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Elda Strahm

Date: 1935
Description: Elda Strahm, 13, poses outside her home with many prize ribbons which she won at the Green County and Wisconsin State Fairs. Another girl stands on the lef...
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Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention

Date: 04 10 1956
Description: Fifth grade school students make menu covers for the Wisconsin Congress of Parents and Teachers Convention. They are seen with adults Roberta Larsen, art t...
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Pupils at Dyer School

Date: 1931
Description: Pupils of the Dyer School, District No. 1 pose in front of the school.
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Pupils Posing Outdoors

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils of the Northey School, District No. 7, pose in front of a brick wall at the school.
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School Day

Date: 01 1970
Description: Children running to the school bus during a light snow fall.
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Wisconsin Cottage

Date: 1927
Description: Four people and a dog pose in front of a small cottage with a large fieldstone fireplace. They are, from left: Armin Duchow and his father George, Potter, ...
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Pupils at Farmer's Grove School

Date: 1935
Description: Students pose in front of Farmer's Grove School, District No #3, Towns of York and New Glarus.
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Ivan Rhyner

Date: 1935
Description: Ivan Rhyner, 13, "leader of highest class in history" at Farmer's Grove School, poses outside the school holding a book.
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School Children at Work

Date: 1932
Description: Pupils at the Northey School, District No. 7, read and work at their desks. Student artwork and other prints decorate the walls.
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Pupils of Consolidated School

Date: 1931
Description: Children stand in a front of the Consolidated School, District No. 4. The stucco building has an elevated basement and large front porch.
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Before the Bell

Date: 1977
Description: Children playing on monkey bars as snow falls. A dwelling or schoolhouse is in the background.
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Children Boarding School Bus

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Description: Group of children boarding school bus.
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School

Date: 1890
Description: School children pose for a group portrait in front of a school.
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Frank Fox Jr. and Bull

Date: 1933
Description: Frank Fox Jr. holds his father's prize bull, with a lead attached to a nose ring, in front of a wood sided silo. On the reverse of the photograph is writte...
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Phyllis Coggins

Date: 1933
Description: Phyllis Coggins, age 9, poses alongside the Cloverland School. She is identified as the "Leader in English" among the school children. She is wearing a s...
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Safety Patrol Members Leave for Washington

Date: 05 11 1960
Description: 32 Madison area school safety patrol members leave from the AAA Office at 103 North Hamilton Street for Washington, D.C. to join the largest Wisconsin dele...
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WSJ's Sunday Funland Puzzle Contest Winner

Date: 04 07 1964
Description: Children of St. Mary of the Lake school gather around as Lawrence Fitzpatrick (left), managing editor of the Wisconsin State Journal, presents a 20 volume ...
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Students at Their Desks

Date: 1933
Description: Students sitting at their desks with their books open at Potter School, District No. 3. Magazines and newspapers hang on a line strung against the back wal...
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Kitten Ball

Date: 1932
Description: A girl poses with a bat as a second girl holds a ball. Two young men in sweaters, identified as students from Whitewater Teachers College (now the Universi...
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Sister Mary Anastasia

Date: 07 29 1959
Description: Group portrait of Sister Mary Anastasia and two young girls at St. Colleta's School for Exceptional Children in Jefferson, Wisconsin. Sister Mary Anastasia...

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