and silver, hand-drawn, pen and ink holiday card with an Asian theme. A woman and a young man are facing each other, and a dried flower and sprig o...
Print

Bundles of Christmas Cheer for You

Date: 1937
Description: Holiday card of a young boy dressed in a dark blue coat, mittens and hat. The symbol "AAA" on his hat stands for the "American Automobile Association." He ...
Print

Christmas 1952

Date: 1952
Description: Holiday card with a scene of a village in New Mexico. Adobe dwellings with hills, fences, a ladder, trees and a burro can be seen in the background. Six fi...
Print

My Heart is Shaking Only For You

Date: 1945
Description: Valentine's Day card of a soda fountain with two girls seated on stools in front of the counter and a soda jerk behind. Two puppies are on the floor near t...
Manuscript

NAACP Youth Council Flyer

Date: 03 1948
Description: Flyer announcing a special meeting of the Youth Council of the Milwaukee branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People on Tuesda...
Print

Krebs Lithographing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Krebs Lithographing Company, a steam lithographic printing house in Cincinnati, Ohio, with two workmen and a boy operating a printing press...
Historical Object

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1940
Description: Front cover of the American Youth Hostel log book of bike hostel trips taken by participants in a Neighborhood House summer program for girls (later trips ...
Manuscript

Neighborhood House Bike Hosteling Scrapbook: 1941 Season Trip #3 Highlights

Date: 07 22 1941
Description: Scrapbook page of trip highlights from a bike hosteling trip to Pine Bluff (Dane County), Sauk City (Sauk County), and Okee (Columbia County), sponsored by...

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