Name/Title
Class Photo of Porter School, 1911Entry/Object ID
2005.13.1Description
ACC. NO. 05.13.1
SUBJECT OR CATEGORY: SCHOOLS, PORTER
DATE OR PERIOD: 1911
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH
DESCRIPTION: A SEPIA-TINTED PHOTOGRAPH MOUNTED ON HEAVY CARDBOARD. MOUNTING IS SIGNED, "HUGO WEITZ, FOTO, 3005 CAPP ST, FRUITVALE, CALIF."
SIZE: L 7" X W 10"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: A CLASS PHOTOGRAPH OF PORTER SCHOOL, ALAMEDA. REVERSE SIDE OF PHOTOGRAPH LISTS NAMES OF STUDENTS (HANDWRITTEN), INCLUDING KAREN THOMSEN (SECOND ROW, SECOND FROM LEFT END). STUDENTS ARE DEPICTED HOLDING BOTH AMERICAN AND CALIFORNIA STATE FLAGS. SOME STUDENTS ARE HOLDING A BANNER WITH THE CAPTION, "PORTER, 1911." AMONG THE STUDENTS PICTURED IS KAREN THOMSEN, WHO CAME TO OAKLAND FROM AABORGE, DENMARK IN 1905. SHE ATTENDED SCHOOL IN ALAMEDA IN 1906 AND GRADUATED FROM PORTER SCHOOL IN 1911.
DONOR: HERDIS BENTSON MCFARLAND,
CATALOGED: FEBRUARY 12, 2005
