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Old school shoot in Downtown Phoenix outside the Orpheum Theater

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#Archives Back To School

Here are some interior views of the Milwaukee State Normal School from the first edition of The Echo, an annual yearbook which began in 1896 to celebrate the school’s 10th anniversary.

In the Introduction, the class of 1896 wrote:

“Grateful for the educational advantages we have received from the Normal School and the City of Milwaukee, - desirous to leave something that may assist in bringing before others the many advantages that Milwaukee has over every other city of the State as an educational center, to call especial attention to facilities of the Normal School we have learned to love, and to celebrate its tenth anniversary, the members of the Class of ’96 gladly offer to their friends this copy of “The Echo,” our first attempt to publish an annual, with the hope that this book may mark the opening of a new era in the history of the school, and that each succeeding annual will be better than the last.”

The Milwaukee State Normal School was one of UW-Milwaukee's Predecessor Institutions. It was founded in 1885 as a teacher-training school, and it was originally located on Eighteenth and Wells. The pictures show the school’s library, gymnasium, laboratories, woodworking studio, and art galleries. Students at the Milwaukee Normal School were also required as part of their curriculum to do practice work teaching in Milwaukee’s graded schools, and they were able to earn extra money doing substitute teaching. One of the photos features a kindergarten class that students at the Normal School would be given the opportunity to observe or help teach.

-Sarah, UWM Archives Graduate Intern

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