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Freedom School Class

Date: 1964
Description: A group of African American students participating in a Freedom School class outdoors during Freedom Summer. The class, which was held on Tougaloo College ...
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Myles Horton

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Description: Seated group observes Myles Horton making notes.
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Graduation Ceremony

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Description: Group of graduates in robes lined up outdoors.
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Curtiss Aviation School Students

Date: 05 1912
Description: The 1912 class at the Glenn Curtiss Aviation School on North Island, near San Diego. Milwaukee's John Kaminski (in white shirt and tie) is second from the ...
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Langdon Hall Front Entrance

Date: 10 1941
Description: Front entrance to Langdon Hall, 633 Langdon Street, with five coeds posing on the steps.
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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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University Student Bathers

Date: 07 29 1935
Description: Group of men and women modeling bathing suits that have been approved by the police chief on the Alpha Chi Omega pier on Lake Mendota.
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Coeds on Roof of Ann Emery Hall

Date: 06 23 1931
Description: Three University of Wisconsin-Madison coeds are playing cards, and one woman is reading, on the roof of Ann Emery Hall, 265 Langdon Street, an independent ...
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Central High School Girls' Club

Date: 03 21 1929
Description: Central High School girls' club officers (Tycoberahn) and advisors group portrait, with fifteen women and girls standing.
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Central High School Boys' Glee Club

Date: 03 18 1929
Description: Central High School Boys' glee club group portrait.
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Sacred Heart Academy Class Picture

Date: 1925
Description: Sacred Heart Academy (now Edgewood High School) class of 1925 group portrait.
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Kids Drawing

Date: 05 02 1964
Description: Sitting on the school lawn, students draw Highway 51, Marathon Mill, Rib mountain and the Wisconsin River.
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Little Prairie School

Date: 04 29 1955
Description: Group portrait of students, Little Prairie School, District #2, taken outside in front of school building, including teacher Miss Vera Frederickson.
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Unitarian Meeting House Nursery School

Date: 06 28 1951
Description: Children playing outside the nursery school classroom at the First Unitarian Society Meeting House. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Presbyterian Students

Date: 10 26 1928
Description: Elevated informal group portrait of students posing outdoors at a Halloween Party, some in costumes, taken outside behind the Presbyterian Student Headquar...
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First School House in DeForest Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: The first school house in DeForest is a frame, one-story building with shutters. The group posed in front consists of the woman teacher and her students. B...
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Cherokee Female Seminary

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Description: A Cherokee Female Seminary. Students stand on the lawn and porch in front of the building.
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Graduation Class, Holy Redeemer School

Date: 06 16 1947
Description: Group portrait of graduation class, Holy Redeemer School, with twenty-one children, a nun and a priest.
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Third Ward School

Date: 1860
Description: Elevated view of the Third Ward school, with students in front.

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