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The School at Work
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Teacher Marjorie Carey stands behind her pupils sitting at their desks at the Mud Branch School, District No. 2, as they pose for their photograph. There is a large stove with ornate metal work in a corner of the room behind the teacher, and a parlor organ along the rear wall, centered between two doors. Two sets of twins are seated on the right; they are Glen and Gilman Blomquist and Viola and Violet Jacobson. A clock on a shelf records the time: 9:35.
1932
Publication Information
| Date Created | 1932 |
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Physical Description
| Format | Image |
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| Dimensions | 13 x 9 cm |
Collection Information
| Source Collection | Wisconsin rural school survey records, 1931-1933 |
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| Call Number | PH 262.10f |
Copyright Information
| Copyright Status | COPYRIGHT NOT EVALUATED |
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Blomquist Twins
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Twin brothers Glen and Gilman Blomquist pose in the school yard at the Mud Branch School. The boys are 12-years-old and in the sixth grade.
Norman Peterson
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Oscar Hendrickson Family
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Students in the one-room Peck School read at their desks and sitting on a bench as their teacher, Mable Crosby, observes from the back of the room.
Esther Peterson
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Esther Peterson, a student at Mud Branch School, District No. 2, poses leaning against a tree on a hill while holding a baseball bat. There is a road and farmhouse in the background. On the reverse...
