Name/Title
5th grade Porter School class photo, 1961Entry/Object ID
2024.45.6Description
Acc. No. 24.45.6
Subject Category: Schools, Porter School
Date or Period: 1961
Object: class photo
Description: photo of children, posed in rows in front of a building. In front of the first row is a sign stating: ‘PORTER SCHOOL / ALAMEDA / 5th GRADE / MRS. F. JOHNSON / 1961’. Photo has 1/4” white rim.
Photo has partial yellowing discoloration.
Size: L 8 1/2" x W 6 1/2"
History of Object: School photo of Mrs. F. Johnson’s 5th grade class, Porter School, 1961. The original Porter School was built in 1879 on Alameda Ave. near Oak Street, and was replaced in 1916. It did not meet 1933 School construction requirements and was going to be torn down, but in 1973 fire destroyed the school prematurely.
Donated by: Justin Isaac
Donation Date: 9/2/2023; Catalog Date: 5/20/2024