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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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Longfellow School Health Checks in Nutrition Room

Date: 02 14 1935
Description: Longfellow student being weighed and measured. There are twelve students lying on cots. 210 S. Brooks Street.
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East High School Classroom

Date: 03 26 1931
Description: Tower Times staff at work in an East High School classroom.
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Students at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. A group of four boys is seen in the foreground, while dozens of others stand...
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Students Outside the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Students gather in the schoolyard at the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys. Several school buildings are seen in the background.
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Students in snow outside State Industrial School for Boys

Date: 1893
Description: Winter scene with four students from the Wisconsin Industrial School for Boys standing outside on the snow-covered school grounds.
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Students in front of Montello School House

Date: 11 16 1896
Description: Students in front of new Montello School House on the first day school was held in the new building, November 16.
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Vera Pay, Exchange Teacher from London

Date: 09 17 1948
Description: Vera Pay, right, exchange teacher from London, England, is shown instructing four Emerson school physical education 6th grade girls who are wearing gym clo...
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West High School Class Presidents

Date: 10 27 1948
Description: Pictured are the three new class presidents at West High School. From left to right: Jack Barry, sophomore class; Al Trotalli, senior class; and John Lovel...
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Interior of Schoolhouse on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: An interior view of "the village school" on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. A teacher stands while a classroom full of students sit at...
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Teacher and Students on Sisal Plantation

Date: 1949
Description: Students and teacher lined up outside a school building on an International Harvester sisal plantation in Cuba. Original caption reads: "School teacher and...
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Catholic School Registration

Date: 08 06 1950
Description: Donald Reger and Douglas O'Neill show up for registration as two religious sisters open the door to St. Patrick school, 630 East Washington Avenue.
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Edgewood Laboratory School Traffic Patrol Students

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: Bernard A. Precourt, supervisor of safety for the Wisconsin division of the American Automobile Association, presents equipment to seventeen students at Ed...
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Lapham School Halloweem Party

Date: 10 31 1950
Description: At Lapham School, more than 800 costumed children and their parents attended one of the largest Halloween night parties held in Madison. Judges Roundy, and...
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East Side High School Class of 1924

Date: 06 1924
Description: A group portrait of the East Side High School graduating class posing in front of the school.
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Children Playing on School Grounds

Date: 1924
Description: Elevated view of school children running and playing on open school grounds. There is a schoolhouse in the background.
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Badger Spelling Bee Winner

Date: 04 25 1952
Description: Beth Knope, 13-year-old champion of the Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 Badger Spelling Bee, with Walter W. Engelke, the principal of Nakoma school, ...
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Boys and Girls at Providence School

Date: 02 1915
Description: Group portrait of girls and boys standing in front of a wall outside their school. Original caption reads, in part: "Group of older girls and boys at Provi...
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Students Making Fly Trap

Date: 1913
Description: Two boys construct fly traps in a Morton Grove School classroom.
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Kiski School Tennis Courts

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Description: Male students play tennis on grass tennis courts surrounded by trees in front of buildings at the Kiski School.

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