Anna Kenkel is an undergraduate student at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. Her field of study is education specifically elementary and middle school with a minor in social studies.

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OBJECT HISTORY: La Crosse Normal School Fireplace

UW- La Crosse was once a smaller school that went by a different name. The original school, La Crosse Normal, was originally a training school for prospective teachers. The original fireplace of the La Crosse Normal school helps tell the story of education in Wisconsin at the turn of the century.