Name/Title
Class Photograph West End School, 1885Entry/Object ID
1975.13.5Description
ACC. NO. 75.13.5
SUBJ. CATEGORY: SCHOOLS
DATE OR PERIOD: 1885
OBJECT: PHOTOGRAPH (AN OLD REPRODUCTION FROM ORIGINAL)
DESCRIPTION:
CLASS PICTURE, CLASS STANDING AND SEATING BETWEEN TWO WINDOWS
SIZE: 7" x 5"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: CLASS PICTURE OF LONGFELLOW SCHOOL, KNOWN AS THE WEST END SCHOOL, BEFORE 1895. THE PICTURE IS DATED 1885. AND CONSISTS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE 4th AND 5th GRADE. AMONG THE CLASS MEMBERS IS GEORGE WULZEN. BORN IN ALAMEDA, MAY 28, 1873. IT WAS MR. WULZEN WHO CREATED THE MODEL TRAIN ON DISPLAY IN THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM. IN HONOR OF HIS TWIN SONS, BORN IN 1899. IT IS A REPLICA OF THE NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD ENGINE THAT RAN ON ENCINAL AVENUE, FROM ALAMEDA TO SANTA CRUZ.
ACQUIRED FROM: MR. & MRS. WILLIAM BENNETT DATE: APRIL 19, 1975
