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Classroom at Christmastime

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view, with desks in the foreground, of an elementary classroom decorated with a Christmas tree near the blackboard, and other holiday decorations,...
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Junior Prom

Date: 04 15 1910
Description: Elevated interior view of prom attendants assembled in a gym. Streamers are hanging from the ceiling. Some people are watching from the balcony.
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Student on a Freezing Day

Date: 1911
Description: A college student setting out to class in zero degree weather. He is holding his books, and is wearing a hat and gloves, and has a scarf wrapped around his...
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Students and Teacher Displaying Portrait of President

Date: 1924
Description: A civics class and teacher are displaying a portrait of President Woodrow Wilson. They are possibly gathered in the schoolyard.
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Lincoln Terrace

Date: 1947
Description: Elevated view of Bascom Hall Terrace at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The Lincoln Monument is near the front entrance.
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Night Session Art Class

Date: 1949
Description: A night session art class, for University of Wisconsin Extension Center in Milwaukee.
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4-H Fair

Date: 07 21 1954
Description: A boy is lining up his bull for judging in the Waukesha County Junior Fair. The event is taking place in a tent. Spectators in folding chairs are sitting o...
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Story Time

Date: 1976
Description: A group of children is seated on the floor and in chairs, listening to a teacher reading during story time. One boy is lying on the floor. A nun is standin...
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Graduate Sitting in Empty Bleachers

Date: 1979
Description: Male graduate wearing robes and sitting on the bottom row of empty bleachers holding his mortarboard.
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Drawing Class Taught by Television

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Description: View from back of classroom towards a group of students sitting in desks watching a television and drawing.

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