Name/Title
Print, PhotographicEntry/Object ID
1959.334.0005Description
Found in old Central School building in 1959. Picture dated Dec. 15, 1921. Ruth Budd Larsen, Ward Cook, Vincent Finley.
Update - March 2010: Black & white print. Image is of a school class showing the children seated at their wooden desks & looking back over their right shoulder at the camera. A woman wearing a dark dress with a lace collar is standing at far side left by a blackboard which encircles the lower walls around the visible portion of the room. A globe is suspended from the ceiling in distance. A tiny white number 457 is at side right corner from negative process. Many of the children have books & Big Jo writing tables on their desks.
Written on back in blue ink: "Found in the old Central School house Rawlins, which was built in 1886, when it was closed for good. Brought to museum by Robert Sullens." "3-Christel Humphreys".
Written in pencil on back of print: Ruth Budd (Larson) Ward Cook back row next to blackboard 4th from left Vincent Finley
Dec. 15, 1921 (Note: this date seen on blackboard)
Fair condition. Soiling on front & back. Side edges are curled & worn. Top left corner is missing. Large crack in emulsion lower edge. Emulsion has a wavy appearance.Collection
Photograph Collection