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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Schenk Elementary School
April 22, 1954
Exterior view of Herb Schenk Elementary School.
Herbert Schenk
March 25, 1947
Portrait of Herbert C. Schenk, school board member, running for another term on the Madison School Board.
Herbert C. Schenk at Schenk School Dedication
September 15, 1953
Herbert C. Schenk and two sixth grade students greet each other at the dedication of the new grade school named for Schenk. The two girls, both wearing school crossing guard belted sashes, are Vick...
Hoffman Feed Company Building Destruction
August 4, 1953
Children walking along the sidewalk near the Hoffman Feed Company building, 503 Regent Street, which is being torn down to widen the street at the intersection of West Washington Avenue.
New School Librarians
September 22, 1953
Margaret Moss, director of school libraries (second from left), meets with new librarians Marguerite Hasse (Lincioln & Dudgeon Schools), Joan Mundt (Schenk and Mendota Schools), and Ruth Peplinski ...
