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Margarethe Meyer Schurz

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Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Mrs. Margarethe Meyer Schurz, the first kindergarten teacher in the United States. Caption reads: "Mrs. Carl Schurz First Ki...
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New Saint Coletta School Chapel Blessing

Date: 06 28 1953
Description: The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Feider placing a missal on the candlelighted altar at the new chapel at St. Coletta school for exceptional children in Jefferson.
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Classroom Scene

Date: 1916
Description: Students and teachers, including Leonore Judkins (later Mrs. Forest Middleton), far right, pose in their classroom.
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Hard-Time Party

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils of the Northey School, District No. 7, pose with their parents at a Halloween "Hard-time" party at the school. Many in the group wear ragged or outd...
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School Children at Work

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at the Northey School, District No. 7, read and work at their desks. Student artwork and other prints decorate the walls.
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Sister Mary Anastasia

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Group portrait of Sister Mary Anastasia and two young girls at St. Colleta's School for Exceptional Children in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Anastasia...
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Jefferson High School

Date: 1963
Description: An interior view of Jefferson High School before it was demolished sometime after 2007 to make way for a newer building. The architect was Lawrence Monberg...
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Inside the First Kindergarten

Date: 1968
Description: View from back of display of people visiting the first kindergarten building. A mannequin dressed as a nineteenth century teacher is sitting in a chair on ...
Postcard

Lake Mills High School Senior Class

Date: 1907
Description: Group portrait of the Lake Mills High School graduating class. Caption reads: "LMHS07."
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad shows her older brother, Jimmy, how neatly she can write her name. They will be students at the Rockdale School near Cambridge the day afte...
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Six Young Farmers

Date: 01 28 1958
Description: Portrait of La Vern Reu. He was a junior at the U.W. College of Agriculture.
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Ballet Classes in Lake Mills Garage

Date: 12 05 1958
Description: Tibor L. Zana, a 23 year old Hungarian dance instructor and student at Carroll College, teaches ballet to about 60 residents of Lake Mills in a room over a...
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Two Boys Writing with Quill Pens

Date: 05 29 1963
Description: Caption with photograph: "Quill pens with a modern touch are being used by Richard Rice, 12, (left front) and Russell Guth, 10; and behind them is Daniel N...
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Migrant Summer School

Date: 07 19 1962
Description: Migrant school children receive a visit from Gaylord Nelson who is looking at artwork made by one of the students.

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