Name/Title
Photo Anderson children during Columbus Day celebration, Wilson School, 1892Entry/Object ID
1981.78.1Description
Acc. No. 81.78.1
Subject Category:
Schools (Wilson) 1892
Date or period:
Object: Framed photograph
Description : Ornate gesso frame, cream, accentuated with gold, containing an enlarged photograph, touched up with charcoal.
Size: 31 in. by 27 in.
History of Object: Columbus Day celebration in 1892. Wilson school flag. William Anderson, John Anderson, Mary Anderson, Elizabeth Anderson.
The Wilson School's name was changed to Lincoln School in 1911.
NOTE: The children of George Anderson, a farmer on Bay Farm Island, who settled there in 1872.
Acquired from: Annie Anderson Cox
Date: April, 1954Interpretative Labels
Label
3/7/2020 MvL: current label:
THE ANDERSON CHILDREN
These children, members of a pioneer Bay Farm Island family, are shown representing the WILSON SCHOOL in the annual Fourth of July parade