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AAA Driver's Education Class and Instructor

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA driver's training instructor with group of students, posing with dual control driver's education car, in front of Madison East High School.
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Burning of German Textbooks

Date: 06 13 1918
Description: "Here lies the remains of German in B.H.S." is written on the pavement next to a smoldering pile of German textbooks. A car is parked along the curb in the...
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Rural School Health Parade and Festival

Date: 05 1928
Description: School children and teachers from Lemont township marching in a rural school festival parade. The children are dressed in white cloaks and hats bearing a m...
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Townspeople Assembled in front of One-Room Schoolhouse

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: Townspeople and a Ford automobile in front of a one-room schoolhouse in rural Alabama. The original caption reads: "This school house at Alpine, Ala., is a...
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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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International D-15-M Station Wagon at Riding Academy

Date: 1940
Description: Female students and a horse next to, and inside of, an International D-15-M station wagon ("woody") used for transportation at the Clearbrook Riding Academ...
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Lowell School

Date: 04 06 1944
Description: Entrance to Lowell School, located at 401 Maple Avenue.
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Driver Training Car

Date: 10 02 1939
Description: Dual Control AAA Driver Training Car. "Courtesy of your Nash dealer, Hughes-Neuman Motors, Inc. 601 University Avenue."
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New Drivers Class at West High School

Date: 06 06 1939
Description: Group of students in the new drivers class stand in front of West High School with a new automobile and a scale model of Madison's streets. Includes five a...
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West High School

Date: 02 15 1939
Description: View of Regent Street side of West High School from Vista Road.
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Central High School Driving Class

Date: 02 18 1939
Description: Group portrait of Central High School driving license class holding certificates and standing beside "AAA Dual Control Driver Training Car." They are stand...
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AAA Driver Training Car

Date: 10 27 1938
Description: AAA dual-control training car parked at East High School, 2222 East Washington Avenue. Several students are in the car, a Pontiac, with a man standing next...
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Damaged English Sports Car

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: Damaged English Singer sports car on the street, E. Washington Avenue, with Brayton School in the background.
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Volunteers of America Office & Service Shop

Date: 07 14 1933
Description: Volunteers of America Service Office and Service Shop, 414 S. Baldwin Street. Also shows the old Marquette School in the background.
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West High School Football Squad

Date: 09 14 1932
Description: Group portrait of the West High School football squad in uniform taken outside. Also shows houses at 1 S. Vista Road and 2301 Regent Street.
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Leaving Home for School

Date: 09 05 1931
Description: Two school children are playing with a girl sitting on a tricycle while walking to school.
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West High School Football Team

Date: 09 02 1931
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the West High School football team. Houses are on a hill in the background, and automobiles are parked in front of them.
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Three Coeds in New DeSoto

Date: 04 29 1931
Description: Three coeds in a new DeSoto Roadster in front of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, located at 237 Lakelawn Place.
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Central High School

Date: 05 22 1930
Description: View of the West Johnson Street entrances of Central High School.
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Service Memorial Institutes

Date: 08 27 1929
Description: View of the Service Memorial Institutes building, 470 North Charter Street. Cars are parked in the parking lot. Text with print reads: "N. Side of N. Chart...

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