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Children are Ammused by Incomplete Sign on the New Mendota School

Date: 09 27 1960
Description: Three children are amused by the incomplete sign on the new Mendota Elementary School, 4002 School Road. Shown (L-R) are Debbie Uselmann, second grade; Joh...
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We Saw You . . . as Catholic Schools Opened

Date: 09 1955
Description: Sister M. Cordis, 7th & 8th grade teacher and principal at Holy Redeemer Catholic School located at 128 West Johnson Street, points out to her class a less...
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Summer Bible School at Second Baptist Church

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: Three African-American pre-school girls peer out from behind a church pew at summer bible school.
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New Samuel Gompers Elementary School

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: Tim Garske (age 6), 1332 Monica Lane, points to the new Samuel Gompers Elementary School under construction at 1502 Wyoming Way on the northeast side of Ma...
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Redecorating West High School Auditorium

Date: 08 15 1958
Description: Ernest LaBella, Capital Decorating Co., is repairing a seat in the West High School auditorium as part of an effort to prepare city school buildings for th...
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We Saw You . . . as Catholic Schools Opened

Date: 09 1955
Description: Departing St. Bernard's Catholic School located at 2450 Atwood Avenue, after a morning class session are: on the left, Mrs. Ray Kowalsky (of 106 Cumberland...
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New Samuel Gompers Elementary School

Date: 09 19 1960
Description: Charles Henriksen, Baraboo, is shown laying floor tile in the new Samuel Gompers Elementary School under construction at 1502 Wyoming Way on the northeast ...
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First Year of School for a Cambridge Farm Girl

Date: 08 16 1957
Description: Barbara Notstad, daughter of the Orlow Notstad farm family, is standing in front of the Rockdale School where she will be a first-grader the day after Labo...
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New Spring Harbor School Under Construction

Date: 05 23 1958
Description: Construction begins on Spring Harbor School, 1110 Spring Harbor Drive just north of University Avenue. The building was designed by Kaeser and McLeod Archi...
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Hoyt School Addition

Date: 07 25 1958
Description: View towards the exterior of a two-story addition to Hoyt School (on Regent Street near Hoyt Park). There are mounds of ground rubble near trees, and a car...
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Site of New St. James Catholic School

Date: 08 16 1958
Description: Construction work begins for the new school next to St. James Catholic Church. The two-story structure will include 12 classrooms and a gymnasium.
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Square Dancing

Date: 09 19 1953
Description: Mike Margon is calling a square dance from the stage at Frank Allis School for a group of adults.
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Square Dancing

Date: 09 19 1953
Description: Harold and Hazel Woods and John and Alberta Lythjohan are shown square dancing in the gymnasium at Frank Allis School.
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Square Dancing

Date: 09 19 1953
Description: Bert and Emma Robar square dancing in the gymnasium at Frank Allis School. Other couples are dancing in the background.
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Voters

Date: 11 08 1960
Description: A crowd of Second Ward voters in Lapham School, 1045 E. Dayton Street.
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We Saw You . . . as Catholic Schools Opened

Date: 09 1955
Description: Sister M. Aquin leading her sixth-grade class to their classroom after attending the school opening day Mass at the new Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Ch...
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U.W. Dames Club Nursery School

Date: 02 13 1959
Description: Young children paying attention to their teacher, Beverly McCumber, who is reading a picture book at a cooperative nursery school at Bashford Methodist Chu...
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Reading Outside Dudgeon School in Summer

Date: 06 11 1954
Description: Student Joan Woerdehoff with her hand raised, ready to answer her teacher Gertrude Wilson's question. Other students behind her are shown searching their b...
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Madison Art Association Exhibition

Date: 10 15 1953
Description: Dr. Paul and Alice Clark amidst paintings at the preview of the Madison Art Association art exhibit in Scanlan Hall at the Madison Vocational School.
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St. Paul African Methodist Summer Bible School

Date: 08 25 1955
Description: Five youngsters attending the two-week summer Bible school at St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal church located at 631 East Dayton Street.

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