Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1955.282.0038Description
Black & white print attached to ivory colored mat that has been irregularly cut off. Image shows a group of young boys & girls seated in five irregular rows on the steps of a sandstone building. wooden banisters are seen on each side of the steps. Two wooden doors are seen at the stair top with door on right ajar. Row one (lowest step) is comprised of 8 boys, all but the boy on the far right has a hat in their hands. Rows 2 & 3 are composed of girls. Row 4 has 4 girls & 3 boys.
written in blue ink on back of print: 5th grade of Central School -1902
1st row from left: Val Maghee, Eugene Friend, John Brodt, Lancelot Brown, Angus Murray, Will Buchanan, Earl Daley, John Sulliven
2nd row: Jennie Robertson, Rena Lackey, Rena Cross (between rows) Mamie Sullivan, Maggie Gierns, Fannie Murray, ---Swanson, Ella Holden, Helen Childs, Annie Mathiesen
3rd : Mabel Rasmusson, Cora Ford, Laura Barnes, Emma Nicholson, Christel Thode , Edna Paulson
4th: Stena Johnson, Regina Wallenstein, Rita Smith, Pearl Paulson, Will Robertson, Henry Wallenstein, Vernie (Verne) Ferris
(one name first row is left out)
Note: There is a discrepancy between the names written on the back of the photo & a newspaper photo. (See archives: Rawlins Public Schools, 1870's - 1937, 1902 section)
Good condition. Image is extremely faded. Minor scratches throughout emulsion. Several indentions & scuffs at various locations.
Update February 2011: One black & white copy print.
Written on back in pencil: "1st row from left: Val Maghee, Eugene Friend, John Brodt, Lancelot Brown, Angus Murray, Will Buchanan, Earl Daley, John Sulliven
2nd row: Jennie Robertson, Rena Lackey, Rena Cross (between rows) Mamie Sullivan, Maggie Gierns, Fannie Murray, ---Swanson, Ella Holden, Helen Childs, Annie Mathiesen
3rd : Mabel Rasmusson, Cora Ford, Laura Barnes, Emma Nicholson, Christel Thode , Edna Paulson
4th: Stena Johnson, Regina Wallenstein, Rita Smith, Pearl Paulson, Will Robertson, Henry Wallenstein, Vernie (Verne) Ferris
(one name first row is left out)
In pencil: "Neg #10819, P 72-77".
Stamped in black on back: "Copy Provided by the Wyoming State Archives and Historical Department.
Good condition. Crease at top. Size 5 x 7"Collection
Photograph Collection