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Kids Drinking Milk in School

Date: 1921
Description: Classroom full of school children drinking milk at Washington school.
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Christopher Columbus Play

Date: 11 28 1933
Description: Four children in costume surround a cardboard cutout of a sailing ship for a play about Christopher Columbus. The play was performed at Longfellow School, ...
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Auto Mechanics Class

Date: 11 27 1934
Description: Auto Mechanics Class at East High School. The students left to right are Raymond Cattell, Leif Breiby, Clarence Elsa, Leslie Hoppe, and instructor Orian Dh...
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Jigsaw Puzzle

Date: 04 17 1957
Description: An elderly woman, Josephine Fell, is the "adopted grandmother" to a Girl Scout that visits her and works with her on a puzzle at Rosemary's Nursing Home in...
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Couple at Soda Fountain

Date: 03 15 1946
Description: Two views of a couple sitting at soda fountain, featuring his and her lapel jewelry.
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Boy Scouts Troop #20

Date: 05 09 1945
Description: Group portrait of Boy Scouts Troop #20 at Christ Presbyterian Church, 124 Wisconsin Avenue.
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Students Taking ASTP Exam

Date: 03 15 1944
Description: Senior male students taking ASTP examination in West High School Cafeteria, Ash and Regent Streets. ASTP was the Army Specialized Training Program to train...
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Edgewood High School Prom King and Queen

Date: 02 22 1944
Description: Close-up of Caryl Coyle and Alex McCormick, who will be the Queen and King of the Edgewood High School Junior Prom to be held in May, photographed at the ...
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Receiving Line, Edgewood High School

Date: 02 24 1944
Description: Four girls standing in a receiving line shaking hands with two nuns, in the recereation room in Marshall Hall, Edgewood High School, 1000 Edgewood Avenue.
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Birthday Party Group

Date: 02 26 1944
Description: Group portrait of 14 young men taken in a living room at a birthday party (for Connie J. Lewis ?), with a dog, and four of the young men holding puppies. P...
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St. Patrick's 8th Grade Graduation

Date: 06 12 1941
Description: Group portrait of St. Patrick's eighth grade graduation class, with a priest in front of the altar, 410 East Main Street.
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Boys Basketball Team

Date: 12 30 1938
Description: Group portrait of the Madison Department of Recreation boys basketball team.
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Acacia Fraternity Bowery Party

Date: 03 26 1938
Description: Acacia fraternity "Bowery" party, with couples in costume. There are many commercial posters and advertising on the wall in the background.
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Chaminade Girls Music Club

Date: 06 20 1935
Description: Group portrait of the cast members of the Chaminade Girls Music Club that presented a musical playlet, "The Vanquished Tempter," for the benefit of The Cap...
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Township High School Musicians

Date: 05 17 1935
Description: A group of high school musicians from Township High School, Joliet, Illinois, on sleeping cots in the Field House during a National School Music contest.
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East High School Operetta Chorus

Date: 04 11 1935
Description: Group portrait of singers in costumes standing on risers on stage for the operetta "Tune In" presented by the East High A Capella Choir and Treble Clef Clu...
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East High School Operetta Scenes

Date: 04 11 1935
Description: Two scenes from the East High School operetta "Tune In," a modern musical comedy, presented by the East High A Capella Choir and Treble Clef Club.
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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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Central High School Girls Exercising

Date: 02 13 1935
Description: Eight Central High School girls in gym suits hanging by their arms from an exercise bar.
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Nakoma School Folk Dancing Group

Date: 01 31 1935
Description: Nakoma School girls folk dance class, five "couples" dressed in ethnic costumes dancing with hands interlocked. Circle Dance.

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