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Two horse-drawn wagons travel on a tree-lined dirt road.

Several bookcases line the walls around a table and chairs in the Monticello Female Seminary library's north end. On verso: "My father placed a plaque in our memory. Mary and Sarah [Andrew]."

Lighting fixtures hang from the top of wooden arches which make up the Monticello Female Seminary chapel's ceiling.

The Monticello Female Seminary dining area is set up for a meal service.

The Monticello Female Seminary chapel contains a pipe organ, chandeliers, and stained glass windows.

A tower on one of the Monticello College buildings is visible through the glass ceiling of a student and faculty recreation area that doubles as a greenhouse.

Construction workers stand on top of the Monticello Female Seminary construction one year after a fire destroyed the school's original buildings on November 4, 1888. While a temporary building was promptly erected to house the students, the new…

New construction takes place on the front entrance of the Monticello Seminary one year after a fire destroyed the school's original buildings on November 4, 1888. While a temporary building was promptly erected to house the students, the new…

A woman stands on the grounds of the Monticello Ladies Academy in front of the school's main building.Photo caption: "Burned in 1888."

A drawing shows several walkways on the Monticello Ladies Seminary campus leading to the main building.

A fence and several trees surround the main building of the Monticello Female Seminary.

Students of Monticello College prepare to board the S.S. Admiral. The S.S. Admiral was a large steamboat that offered passenger excursions from the Port of St. Louis on the Mississippi River beginning in 1940.

Several Monticello College students stand next to a piece of machinery aboard a steamboat while one woman presses keys on a keyboard.

Students use looms to weave cloth inside the Monticello College workshop.

Monticello College art students paint a variety of models in an art studio at the school.

Madeleine Dinges, a Monticello College art student and a finalist in the National Collegiate Sculpture Awards Program, works to chisel a large bust sculpture of United States Senator and Senate Minority Leader, Everett M. Dirksen. Dinges presented…

Two uniformed men stand on either side of a display case guarding an art exhibit that includes a portrait of Abraham Lincoln and a landscape painting.

A man points to a portion of a Monticello College student's painting while her sitter poses for his portrait.On verso: "Richard F. Gates; 927 16th St NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa."

A Monticello College student paints images on wooden objects.

A Monticello College student uses a variety of hammers to create an artwork.

Male high school students learn how to use sewing machines in a home economics class.

Male high school students ask their teacher questions about measurements and sewing during a home economics class.

A male high school student irons an article of clothing during a home economics class.

A Wayne City High School student looks at his teacher while she poses for a photograph wearing an apron and chef hat.

A male high school student looks at his sewing machine during a home economics class while two other boys use a sewing machine behind him.