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Mrs. Grace M. Pekel

Date: 05 18 1944
Description: Mrs. Grace Pekel, principal of Shorewood Hill school, retiring after serving as principal at that school since 1928.
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Alice Rood

Date: 06 12 1947
Description: Alice Rood, popular principal of Randall Elementary School, who is retiring after 17 years. She helped set up the initial salary schedule for Madison teach...
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Teachers with Educational Toy

Date: 09 09 1948
Description: Two Madison teachers, Ruth Allcott of Wisconsin High, and Lillian Simonson, Marquette principal, are shown experimenting with a new "teaching gadget" for u...
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Elizabeth Agnes Waters

Date: 09 15 1914
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Elizabeth Agnes Waters, Fond du Lac principal.
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Yerkes Observatory Tour

Date: 11 19 1949
Description: Three high school science teachers and a Kiwanis Club representative escort 22 pupils from Madison's five high schools on a Kiwanis-sponsored educational t...
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Red Cross First Aid Training for Madison Teachers

Date: 03 25 1952
Description: Madison teachers participating in a Red Cross first aid training course as part of the civil defense program. West high school principal R. O. Christoffers...
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Professor C.W. Farr Teaching Agricultural Course

Date: 02 10 1915
Description: Professor C.W. Farr standing on an elevated platform at the front of a classroom at the Burrell School while presenting on the subject of agricultural dive...
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St. James School First Day

Date: 09 03 1952
Description: A group of students are shown 'trudging' up the steps at St. James school as Sister Mary Ferdinella, principal, welcomes her flock from atop the steps.
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Miss Amanda Stoltzfus

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Description: Quarter-length portrait of Miss Amanda Stoltzfus. In 1910, Stoltzfus organized the Tuleta Agriculture High School in Tuleta, Texas and later became an inst...
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Edmund Schwan, First Principal at Monona Grove High School

Date: 12 12 1954
Description: A welcoming reception honors Edmund Schwan, first principal at Monona Grove High School. Mrs. John Lyons sits at a table pouring tea, and standing from lef...
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Red Cross Blood Drive

Date: 04 11 1956
Description: Cherokee Heights School principal Emery Bainbridge stands beside student Robert Kurtenacker and his mother, Elizabeth, who needed blood donations during he...
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Badger Spelling Bee Officials

Date: 04 01 1957
Description: Badger Spelling Bee officials meet to discuss both the Madison finals and the state finals. Armand Ketterer, seated in center, principal of Franklin School...
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Altrusa Club Spring Garden Festival

Date: 05 01 1957
Description: Lillian Simonson, Altrusa Club member and Marquette School principal, is shown giving a preview of a wishing well to youths Jerry Bailey and Janet Dahl.
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Advocate for Children Award

Date: 06 1998
Description: "Lomira School Board member, Tom Kelroy, and Theresa Learning Center Principal, Vikki Kunstman, present an 'Advocate for Children' award to Ralph Widmer."
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Beatrice Walton and Lucile Clock

Date: 05 12 1958
Description: Two well known Madison teachers, Beatrice Walton, left, and Lucile Clock, are honored at a farewell reception given by the Dudgeon Parent-Teacher Associati...
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We Saw You at Drama Institute

Date: 12 12 1959
Description: Drama Institute in Madison drew hundreds of high school thespians from all over the state.
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Walter T. Barr, Retiring Principal, Frank Allis School

Date: 05 21 1965
Description: After 25 years as principal, Walter T. Barr, retired from being principal of Frank Allis School. He is at a reception in his honor. With him, left to right...
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Madison Altrusa Club Annual Country Fair

Date: 04 25 1958
Description: The Madison Altrusa club gives a summer scholarship each year to a talented Madison student in honor of the late Lucy Irene Buck, a former club president a...
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Woodward Avenue School Faculty

Date: 09 1919
Description: Teachers and administrators at Woodward Avenue School posing for a group portrait in front of the brick school building. Jeannette Holt is sitting in the f...

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