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Holiday Canned Food Drive

Date: 11 22 1955
Description: Thomas Constable (left) and Walter Medenski (right), pose in front of canned food gathered by pupils at the Center Street school for the Salvation Army's T...
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Bernice Robinson

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Description: Bernice Robinson with students at first citizenship school at Johns Island.
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Stoughton Boy Scouts

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Description: Stoughton, Wisconsin Boy Scouts of America Troop No. 1 group portrait with a dog in the front of the group. One of the members is holding a trumpet.
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Atomic Energy

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Description: Students and teacher in classroom demonstrating an experiment with atomic energy.
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Sending Prescription Boy on an Errand

Date: 1888
Description: View of scene at J.N. Hegeman Drugstore, 1218 Broadway Street, New York. John Ferris hands a prescription written on a piece of paper to the errand boy. Fr...
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Football Team

Date: 1899
Description: The football team from Platteville Normal School.
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Basketball Team

Date: 1908
Description: Basketball team poses for a group portrait.
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Out of Action

Date: 01 13 1967
Description: Dejected skier at home with cast and crutches, after breaking her leg practicing for competition.
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Family Cast

Date: 02 12 1963
Description: Six members of the same family form the complete cast of a library playhouse production that was to be televised.
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Bicycle Repair

Date: 05 23 1957
Description: Three young men repair a bicycle.
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George Henry Williams

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Description: Sixth plate daguerreotype of a portrait of George Henry Williams (deceased child at 18 months), son of Henry C. and Diana T. Williams, and may be the cousi...
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"Cottage" Sewing Room

Date: 1884
Description: "Cottage" sewing room at the Wisconsin Industrial School for girls, depicting a class of young girls handling fabrics, sewing, and working with sewing mach...
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Nakoma School Groups Dancing

Date: 01 31 1935
Description: Girls in costume for Nakoma Circle Dance. Taken for Fannie Steve, Board of Education.
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East High School, Girls Field Hockey Squad

Date: 03 06 1930
Description: East High School, girls hockey squad.
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Central High School Debate

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

Date: 1902
Description: Andrew Chippa hired on with Markle & Co., miners of anthracite coal to pay off his father's debt of $54 to the company store since his father's death in th...
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Around a Desk

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

Date: 1930
Description: A portrait of highschool student, Richard M. Nixon, from the Whittier High School Annual.
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Kehl Students with President Gerald R. Ford

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Description: Students at the Kehl School of Dance pose with President Gerald R. Ford. From left to right: Linda Mohs, Polly Mohs, Shannon Gallagher, Ford, Mary Jo Macke...
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Kehl Dancers in Black Costume

Date: 1920
Description: Six girls in black costumes pose on stage at the Kehl School of Dance.

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