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Children at the State School for the Blind

Date: 1893
Description: Students and adults of the State School for the Blind pose for a group portrait in front of the building.
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Holy Redeemer School Orchestra

Date: 06 06 1927
Description: Group portrait of the Holy Redeemer school orchestra, 128 W. Johnson Street. On the wall in the background is a large mural surrounding a painting.
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Third Grade Class

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Description: The third grade class at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Woman Teaching Art Class

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Description: An art class being taught by a woman at Hillside Home School, an early progressive school operated by Ellen and Jane Lloyd Jones, aunts of Frank Lloyd Wrig...
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Lowell School Cub Scout Christmas Party

Date: 12 19 1952
Description: Lowell School Cub Scouts at a combined Christmas party and "Webelos" ceremony. Seated are boys James Kernan, Richard Schnurbusch, Ronald Wornson, Donald No...
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Girl Scouts Training at Washington Orthopedic School

Date: 03 22 1944
Description: Dane County Unit of the Association for the Disabled training members of Girl Scout Troop No. 6 at the Washington Orthopedic School for Crippled Children, ...
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Boys at Koinonia Children's Camp

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Description: Three young boys and a man in front of a tent. Part of Highlander Folk School's Koinonia Children's Camp. David Tate on left.
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Two Shorewood Hills Preparatory School Women

Date: 08 21 1948
Description: Two young women from Shorewood Hills soon to leave for preparatory school. Pictured siting outside on a patio from the left are: Rosamond Ross, National Ca...
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Washington Irving High School

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Description: Elevated view of the lunch room of Washington Irving High School, designed by the architect C.B.J. Snyder (1860-1945) and built in 1913. Lights hang from t...
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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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Students Making Stenciled Charts

Date: 02 1916
Description: Young students making stenciled charts with teacher J.W. Page at the Morton Grove School. Original caption reads: "Another view of a school making junior c...
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Madison Lutheran School Enrollment

Date: 09 04 1952
Description: Three of the 185 pupils who registered at Madison Lutheran school are shown with Esther Buehholz (right). Left to right are Patricia Hagen, 12, Dickie Ba...
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Children on Makeshift Teeter Totter

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy and girl playing on a makeshift teeter totter made from a board and a section of a log. The children are likely playing near Sunnyside School.
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Boys and Girl Playing with Toy Wagon

Date: 1920
Description: Young children playing with a toy wagon. An older boy is pulling a young girl sitting in a chair in a wagon, while another boy is pushing from behind. The ...
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Children Playing Outdoors

Date: 1920
Description: Three boys and one girl playing outside Sunnyside School with a tricycle, toy wagon, and a twisted iron chair.
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Children Playing Jump Rope

Date: 1920
Description: Girls turning rope for a young boy to skip outside the Sunnyside School in Cook County.
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Boys Learning to Sew

Date: 1913
Description: Boys learning to sew. Original caption reads: "Sewing Lesson for Boys of the 7th and 8th grades. These boys are learning how to sew on buttons."
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Boy and Girl with Pets

Date: 1920
Description: Young boy and girl sitting on a pile of rocks with a cat and a dog outside the Sunnyside School. The boy is cradling a cat under his arm, while a girl is f...
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Students Standing Outside Schoolhouse

Date: 1915
Description: Class of students standing outside a rural school known as the Blackjack School.
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Students and Teacher(?) Outside School

Date: 1915
Description: Class of students and teacher(?) standing outside a rural school known as the Blackjack School.

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