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| Date: | 06 11 1936 |
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| Description: | Children are sitting at the eighth banquet tables at the Franklin School, 305 W. Lakeside Street. There are a few adults sitting at the head table in the b... |
| Date: | 09 24 1944 |
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| Description: | Children participating in a thimble party at the Shorewood Hills School while their mothers participated in the annual Madison Woman's Club benefit party. ... |
| Date: | 12 27 1953 |
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| Description: | John Wilber, Patti Poehling, Suzanne Holly and Eric Peterson attend a dance in the Nakoma school gymnasium. |
| Date: | 05 16 1958 |
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| Description: | Coaches, team captains and mascots attend the 18th annual Frank Allis School Fathers and Sons Athletic Banquet. Standing in the back row are Coach Les Wozn... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Students at the New Fane school pose in the classroom during lunch time. Some of the children hold cookies or sandwiches. On several of the desks there are... |
| Date: | 01 05 1959 |
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| Description: | The American flag is raised on the flagpole in front of the new St.James Catholic grade school on St. James Court. More than 300 pupils stand for the flag ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 20 1959 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of four father and son pairs. In the front row are Ed Francis, co-captain in football; Tom Hilsenhoff, softball co-captain; Tom McKay, track... |
| Date: | 02 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Children at the Honey Creek State Graded School, District No. 1, commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of George Washington with a dance performed... |
| Date: | 02 22 1932 |
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| Description: | Two students at the Honey Creek School, District No. 1, pose as if dancing a minuet outside of the school building. The boy and girl are dressed in Eightee... |
| Date: | 02 22 1932 |
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| Description: | A young girl in a frilly dress holding rhythmn sticks sits front and center among the smiling members of the Honey Creek School Rhythm Band. They are all i... |
| Date: | 05 1997 |
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| Description: | Arbor Day activities for school children at Theresa Fireman's Park: a light lunch, a slide presentation, and the planting of two trees. |
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| Description: | Group portrait of class of young students holding American flags posed at the front of a classroom. Their teacher is standing on the far right, and desks a... |
| Date: | 11 1953 |
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| Description: | Pupils in Clara Boyle's third grade class at Marquette School wear Puritan costumes while examining a small early American-style log cabin as part of their... |
| Date: | 11 22 1961 |
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| Description: | Second graders at Hoyt School make pictorial displays for Thanksgiving to show what they are thankful for. Edith Birdsall (7), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joh... |
| Date: | 10 30 1963 |
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| Description: | Teresa Vos, age 5, dressed as a ghost, pays homage to a pumpkin totem pole at Gompers school. |
| Date: | 11 21 1967 |
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| Description: | A woman is carving a turkey, which is on a table full of many dishes. Several children are sitting and looking on from behind their desks. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of mischievous schoolboys in a classroom. One boy is reacting to something sharp on his desk chair and two boys are enjoying the results of the... |
| Date: | 12 1954 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills first-grade teacher, Dorothy Sliter, posing with her twenty-three pupils by a model of Santa Claus' castle, which they made for presentatio... |
| Date: | 12 28 1960 |
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| Description: | The 6th annual Madison school safety patrol Christmas party is held at the Strand Theater. The children are entertained by cartoons and a comedy feature fi... |
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